Nearly Here

Exciting things are happening, I am currently waiting for the text message that say that my sister is in Glasgow, and I can get on the bus and meet them at the train station in Edinburgh. So basically this is me trying to contain my excitement so I don't head into town super early and sit in the train station for two hours. And thus this is the run up to getting the house ready for Caryn and Jackson staying over.

The room took a lot of work and it was so worth it, it is so nice having a spare/computer room that is clean and isn't full of junk. I can't wait for the proper computer desk and BOOKSHELF to arrive, I'm pretty excited about the bookshelf. It really looks great in here too, I just need to find a comfy chair and get all my books in and I'll probably never leave.

So here's a whole bunch of photos of us doing the patterned walls, we did pretty good for doing it by ourselves! It was more work and time consuming than you would think to pop up some paper, Dixon's dad really makes it look easy. 

And what would a post be without pictures of Edinburgh

I had some pretty good soup this week, felt the need to showcase it here! And a wee spot of drawing to cap it all off. Hopefully I wont be too lax and I will share all the adventure I have with Caryn and Jackson Soon.

St Bernards Well

So I might just start with a warning, this post is going to be pretty picture heavy, but I did narrow it down from around 65 photos so I didn't do too badly. 

It was Doors Open Day on the 27 and 28th of September (I know, I'm rubbish, I really should have had this posted by now) and on Doors Open Day, you get to inside or behind the scenes of different museums, monmuents, attractions, and all manor of places that are not usually open to the public. Last Doors Open Day, I did the photogram workshop at Stills. This doors open day I got to see an attraction that is normally only open to the public on these such days, and perhaps a couple others throughout the year.

St Bernards Well

“The chief ornament of this delightful valley” Alexander Campbell, 1801 

A natural spring was discovered near the Dean Village on the Water of Leith in 1760, and was soon a visitor attraction as at that time ‘taking the waters’ was thought to be very good for the health.

 Some claimed that the water could cure everything from a bruised leg to ‘total blindness’, but others described the taste as having the ‘odious twang of hydrogen gas’ or even like ‘the washings from a foul gun barrel’. 

The building was designed by the painter Alexander Nasymth in 1789, and the statue inside represents Hygeia the Greek goddess of health.

http://www.ewht.org.uk/st-bernards-well

And it didn't dissapoint, it was a lovely day out with Gail, and a really nice walk, we also managed to squeeze in a wander through the Queen Street Gardens, with is normally only open to residents of the area for a fee, for the upkeep.