It's that time of year again

The highlight of my year has come round again! Working in the bookshop at the Borders Book Festival. I've been here since Thursday morning, when we had a deluge of schoolchildren and rain, but no dampened spirits! EVERYONE loves the BBF, staff and guest speakers alike. And we have some stomping good speakers this year!

There are no two ways about it. This is just the best book festival in the UK. Apart from anything else, where else do you get a book festival in a vegetable garden? The grounds of Harmony House in Melrose are dreamy. Delicious scents from the flowerbeds and shrubberies and beautiful views to the hills around the town. I just love being here!

Judy Murray came to the bookshop, during a quiet moment, to sign a huge pile of books before she gave her talk in the evening.

And Melvyn Bragg needed a little help with removing the microphone wiring after his talk.

This morning we have wonderful blue skies overhead and there will be hundreds of families coming to the book festival throughout the day. I will be on my feet from nine in the morning until eleven o'clock tonight, but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else!!

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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!

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.

Coastal walk from Gullane to North Berwick

By the time I have walked about four miles, my toes are screaming at me - it's the arthritis, you see. One of the joys of being that little bit older than I was. However, for a long time, I have been keen to walk along the beaches, and follow the coastal path, between Gullane and North Berwick. So, having worked out the tide times, I decided today was the day, and off we went. Below is our starting point, the bay at Gullane. It's a lovely beach, very popular with dog walkers. This is looking east, the direction Tilly and I were going to take. Looking back, up the Forth, the unmistakable bulk of Arthur's Seat, and Edinburgh's skyline, just clear enough to see. For most of the walk, there is the choice between wandering along a series of beaches, or following a path along the top of each. There's no denying it, at heart I am a shell-seeker. I have loads of shells at home. We lived on one of the out islands in the Bahamas for a just over a year, ...

the running wave

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