A beautiful and talented lady

Quite a few years ago, when we lived in town, we had a lodger - an American PhD student, studying at the University of Edinburgh. He had a very beautiful girlfriend - the young Rhiannon Giddens. She stayed with him/us for a month one summer. How we enjoyed getting to know her, hearing her amazing voice around the house, and discovering what an incredibly talented girl she is. She plays the fiddle, banjo, her voice is trained for the opera, she can dance, and she even does beautiful beadwork. I have a necklace she made me, to prove it! She also sings in Gaelic, and if you pick up this link, you can hear her singing in French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl64j0-fieY

Her singing career is really flying now. She was on Jools Holland's New Year show at Hogmanay (I missed that, dang it - I don't like Jools Holland much!), and last night my daughter and I went through to the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow, to hear her performing, for one night, at the Celtic Connections music festival. Needless to say, she didn't disappoint.

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Early morning light

There have been some cracking early morning skies this week. The sunrise has generated a strong rose gold light which has been picked up not only in the clouds but also through the silver-white grasses around the edge of the golf course. I always marvel at the clouds. Constantly changing, formations that have never been seen before, never to be seen again.

In a vase on Monday - colour

The intense colours in my vase this week come from nasturtiums, sweetpeas and a single glorious zinnia! Their beauty and love of life speak for themselves and need no further words from me! Enjoy!

(Not) in a vase on Monday!

The challenge this week, set by Cathy at https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com to celebrate five years of In a Vase on Monday, was to offer (Not) in a vase on Monday! So here is my interpretation of that idea with one of my Plant Belles, which I tend to use for things I find and enjoy. I weave bits and pieces through the metal ribs and keep them until they fall apart, or something even better turns up! Lichen covered twigs, branches of larch with tiny cones, seed heads, twisted heather stems, anything and everything that has form and beauty.

the running wave

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