St Andrews jewels



It's raining stair rods again today (after 2 dry days!) but I thought we'd all had enough of rainy photos.  So from a recent dry day my daughter and I spent in St Andrews - although such are the micro climates of Scotland that it was raining in Edinburgh - here's some colour and summer fun.

St Andrews is like a jewel box: there are small delights to be uncovered at every turn.  They don't hit you in the face as Edinburgh's do.  This is rather restful when you're used to things like a whopping big castle on a rock.   Above, a display of traditional seaside accoutrements outside an ironmongers shop.  There must be slim profits this summer for makers and sellers of shrimp nets and whirly windmills to stick onto sandcastle turrets.

Below, a little gem of a window.
 


Of course I had to get closer to see what the little models were.  Perhaps a leftover from the Jubilee celebrations?
 


And even closer, to see Mrs Queen.  By this time the sound of daughterly eye-rolling behind me was deafening...
 

Comments

  1. I'd never heard the expression "raining stair-rods" before. Perhaps that's because I'm originally from the South. A quick google search suggests it's more commonly used from Yorkshire and up. It's a nice expression, but maybe not as evocative as "the sound of daughterly eye-rolling"!

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  2. Lovely glimpses!

    How come all children are equal
    when it comes to their mother's pursuit of passions? ;-)

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  3. How colourful that first photo is, lovely and bright to cheer up yet another dreary day. We go on holiday at the weekend so I'm still hoping that the weather improves.

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  4. isn't it great to see such gems? i love that carriage you found in the window. hope all is well. have a great day~

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  5. I get those eye rolls from my own daughter! Love the window box.

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  6. Gosh, I'm so sorry for all the rain you are having. A friend of mine who lives in northern France said it has been very cool and rainy there too! Here in the US we are having some of the hottest temperatures on record. Makes me wonder why people think there is no such thing as climate change! :)

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  7. Love all of those bright colors in the first picture!!

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  8. I love that window! As for the rain, some places here in Canada and down in the USA would definitely be happy to take some of it off your hands!

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  9. Love your first photo. So bright and colorful! Yep, I've got a daughter that rolls her eyes too every time I stop for a photograph.

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  10. Embarrassing your daughter! For shame.

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  11. What an amazing little window, and with Queenie in all her glory as well!

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  12. Love your blog - I feel your pain with the weather!!! I am friends with Karen who follows your blog - hope you don't mind if I follow too!! :)

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  13. I would gladly trade a week of blazing hot temperatures with you for some wonderful rain. Like a vacation or holiday! I do so like that carriage and prancing horses in the window!

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  14. What beautiful photographs! Yes, St. Andrews is lovely to walk around. I like "raining stair rods" but I LOVE (and am familiar with) "the sound of daughterly eye-rolling!"

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  15. I understand the daughter's eye rolling, but I certainly would have done the same thing as you did. I would just have to see those things up close and I'm glad you took pictures of them up close and personal. Pretty neat window, all things taken into consideration!

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  16. Daughterly eye rolling aside, I think it's lovely!

    P.S. Come by my place, I got a facelift! *wink*

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  17. Hello again, Linda. Just to say that I have nominated you for an Illuminating Blogger Award, because I love how your blog shows me unexpected aspects of Scotland. Thank you! Details are here: http://christinelaennec.co.uk/2012/07/25/award-ceremonies-of-the-blog-world/

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  18. Thank you so much for all the comments and apologies for being an absent blogger. No excuse of holidays, just busy busy. I hope to return to the blog world soon.
    Christine, I'm honoured by the award and return the compliment in how your blog shows me faces of Aberdeen and the North East I never knew.

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  19. Love St. Andrews and the window displays available all over the UK. This one is a little gem. Remind daughter that besides eye rolling, her job is to keep an look out for cranky neighbors and suspicious coppers when you're leaning in close to a window display.

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  20. True! It's the cranky neighbour or householder I'm wary of. As far as coppers/bobbies are concerned, I've never seen one in St Andrews, come to think of it. I know where the police station is, but that's about it!

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