gibbering happily

i was so excited after the performance last night

which i have to say was utterly magical

that i forgot to wash the conditioner out of my hair this morning

and went down to breakfast wearing

a new and startling version of the 

"surprised parrot" hairstyle i seem to have been perfecting this year.

sigh.

luckily it was yummy Aesop and so

the fragrance [when it dawned on me]

didn't overpower my bucket of coffee

it was a pretty exciting day yesterday on all counts

including catching up with a friend i hadn't seen or heard from for 8 years

[who now lives mostly in Spain]

doing a trade with a stallholder at the Fringe Craft Market -

i swapped a silk scarf for the big white bead in the image below

...it is "vegetable ivory"

and i like it very much indeed

it goes very well with the rest of the collection

which features treasures including work by Roz Hawker

and Hanne Eriksen

the copper pennies in conjunction with

berberis and local water

produced an unexpected colour

but quite suited to Scotland

Lady Macbeth would love it

but i poured it onto the work anyway

waste not, want not

and after all

it IS a travel journal of sorts

and last but not least [and much less surprising]

the one bunny

had morphed

into two

and the icing on the cupcake

is that i'll be back in Scotland next year

details coming soon