It's no secret I am a total magpie.
I love me the shiny stuff.
Yes I know, it's totally simplistic, but shiny stuff always makes me feel happier .Every day feels a bit better to me with some sequins in it.
At first glance this Branch Coral Bangle may not seem especially shiny.
But look at the inside!
Ahhhh behold the glittering and golden glory.
I am so taken with this bangle that I have been wearing it every day. Obviously my workload has suffered greatly as a result ,due to the fact ,that I spend an inordinate of time each day admiring it. Bad Queen that I am.
It goes without saying that I now want a matching necklace. I also have a hankering for a white branch necklace too. So if anyone has spotted any such things on their travels, please do point me in the right direction. Thank You.
When it came to taking some shots of my precious bangle, I took it for a day out to -
The National Museum for Rural Life In East Kilbride...
A unique partnership between the National Trust for Scotland and the National Museums Scotland, the museum combines an award-winning exhibition building, which houses the National Country Life Collection, and the historic working farm of Wester Kittochside. It features a 50,000-square-foot museum and visitor centre, the Georgian buildings of Wester Kittochside farm, the species-rich fields and hedgerows around it and a 60 acre events area
A visit to the farm, gives you a unique opportunity to get back to the land and experience the traditional way of life on a Scottish farm. The farm itself is still worked using techniques and equipment from the 1950s.
The farm was gifted in 1992 to the National Trust for Scotland by Mrs. Margaret Reid who had run the farm for many years with her late husband James, the last of ten generations of Reids.
The Reids, as Lairds of Kittochside, farmed the property over a period of 400 years from 1567 to 1992.
While it is wonderful that the farm continues and now educates future generations, it still makes me feel really sad that after all that time, the lineage of the family was broken.
But then I remind myself, it's all part part of life's rich tapestry and I feel a little brighter.
Now someone pass me something shiny...
Queen Marie
x
