A break

Two weeks ago today, I was packing in preparation of living in Shetland for a few months. The next day I took a train, another train, a bus, a ferry, another bus, and finally a taxi to reach my home for a wee bit. I'm taking a break.

If you want a label, you could call it:

Re-energizing
Escapism

Adventure

Soul searching

Breathing

Exploring

Learning

Connecting with nature

Letting my mind wander

Becoming more active

Whatever it is, it is great and I am so thankful to have this opportunity. This place gives me so much inspiration and happiness. 

Hampden

Last autumn I finally made the trip to Hampden, Scotland's National Stadium.  A place with a glorious history. Home to the Scotland National Team as well as Queen's Park - the club that bought the land and built the largest stadium of that time. When the stadium still had standing only sections, it held up to almost 150,000 people. Now over a hundred years old, it has been updated and has a capacity of 52,000.

Twelve Twelve Twelve

That is the date of my arrival in Scotland. At least for one day, I was not confused by the date (my brain is having a wee bit of trouble getting used to dd/mm/yyyy format). My travel plans were not based on any thoughts that there was any special meaning to the date. It just happened to be the most convenient and cheapest day to fly.

Hiya

Hiya. How have you been? It's been awhile. I only have time for a quick note to let you know that I am still here. I have three draft posts just waiting for me to find some spare time to wrap them up. Not so much time as spare brain power. I am attempting to deploy my first (somewhat real) app for iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices. I promise to be back soon.

For those in the states, Happy Thanksgiving! Two women from work celebrated with me last Sunday. A bit of a challenge for me to make my family's traditional Thanksgiving meal as I could not find some of the key ingredients here. Still, enjoyed a lovely dinner and good company. Hope you have a lovely holiday!

Energy

Dark red tones and burnt orange. Those colours fill me with good energy above all others. Is it the same for everyone? A few weekends ago, I took a trip to Loch Ossian. It was a feast of glorious colour. Reds, oranges, yellows, greens, and blues....