It's all a bit bonkers!

About fifteen miles away from our quiet little backwater in East Lothian, the Edinburgh Fringe is in full swing! The usual quota of eccentric and bizarre stuff is taking place, 24/7.

My eldest granddaughter and I went into town on a very wet day to go to a short ballet, Another performed by Balletworks, at Dancebase in the Grassmarket. We wandered up the Royal Mile where street performers were doing their thing, modestly and with flamboyance. There were some sights, I can tell you, including a Guiness Book of Records holder for the most piercings in her face. Can't be comfortable! And where else but the Royal Mile, during festival time, would you see a pile of old pianos. Good thing Adam Smith, on his perch high above the festival goers, had his back to much of what was going on. I think he would have wondered what on earth the world was coming to! Don't we all .....

I can thoroughly recommend Over Langshaw Ice Cream! They are always on hand at the Borders Book Festival with their delicious range of ice cream and sorbets. Gooseberry and elderflower sorbet takes a bit of beating!

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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!

Colonsay postcards - on arrival

The first thing I do, once we have unpacked our car, which has been groaning with all the stuff we need for a week's stay in the holiday cottage, is head for the outer gardens of Colonsay House. It is a place of wonder for me! I particularly love the leaves of the giant rhododendrons. There are many different varieties, all planted in the early 1930s. The outer gardens are generally overgrown, having had little tending over the decades. That makes them even more magical! The old woodmill falls apart a little more every year, but that's fine by me because I love corrugated iron and especially if it's rusted! And of course the bees. Colonsay's beekeeper, Andrew Abrahams, has one of his apiaries on the edge of the pine wood. So lovely - the hum of busy bees and the heady smell of the pines. We are here - finally! Delayed by four months by the wretched virus, but now I am on holiday! Hooray!

Found items IAVOM

I am on holiday on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay. It is my happy place. Thoughts of Colonsay rattle around in my head each and every day I am not here! I haven't got a vase to share this week but some lovely things I have found over the past few days, which are just as beautiful as a vase of flowers! I hope you agree! Here are some leaves of giant rhododendrons, growing in the outer gardens of Colonsay House. Some skeleton leaves of magnolia. The dried stem of a kelp seaweed. A couple of conkers (can never resist those!), and a branch heavily populated by a number of lichens. The air on Colonsay is so clean that lichens flourish here!

the running wave

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