The scenery on the way into the highlands was lost on me because I couldn't keep my eyes open. I slept on the bus the whole way there and just opened my eyes as we pulled into the little town. It was a crazy moment of deja vu because we passed the little tea shop that Aimee and I had visited in January, right after our car broke down! Such adventures.
At any rate, the Highland Folk Museum was quite the experience. They had a farm, shetland ponies, an old church, a turn of the century school house and a 19th century thatched cottage. There was also a settlement called a township, which immediately conjured up very different images, but turned out to be a reconstruction of a 17-18th century highland settlement.
There were re-enactors there. Check out the beard on the man in the photo below. Amazing thing: the re-enactors were all from Ohio - so bizarre. The best parts of the day though, besides getting a trip, were the dress up and the peat fires.
Here I am practicing my penmanship in the school house.
We might be post-grads, but dress up never gets dull.
Can you see the beard? I have a suspicion that it's dyed....
Also seemed quite out of place with the mid-western accents.
I smelled like peat fire for the rest of the day.
Such a fun trip and really great for catching up on sleep, I napped the whole way back, too! Other news from St. Andrews. I turned in two really mammoth portfolios last week on my internship and my exhibition. I also gave a gallery tour for Elements of Genius this Monday and just today did a presentation in class about my internship. Whew. Am really looking forward to seeing Aunt Sue, Toby, Laura and Tommy in Florence in a few weeks, and then Miss Rebecca Kate will be visiting. Spring is flying!
Hope you are doing well. I'd love to hear from you!
xo
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