Comments for Pining for the West

Comment on Til Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr by Peggy Ann

Peggy Ann — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:37:10 +0000

I learn something new everyday! It does make me wonder now why he chose that name!

Comment on The Proclaimers – Sunshine on Leith by Peggy Ann

Peggy Ann — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:38:05 +0000

I love the videos! Especially the wee proclaimers!

Comment on A Country Walk in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, part 4 by Katrina

Katrina — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:24:53 +0000

Pearl,
I originally thought you must have sent them days apart, very strange. When I send things to my uncle in Australia by air mail it only takes four or five days to get there, I don’t know why it shouldn’t be as fast in other parts of the world.

Comment on Wedding Dress Tales by Katrina

Katrina — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:21:52 +0000

Pearl,
Comfy pumps and an oxygen cylinder if it’s anything like the ceilidhs I’ve been to! Jewel tones would be my choice too, of course when we think of Hawaii it’s just those shirts which come to mind which are apparently all the rage now. I’m sure you’ll find something lovely before the date.

Comment on A Country Walk in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, part 4 by Pearl

Pearl — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:13:51 +0000

Amazing how 3 things that were all but stuck together when I put them in the mailbox could arrive at such disparate times. Glad you enjoyed them. We give my SD a Hawaii calendar each year in her Christmas package (which we know to post by Halloween!!) Keeps a little warmth and sunshine in her life.

Comment on Wedding Dress Tales by Pearl

Pearl — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:40:45 +0000

That’s kinda where I’m headed…there’s to be a ceilidh as well, so I suppose comfy pumps are a must.

That one will be the last of 3 weddings for us this year. The other 2 were much easier to dress for.

My preference is something in jewel tones…still looking!!

Comment on Wedding Dress Tales by Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:25:34 +0000

Pearl,
It must have been third time lucky! I believe those daft bits of fluff and netting are called fascinators for some reason. I think that as you’ll be coming from Hawaii to a Scottish autumn, even if the sun is shining the most important thing will be thermal knickers! I would wear a long evening skirt and a floaty or tunic style top and a smart jacket to dress it up. Then there’s a chance that you might get some wear out of them again. Unless you go on cruises and would get use out of an evening dress. I’ve only ever been to summer weddings which are so much easier to dress for. Anyway, you’ll be the exotic people from Hawaii so you can wear anything you want. I’m not even sure if a hat is absolutely necessary.

Comment on A Country Walk in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, part 4 by Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:14:57 +0000

Pearl,
It was a good day but we’ve had rain for two days now and it feels like November. The third postcard came, it took 15 days to get here. Thanks, Pearl Harbor looks fab!

Comment on A Country Walk in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, part 4 by Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:49:16 +0000

What a gorgeous day!

Comment on Wedding Dress Tales by Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:48:30 +0000

I made my first myself (as well as his embroidered Mexican-styled wedding shirt — don’t ask!), bought my second and my third was a beautiful bespoke gown. The first two are in the wind. I kept the third in the (futile) hope that I’ll be able to get it zipped once more.

Right now I’m agonizing over what to wear to SD’s wedding in Edinburgh this fall. All I know right now is that it needs to be evening length, and I absolutely refuse to wear one of those feathery bits stuck to the side of my head.

Any suggestions?