Today is going to be a little bit of this and a bit more of that–looking at how you can have adventures without leaving your home==can’t afford to travel entertain yourself with little things or a big party for the friends—check out how you can make the world your own or keep your memories alive and enjoyable to name just a couple.
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”
– Will Rogers
I picked out some shower soap the other day and it just happened to be Yardley’s and that brought back memories—it was the 60’s and my younger sister was into lavender (a very British scent and a flower that colors the landscape both in the city and the country as well. I remember tens to twenties to maybe hundreds of lavender based and scented products and how my sister had most of them.
Then I remembered the model that I most closely identified with the 60’s and the product: Jean Shrimpton. (picture Ad above). Shrimpton became the highest paying and one of the most recognized models of the 60s. She was much prettier than Twiggy and my ideal of the proper 60’s CHICK.
Most of the 60’s memories are tinted with a bit Brit—from the Beatles who wanted to Hold Our Hands to the Stones that Couldn’t get No Satisfaction—-and so—so many groups that sang to us and inspired copy cats in a nation (ours) that was use to being the one everybody copied.
Old memories like that and much more that I could go into are a great way to educate your children, its a fun thing to do at a get together–have the girls over and all bring an object (or a picture of) that evokes memories, that they can tell you their memories of and get other ladies tell you how (if any) this same object —- or one similar played a part in their life. You’ll learn a lot more about your friends and enjoy the evening without a lot of effort….I’d also include some pictures for people to pick from in case they “forgot” theirs.
“Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.”
– Nina Dobrev
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Then there’s always Country themed adventures and enjoyment:
Outlander is big right now the story of a 1940’s WWII Brit nurse that travels back in time to live in 1770’s Scotland where she falls for a Highland Hunk. There are also local (and larger) Scottish Societies for all manner of border (Scott), Low land and Highlander (Gunn) clans. And you may just be proud of your family heritage or like some just love the whole Hot Scott or lovely rough hewed landscapes.
So how can you make your life more Scott involved:
well there’s always books–those great Outlander series comes instantly to mind —http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/
Rick Stevens recommends these fiction books on the country
Mary is always interesting
- Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy.
- The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots by Carolyn Meyer.
- Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn.
- The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory.
Don’t forget Wm. Wallace—-and then there’s James IV—Brother in Law of Henry VIII and the last ruling King that died in battle—killed by his brother-in-law’s armies when he invaded England. Robert the Bruce is another
and the book on places to see, visit or that once were could go on forever and ever.
“He who laughs – lasts.” – Mary P. Poole
Want to go a few steps further—entertain you clan or Outlander junkies—-there’s all manner of fun things you can do.
Decorate for the event with anything from spare plaids to Scottie Dogs—check out Etsy for just a few: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=scottish+decorations
Throw that party or get together—-you can buy all manner of Scottish music on CDs or if belong to a Clan group may even get a few pipers to liven your evening. Check this out on Ebay….entertaining and love the pictures
Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain!
Louis Tomlinson
You can dress up for the event with a wide variety of clothes and prices:
From authentic sporrans https://www.highlandstore.com/shop/kilt-shop/semi-dress-sporrans
to a cheap but fun costume https://www.halloweenexpress.com/womens-scottish-girl-costume/
and then there’s the food—you can cook it yourself www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_index.htm
and there are Scottish caterer
http://waynesvillecatering.com/category/scottish-foods/
Don’t cook and are not in a caterers area—try ordering—there’s
Scottish Gourmet USA
they have pies (Beef 8/$32–Mutton 4/$20), Haggis (which according to Webster’s dictionary is: a traditionally Scottish dish that consists of the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep or a calf minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in the stomach of the animal and cost $80 for 5 lbs. and $35 for 2 lbs in natural casings. —-you can get it in a platic casing 1 lb. for $15 and 5 for $60 there’s even a veggie 1 lb. one for $10 and a Royal one — with venison and Malt whiskey 2 lbs. in natural casing for $40.
Scottish Cheese including: Auld Lochnagar, Auld Reekie and Ardmore to name a few. Cock-a-Leekie Soup Mix is $6 for 4 oz. While a 1 lb. Selkirk Bannock full of raisin is $11 for a 1 lb loaf. You can get Tea (loose cut 4.4 oz tins for $15) including Whisky, Breakfast, Heather and classic. And don’t forget the fuzzy Coe shaped Shortbread at $20 for an 8.8 oz.
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We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.
Les Brown
Want something a bit less extravagant—-try ordering the Scottish food–do a little décor and watch a movie from Brave Heart (an resemblance to real history is purely accidental) to the Sci-Fi of Highlander (which has a real Scott playing a Spanish dandy–Sean Connery)
I love
Mary, Queen of Scots i a 1971 British Universal Pictures biographical film based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, written by John Hale and directed by Charles Jarrott. Leading an all-star cast are Vanessa Redgrave as the title character and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I. Jackson had previously played the part of Elizabeth in the BBC TV drama Elizabeth R, screened in February and March 1971, the first episode of which was also written by Hale.
The screenplay was written by John Hale and the film directed by Charles Jarrott. Like the play by Friedrich Schiller and the opera by Gaetano Donizetti, it takes considerable liberties with history in order to achieve increased dramatic effect, in particular two fictitious face-to-face encounters between the two Queens (who never met in real life). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots_%281971_film%29
and there’s all manner of DVDs of Scottish Castles, towns etc,, etc that you can purchase: https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=scottish+movies+on+prime&tag=mh0b-20&index=dvd&hvadid=78134091108808&hvqmt=b&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_53b8jmnsz4_b
If you obey all the rules, you’ll miss all the fun. ~ Katharine Hepburn
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