A Stroll In Scotland

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Friday broke the streak and dawned wet and grey. 
I bought uninterested in trying by means of the home windows on the drizzle and figured if I walked the woods I may not get too moist. Ha!


It didn’t work and I walked again to the cottage damp however refreshed. I took a nap, drifting off with my newest Longmire Kindle novel sliding  off my chest. 

I made a decision to have one other go at ducking the showers blowing in from the ocean. Do I took off strolling down the A835 freeway hoping to maintain my ft dry. 

My father constructed these chalets within the Sixties as a resort and restaurant. They’ve new homeowners now renting them out as trip houses. 

My father met my mom in Italy throughout World Battle Two and she or he went to stay with him in London. That they had twin daughters in 1947 and me in 1957. They divorced in 1969, then my mom died leaving her land in Italy to us three kids in 1973. Our father remarried an Englishwoman and had Lucy who grew up in England. Later Lucy’s mom, my stepmother, died adopted by the patriarch in 1998 who left the Scottish lands to Lucy. 

The day earlier than the marriage, friends gathered for afternoon tea earlier than Lucy’s sons ushered all people out to witness an historic Highlsnd customized. Luke and Lucy needed to be blackened.

The thought is to cleanse the betrothed by paradoxically protecting them in muck. Hauled to the positioning in wheelbarrows (wearing previous garments) they’re tied collectively and coated in molasses. I added my handful of hen feathers kindly supplied by the boys. 

Along with molasses some flour was added to the completely happy couple as they stood and suffered. 

Some straw is piled up as a part of this absurd purification undertaking. 

I used to be happy to see no fruit or eggs had been included within the torture. 

Duncan with a bag of flour having fun with his mom’s distress. 

Luke making the very best of it. 

Aww. Candy. 

Oh wait. 

Johnny had a bucket of cow manure so correct custom was maintained, a lot to everybody’s delight. 

Alex whom I final noticed touring on our boat with Lucy by means of the Panama Canal in 1999, orchestrated the chaos, he of the inexperienced jacket. We’re each a bit greyer now, he stated. 

Sufficient levity, I bought a trip again to my cottage whereas the completely happy couple washed off. The hardier celebrants lit a bonfire down by the farm. They wanted it, it was chilly. 

Sufficient folks for me. An entire afternoon speaking.  

 

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