There have been quite a few misty mornings of late and I’ve been out and about to see them. And they’ve all been beautiful. The sunrise above is over the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire. The wee tree below is in Strichen Community Park.
And there was one, quite common for Scotland really, morning in which all seasons seemed to happen at once. That was beautiful, though cold, too.
I’ll be posting some more photos of these misty mornings in my newsletter next week.
In other, non- weather related, news, I have finally, after many requests, organised a way for people to order signed copies of the books and/or signed bookmarks. See them here in the Ko-fi shop.
FIREFLIES AND CHOCOLATE featured on Sally Cronin’s wonderful bookshelf this week, alongside some great authors, with reviews from Sally herself. See them here
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Set in 1st century Scotland, my latest novel, SISTERS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, includes the battle of Mons Graupius between the Romans and the Caledonian tribes. The book features a neurodivergent main character and some rather complicated romance!
“Ethereal and spellbinding….” Historical Novel Society
See the press release here
Read the article Roman Aberdeenshire features in author’s new book from Grampian Online.
Taking place mainly in a fictional castle, THE MERMAID AND THE BEAR blends an often overlooked period of history, the Scottish witchcraft accusations, in particular the 1597 Aberdeen witchcraft panic, with a love story.
See the press release here
From the Press and Journal: New book by Fraserburgh author highlights horrific extent of witch trials in Scotland
FIREFLIES AND CHOCOLATE was inspired by the kidnapped children and young people of Aberdeen. The story follows the adventures of Elizabeth Manteith from the castle and her determined efforts to get back home. There’s love. There’s derring-dos on the high seas… And there’s chocolate!
See the publisher’s Press Release here
“Filled with excitement and suspense…” Review from the Historical Novel Society
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Happy to reshare my review for your lovely book Ailish have a good weekend.. lovely photos.. x
Thank you Sally 🙂
Beautiful photos. Really breathtaking! 🙂
Glad you like 🙂
Beautiful! So early you must rise to see all of this.
I have been up early recently!
Amazing photos! I was fortunate enough to visit Edinburgh once, but I’ve always wanted to see other parts of Scotland!
I hope you get the chance.
Correction Notice: Sorry ! You ” liked” a post of mine, and there is a mistake: Nybster Bloch is a mathematical 57 or 33 degrees, not 70, from Mauritious /island coastal archeological site, called, La Natural. Sorry ! Thank you for ” liking “.
To see the importance of a 57 or 33 degree angle, see site. example: Orion’s belt is at 33 degrees in a Mercator projection star map, page at site. Sorry for the mistake !
No problem!
I am reading “Fireflies and Chocolate” now and loving it! Well written!
Thank you Janet 🙂 I’m glad you’re enjoying it.