Aye

If you come to Scotland, just say, “Aye”. It is part of every natural conversation. I think it might mean, ‘I’m paying attention to what you are saying.’ It could just mean ‘yes’, but that sounds a bit boring. Aye?

It is a good thing I am practicing Doric.

If you want to ask someone, “how are you?”

You say, “Fit like?”

My response is, “Aye, nae bad. Fit like yr-self?’

Now that I’m getting slightly better at this response I’ve jazzed it up by adding an ‘Aye’. ‘Nae’ means not and ‘nae bad’ could mean anything from ‘not too bad’ to ‘wonderful’.

When the Portsoy Rowing club were doing a bit of maintenance on the skiff, someone asked for a “whet cloot”. I started looking for a boat part to hand them, even though I didn’t know which part was actually the ‘cloot’. A wet rag was handed to them, as they wanted a wet cloth.

We were walking down to the shops with Gunner when an older woman with a small dog stopped us. “Is that the dog that lives on Barbank?”, she asked. “What’s his name? I see him every morning on my walk.” She left us saying, “Good bye Gunner. See you tomorrow.” (She’s lovely, and has absolutely no idea of our names.)

Gunner impacts many lives and even our garden. I started a flower garden in our back yard as soon as we moved in. We look out here often and it seemed very bare.

I cannot add any more greenery to the back garden wall. The reason why is worth my stopping where I am and moving my garden dreams to the front yard.

Such a precious pair.

We got bikes! Like kids in a candy shop picking them up! How do you like my “Pink Watch Out For That Old Gal In The Road” bike jacket?

We’re enjoying them and looking forward to all the places they will take us. Due to the weather we’ve only been on them 3 times. One of us has a 2 out of 3 ‘mishaps’ and come off their bike without planning. Apparently these were both ‘my fault’ as I had stopped. I intend to ride from now on without stopping….

We leave in a week for America. Family time, new baby time, toddler time, and the big gang at THE wedding. We’re not the only ones who are counting the days.

I miss my family dearly and am waiting for each and every single one of their hugs!

On my walk with Gunner around the neighborhood this morning…

We went to my friend’s house and she put on her shoes and grabbed her dog and we all took a walk.

I will see my family…and I have a friend.

I am blessed.