Today's adventure was by bus..just into Ayr, by myself!! Pirate was busy here, helping stack logs for our neighbour and fettling bikes.
It was a relief to see most people wearing masks, if not all correctly.
It was a sunny breezy morning to start with, a relief after yesterday, but it wasn't going to last! Luckily I went prepared with a good coat.
It made a change having a mooch around , checking on our usual shopping haunts. Although busy, people were mostly leaving each other personal space which made for a more relaxed time.
After a cuppa in our favourite bookshop cafe I aimed for the main purposes of the trip..to check out the Ayr Makers stalls in the old Grain Exchange...ok, very nice but I wasn't impressed by anything...and to get a few food items that pirate had requested.
I was about to go into the next shop when a sign on a window caught my eye...Art Exhibition in here!!!!
In what had been a department store, various people are trading...mostly clothes and one linens and furnishings...or Manchester as my Kiwi friends might call it.
But right at the back in a large space a group of artists have a selling exhibition..painting, sculpture, drawing, prints....and I met two, plus the person who is running the building. (There is a cafe upstairs and a performance space by that)
It looks as if I could join in with this group... hopefully. They contribute to Ayrshire Cancer Support organisation too, who have helped pirate and myself in the past, which is a good bonus too.
It could be the incentive needed to get things moving again and get making properly.
After I remembered, thankfully, the shopping, the weather had turned wet, and as the bus made its way back to our village the rain was bouncing off the road and begining to flood the gutters.
Back for lunch then the tedium of fleabay researching before listing. It does take time, but it is worth it to get things correct..and paid off well this afternoon with a sale within five minutes of listing!! Sales keep you going on..and it is good to see the pile of bits reducing!!
That's a bit of a ramble...but it's been a rambly day..and pirate rambled down to see a lovely sunset after all the rain.
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Sounds like a very good day. We are pleased that people have accepted mask wearing here (indoors anyway - it is not mandatory outside).
Glad you remembered Pirate's vittles. So is Pirate.
Great to find artists that you can relate with, and show your wares too! What a nice day's trip. Of course the rain is always a bit of a downer, but it does sound like you weren't out it in much.
A rambly day is always a good day.
Are you anywhere near the town of Dunlop? Apparently my Scottish ancestors came from there.
Some rambling type days achieve a lot more than you think - here is to joining the art group (fingers crossed x)
Amy we are about 50km from Dunlop
Oh, the rambly days are so wonderfully refreshing. With all on your plate, you deserved this day.
Time does slow down at times.
You have sent that heavy rain down here today and it is beating on my window as I write this. My carer tells me the river Ure is well over and flooding this morning.
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