He calls himself an English Bloke, he's been in Scotland for the past six or seven years. Mike Mitchell is our supervisor, teacher, repairman, tech support, Bishop, friend!

JT at his camera station just getting ready to image one of the books of wills and testaments.

Meet Sister Iverson, she and her husband work with us in the archives this is one of the very big books we were recently imaging.

The enchanting Blair Castle
On a Saturday in early May we took the time to visit this castle
We had wanted to see Blair Castle and were glad we got the chance,
no disappointments this day.

Another view right out of a fairy tale book, the castle is still the home of the tenth earl and is open to the public only in the summer months. We loved seeing the furnishings, tapestries, big game trophies, narwhal tusks, swords, and the bedroom in which Queen Victoria stayed for three weeks.

This is the entrance to Blair Castle, we were there on a little day trip on our P-day. We drove north past Pitlochary alongside the River Tay. We love this part of Scotland.

It was a beautiful sunny, warm Saturday when we drove east to Tantallon Castle, as you can see it is right on the Firth of Forth. The large rock in the background of one of the shots is Bass Rock. There is a light house there and it used to be the home of a few hardy monks but know is home only to the birds who roost there. Tantallon Castle is only about a forty minute drive from our flat. We were there and back in time for Carolina's baptism.

While we were exploring this castle ruin we were wishing that TJ and Kyra ages 10 and 6 were with us, they would have loved the hidden passageways, the expansive green lawns, the rocks to climb.