Archives
Categories
- Follow Silver in the Barn on WordPress.com
-
Recent Posts
Blogs I Follow
Tags
- aging
- animal rescue
- antiques
- antiques malls
- aviation
- Beverley Nichols
- blogging
- book club
- cabinet cards
- China
- christmas
- civil war
- Colorado
- concrete menagerie
- daffodils
- daily prompt
- family
- fiction
- friendship
- Garden
- garden ornaments
- Germany
- Grandma Helen
- hellebore
- heuchera
- hosta
- James River
- letters
- life lessons
- little sisters
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Max
- Minnesota
- nandina
- nonfiction
- Old South
- Oma
- Opa
- parterre
- Personal Principles
- pilot
- Pilots N Paws
- Pitlochry
- plantation
- poetry
- Portland
- postaday
- potting shed
- Projects
- recipes
- rescue groups
- Richmond
- Rosedon
- Ruins
- Scotland
- shade garden
- silver trays
- slavery
- spring
- taiwan
- the changing seasons
- The Minotaur
- travel
- trees
- US Army
- vintage
- vintage photos
- Virginia
- VMFA
- weekly challenge
- west highland white terrier
- westies
- winter
- wodehouse
Tag Archives: Scotland
A Wee Taiwanese Tea Party
Sunday was just the best day. You remember, perhaps, that I wrote recently about my travails preparing the soft food diet for my daughter’s fractured jaw. In the comments of that post, my friend, Jim, who writes the fascinating “Road To … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel
Tagged bai mu-er, book stores, chinese dates, chinese food, Edinburgh, friendship, Scotland, taiwan, tea, wolfberries
64 Comments
Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs
This week, publish an image of a sign — from the signs you encounter on the street to more personal, less obvious signs that hold meaning for you. Right up my alley because I do love a good sign. I snap photos of … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges
Tagged Maine, Pitlochry, Portland, postaday, Scotland, signs, taiwan, weekly challenge
74 Comments
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
THIS WEEK, IN A POST CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHOW US AN IMAGE THAT SAYS REFLECTION. Okay, here’s mine: In September, while hiking in the Scottish Highlands, I leaned over a bridge and saw the sky reflected in the … Continue reading
The Killiecrankie Book List
Picture the scene: The Scottish Highlands have done their best to flatten sixteen weary hikers who are now recuperating in the warm and gracious dining room of the Killiecrankie House Hotel in Pitlochry. (All of these Scottish names benefit from a wee roll … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged book club, fiction, Killiecrankie, nonfiction, Pitlochry, Scotland
5 Comments