Kit and Caboodle Newburgh North Fife

A welcome and interesting addition to Newburgh High Street North Fife.

Kit and Caboodle, 28 High Street, Newburgh, KY14 6AQ. Tel 01337 842278.
Household effects, fab * vintage * retro * handmade * eco * recycled. Opening Hours:- Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat 11-4pm.

Loulou Shaw, the amiable proprietor.

Wedding Bible

The Wedding Bible.
This review is from: Wedding Bible (Hardcover)
I'm NOT the Bride. I'm the friend of the Groom and sympathetic ear to the Bride!

I had to step in and do something as it was clear the Groom was doing nothing, and over the past 10 years of our friendship I can happily conclude that he would have carried on doing nothing if action wasn't taken. So, I bought this book as a belated Engagement present to save the Brides sanity and to give the Groom a good kick up the backside.
As a result, the Groom has now woken up to the fact that there is plenty to be getting on with even if they do have 12 months before the wedding. The Brides sanity is saved.
For the Bride she has found this invaluable as it's helped her with wedding etiquette and planning, and of course getting the Groom to make some decisions before the BIG day. It's fantastically illustrated, beautifully presented and insightfully written. The Author REALLY does know what she is writing about.
I can therefore say with confidence that this is a very good buy, so good in fact that I have bought two copies and I can imagine I will be buying many more in the future as more of my friends get married. It's a life line for all future Brides and Grooms.
To Buy:- Wedding Bible

Kennoway Wedding Fife

A Kennoway Wedding in Fife,
The Parish Church in Kennoway dates back to St Kenneth, who preached in the 6th century. The present Romanesque church was built in 1850 and was designed by Thomas Hamilton. Six stained glass windows are by Marjorie Kemp, 1950. Monuments to past ministers. A very good space.
Carole and Adam got wed.

The bride arrives on the brink and waits.

Vows taken.


As pen was put to paper Tara sang, "Ae Fond Kiss" by Robert Burns.

Done, Declared and Sanctified. Happiness.

Getting ready for picture session.

And more gathered.

That's a good shot of the pork scratchings and that's apart from the Champagne, Delicious buffet and cake/cakes.

The Mangers was fine fettle.

The clouds by Lago unravelled in rapport with the happy occasion.

Auchtermuchty House for sale North Fife

15 Upper Greens, Auchtermuchty, Fife, KY14 7BX for sale.
Offers Over £145,000
Property Type Public Rooms Bedrooms Bathrooms Garage Garden
Semi-Detached 2 4 2 no yes
A Spacious traditional semi detached stone built extended property located in sought after position within the popular village of Auchtermuchty. It is a thriving community with primary school very close by, post office, bank, two mini supermarkets (late opening), medical surgery, chemist, hotel, public house, library and churches. There are mainline train stations at nearby Ladybank (6 miles) and Markinch (12 miles) making a journey time to Edinburgh of approximately 45 minutes. Secondary schooling is available at Bell Baxter in Cupar. Entry to the property is via a timber door, with glazed panel, opening into hall with coat cupboard, sunken ceiling downlighters, laminate flooring, french doors opening to the lounge and stone staircase rising to the first floor. The lounge has windows to the front with storage below, ceiling downlighters and on one wall is a modern electric fire, within a painted timber surround and hearth. Alongside is display niche with cupboard below housing electricity meter and fuse board. Kitchen has window to the rear and a further window into the dining room/family room. Modern wall and floor storage units with concealed worktop lighting, tile effect laminate flooring, integrated stainless steel gas hob, stainless steel single electric oven and cooker hood. Slimline dishwasher included. Plumbing for a washing machine and space for a tall fridge freezer. Useful deep storage cupboard with electric. Door leads through to bright dining room/family room with four windows and double glazed french doors. Wall mounted convector heater and laminate flooring. From the hall a stone staircase with cast iron spindles and timber banister, rises to the first floor with window at the half way landing. At the first floor landing is a deep shelved cupboard housing hot water tank. Large fully tiled bathroom with window to the front, four-piece white suite comprising w.c., pedestal washbasin, bath and tiled shower cubicle with electric shower. Tall fitted corner shelf unit. Bedroom one is a good size double with double aspect windows. Bedroom two has a window to the rear. Stairs rise to the top floor where there are a further two bedrooms each with coombed ceilings and large Velux window to the rear with lovely views overlooking fields. One of these bedrooms is a double and has a small feature window to the side., deep cupboard with double doors and hanging rail and further storage cupboard with double sliding doors. Shower room has laminate floor, white suite of w.c., wall mounted washbasin and fully tiled shower cubicle with electric shower and extractor fan. Inspection door gives access to cold water storage tank. Top floor landing could provide space for computer work station. Outside, a timber gate to side of property gives access to enclosed established rear garden laid out with some lawn, two patios and borders well stocked with perennials, small shrubs, and a plum tree, Timber shed and greenhouse included which has peach tree and grape vine. Attached to the greenhouse is a workshop equipped with electric, workbench and vice. External water tap. External light. Property is partially double glazed with combination of double glazed units, single glazing and secondary glazing. System of gas fired central heating has radiators throughout apart from the two upper bedrooms, shower room and family room/dining room. A Home Report is available for this property. Please contact our Auchtermuchty office for further information.
Selling Agent

