Lexies revisited

Robin couldn't leave without a trip up the hill to see Lexies

We take cake and coffee

Edith takes photos

It was the most perfect morning. I've not been up here for a while.

Janne's visit was the last time

Lexies 2007

I do love it here. Edith's perfectly restored, perfectly loved holiday residence!

An old croft that until 2007 was a ruin sitting forlornly on the hillside

It isn't too neat, it isn't too tidy

but it has order and ensures that visiting family and friends

are comfortable and cosy without the need for running water and electricity

Candle power

 

The compost loo

This year there is an addition. Up in the rafters swallows have

taken up residence. A delightful spot - surely they

must be excited at the prospect of returning  next summer? It's

constructed so carefully - tiny dollops of mud! A rather whimsical

woolly  feature by the front door completes their little home.

As well as Robin and I, Edith's cousin and his wife are visiting. Edith

unravels her hammock to show where she sleeps - sometimes.

She's never in focus, as she never stops moving

but occasionally she sits for a moment and reflects

Robin signs the visitors book. Absolutely everyone who comes must sign it!

We sit outside in the last late burst of  summer sunshine eating cake and drinking coffee.

The plates and mugs are washed outside in the burn and drained 

on the draining board under the trees

It's the time of year when the hillsides and mountains take on a golden ginger tinge

Coming back down to earth, we pass Edith's garden shed next to

her 'real' house. It's thatched in heather.

I do love coming up to Lexies. You never quite know what you'll

find here and Edith, as always, is the perfect hostess. I

do love her enthusiasm - long may it continue.