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Weekend Into Autumn

Autumn is beginning and so are some Autumn hues on our property. Fall is a favorite of mine. Do you tend to say Autumn or Fall when talking about this glorious season?

Our weekend started with an early trip to Spokane to pick up Greg’s new eye glasses with his new correction that is appreciated. On the road to Spokane we pass this bill board in Clayton.

They change up the message about twice a year and I always keep an eye out for it.

On Sunday after our church service we watched the Memorial for Charlie Kirk. We appreciated several of the speakers. Erika Kirk, his widow, was an inspiration to listen to. It was a beautiful service with the Gospel of Jesus Christ shared more than once. Many shared it well. The music was beautiful and worshipful. It must have been amazing to sing with 70,000+ voices together.

Our Westside family sent photos of their experiences in California and Scotland on the weekend!

Josh and Laura were in Southern California. Our Laura and my nieces and grandniece along with my sister Kathy enjoyed a Sound of Music sing along at the Hollywood Bowl! That was epic and fun for all. They were celebrating birthdays, especially Avery’s Sixteenth!

Further birthday celebrations were enjoyed with my other sister, Vera, with nephews and grand nephew and our son, Josh.

And then all the way across the Pond in Scotland, Katie and Andrew enjoyed dinner at the same restaurant Josh, Laura, Greg and I enjoyed a year ago in Stonehaven, Scotland.

It brought back so many good memories.

Today they will be hiking to Dunnottar Castle. We’ll be waiting to hear how they survived the climb there and back again.

It’s time to pull out my Autumn/Fall swag. How was your weekend?

Scotland Travel Journal ~ Stonehaven

After our time at Dunnottar Castle we found our B&B just 6 miles south and checked into our rooms. Before we set off for Scotland, we had some recommendations for places to visit and for restaurants in Stonehaven. Our B&B hosts recommended the same restaurant so it was confirmed where we would have our evening meal. Truth be told, there weren’t many restaurants to choose from.

We would highly recommend Chapel of Barras B&B if you find yourselves in this part of Scotland.

 

We arrived before dinner service started so while Greg and I sat in the downstairs lounge area of the restaurant, Josh and Laura checked out the harbour.

Still enjoying the need for sunglasses on this great weather day!

Another shot as the sun was retreating.

We could see the tide going out during our dinner time upstairs.

Here comes the moon…

Time to eat and try some new things.

After dinner we enjoyed conversation with a local and then had some time for taking in the gorgeous moon and sunset as we walked along the harbour.

Goodnight to a long day on the road. Wednesday September 18th was complete. On Thursday we were heading south with some stops before our next destination in St. Michaels.