Rollo Davidson McFarlane
36 Cupar Road
Auchtermuchty
KY14 7DD

Tel : 01337 828775
Fax : 01337 827102

E-mail : auchtermuchty@rollos.co.uk
Website : www.rollos.co.uk

Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial 2010

Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial 2010 (ANSAmed) - ROME - Signs and refined ornaments, decorative inserts, soft or broken lines expressing love, pain, religious faith, landscapes. Arab calligraphy is an antique art that continues to live in a continuous renovation of its forms, colours, styles and significance, an incessant dialogue between different countries and cultures that finds attention and international resonance at the Sharjah Arab Calligraphy Biennial, in the United Arab Emirates, which opens today. The event, one of the world's most important dedicated to the art of ornamental scripture (from the Greek ''kalos'' - beautiful - and ''graphia'' - writing -) will spend the next two months travelling around various parts of the country, beginning in Sharjah's Al Shumwaiheen calligraphy museum, and moving on to Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Dibba Al Hisn, with a programme rich in initiatives, seminars, workshops, exhibitions, both by individuals and groups. The show is an international one, ''in which artists from all over the world take part, from Iran to Germany and Morocco,'' says Abdullah Mohammad Al Owais, director of the local government's Department of Culture and Information. Figures say that 333 participants from 28 countries will feature, with a total of 821 works presented, an imposing spectacle whose ''objective is to bring together the techniques of the past and those of the present, and to build the reputation of calligraphy on a worldwide level.'' The planning of seminars and workshops, Al Owais told local newspaper Gulf News, ''aims to encourage the coming together of cultures in a way that contributes to the development of calligraphy'', while also allowing people to admire this art form ''in a way that is not traditional''. Famous artists will take part in the event, including the Qatar's Ali Hassan and Tunisian Naja Al Mahdaoui, while Emirati photographer Saif Al Zari will present an exhibition of images entitled ''Desert on the Edge of Light''. A stylish tribute to an art of such great importance in the Arab world, born on the Prophet Mohamed's ban on depicting man, instead leaving to scripture the task of telling the story of the surrounding and inside world. (ANSAmed).

A calligraphy in Tibetan script meaning prosperity by Tashi Mannox. One of three exhibited in The Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial 2010. If I had the dosh I would visit.

The River Tay April 8th North Fife

Yesterday was warmish and overcast, I spent the day erecting a small greenhouse continuing into today and I'm happy to say that after cutting loads of recycled window glass to replace those that perished in the winter storms, the job is done. It's a late growing year and hopefully we can bring plants on in the exotic environment, then transferring to an adjacent cold frame and thence to garden plot.

It's a great view. I stop everyday to enjoy.

Newburgh Floods North Fife

The river Tay as it was at spring tide on the 30th March. It seemed that much of the crops would be lost but by dint of application a pump was installed, running for a few days it removed the bulk of the water. Phew!

One of the old salmon fishing station bothy's marooned by the flood.

A large diesel pump draining the fields at blackearnside, Parkhill.

Making new the dyke which was breeched on the last spring tide.
All done and dusted and the fields reclaimed.

In the Mood for Entertaining: Food for Every Occasion

In the Mood for Entertaining: Food for Every Occasion
If you love to entertain and share good food with your friends and family, whether it is a relaxed Friday night supper, a lazy brunch, a full-on posh dinner party or cooking for a crowd on New Year's Eve, then this book is a must. It has an easy-to-follow layout, with four main chapters broken down into various different menus, offering you food for every occasion: Two's Company, Relaxed Entertaining, The Extravagant Dinner Party and Cooking for a Crowd. From Coconut and ricotta hotcakes with espresso syrup to Honey roast ham with pistachio crumbs, via Mini tomato tatins and Spiced mussels with tomato spaghetti, Jo Pratt's creative and stylish recipes are fuss-free and easy to follow. Accompanied by beautiful full-colour photography, drink suggestions and recipe hints and tips, this book will make entertaining a joy, whatever the occasion.
Buy now 46% discount.In the Mood for Entertaining: Food for Every Occasion

Drainage north fife

Ground drainage, literally. Today in north fife at Blackearnside lay-by I noticed this, so incongruous, so literal.

Ben Lomond: Ben Vorlich and Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond, Scotland,

Art Print by Colin Prior 1000 x 480mm

Vorlich and Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond, Scotland.
There is plenty to do and see in this part of Scotland, Accommodation can be found at.

To buy the print.Ben Lomond: Ben Vorlich and Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Art Print by Colin Prior 1000 x 480mm

West Lomond Fife

The Lomond Hills (meaning beacon hills) lie in the centre of Fife, Scotland. At 522m West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife. Yesterday, this is how it looked. Fortunately we have escaped extreme snow conditions in north fife in this long long winter.

The Lomond Hills contain two prominent peaks, West Lomond and East Lomond (or Falkland Hill) (448 m), which lie at either end of an escarpment roughly 6.5 km in length. The escarpment, made from beds of sandstone, limestone and quartz-dolerite, rises gradually from the south to a plateau of around 350 m in height between the peaks of East and West Lomond. To the north and west, this plateau terminates in steep and, in places, cliffy scarp slopes. From its western end, the escarpment continues southwards beyond the deep valley of the Glen Burn (Glen Vale) to Bishop Hill (461 m). The steep-sided peaks of East and West Lomond themselves are volcanic in origin. Along the edges of the sandstone bed at the foot of the scarp slopes are several strangely eroded outcrops, the most famous of which are the Bunnet Stane and John Knox's Pulpit, so named because it is believed to be a spot where covenanters held conventicles in the 17th century. There are also strange outcrops in the columnar jointing at the edge of the dolerite sill on Bishop Hill, most notably Carlin Maggie.
The Lomond Hills have a rich and varied history. From the Iron Age are the remains of several hill forts, which can be found around the summits of both East and West Lomond as well as at Maiden Castle, a grassy knoll that lies between the two.
In more recent history, the Lomond Hills were mined for limestone, ore and lead, although there are no longer any working quarries there today. On the southwest slopes of East Lomond are the well preserved remains of a limekiln and quarry (in which the fossilised remains of prehistoric sea creatures can be found). Much favoured venue for hill walkers.