Hidden From The Drumming Rain, A bitter Sweet Reunion Makes Me Realise - Once Again - As We Grow Older - Nothing In Our World Will Stay The Same...
Enough of my rhymes! I remember as a child walking through giant dark rooms with towering tall ceilings, room after room, row after row of old wooden cabinets filled with taxidermy animals. Some displayed in scenes and others placed together in categories, like the row after row of beetles and butterflies... Doors that got us lost into staircases with red velvet and gold coverings... Fish swimming in rectangles filled with copper coins... but mostly the cabinets, the beautiful big old cabinets...
Our visit to the newly renovated National Museum of Scotland was pretty bitter sweet! Maybe that is a tad over dramatic but A smudge bitter in terms of missing my romanticized memories, and my inability to appreciate modern design or interactive play exhibits for children who lack attention spans! But sweet in that the place looks beautiful, the Victorian design is just stunning and I loved just walking about the main hall looking up! And I can not wait to look at the exhibits further... As Mark says, there is still more to see! One day is not long enough! Perhaps there is a hidden room full of old cabinets decorated with masses of taxidermy! haha!
What is the world going to look like in 50 years time? As a 76 year old will I be able to cope with all the modernity? It's a mad world. So long as it doesn't end up like it does in Idiocracy! (now I have to find a clip from that classic Mike Judge movie which you have just got to see if you haven't already!).
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Enough of my rhymes! I remember as a child walking through giant dark rooms with towering tall ceilings, room after room, row after row of old wooden cabinets filled with taxidermy animals. Some displayed in scenes and others placed together in categories, like the row after row of beetles and butterflies... Doors that got us lost into staircases with red velvet and gold coverings... Fish swimming in rectangles filled with copper coins... but mostly the cabinets, the beautiful big old cabinets...
Our visit to the newly renovated National Museum of Scotland was pretty bitter sweet! Maybe that is a tad over dramatic but A smudge bitter in terms of missing my romanticized memories, and my inability to appreciate modern design or interactive play exhibits for children who lack attention spans! But sweet in that the place looks beautiful, the Victorian design is just stunning and I loved just walking about the main hall looking up! And I can not wait to look at the exhibits further... As Mark says, there is still more to see! One day is not long enough! Perhaps there is a hidden room full of old cabinets decorated with masses of taxidermy! haha!
What is the world going to look like in 50 years time? As a 76 year old will I be able to cope with all the modernity? It's a mad world. So long as it doesn't end up like it does in Idiocracy! (now I have to find a clip from that classic Mike Judge movie which you have just got to see if you haven't already!).
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Lovely photos, your hair is beautiful. Yeah the brightly coloured play areas with crayons are always a bit odd to me! x
ReplyDeleteThat looks like an amazing museum - I am fascinated by taxidermy! I would love to visit this place, maybe someday... I just read your little text under 'recycle' (on the right of your blog) and I couldn't agree more! :)
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ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I remember watching that silly movie! haha!
ReplyDeleteI always love the feel of your photos :)
These pictures are amazing! That museum looks wonderful; I just love the Victorian archtecture!
ReplyDeleteI love your hair!
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So beautiful and dreamy!
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awesome shots! sadly this utube clip isn't working right on my laptop.
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so lovely! really beautiful..
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are sooo beautiful! I don't think beautiful begins to describe them. I really, really love the architecture shown. Man. That surely is something. I wish I lived somewhere where museums and places like this was more available to explore! I'll just live vicariously through you:)
ReplyDeletei'm a newbie to your blogs but i really love it already. your photos in this post are lovely.
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the museum looks lovely. I love your photo by the encased elephant. and of course, I love the gorgeous elephant ring you're sporting :)
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ReplyDeletei love these pics, so cute and the rings are pretty amazing!
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Oh yes, I wonder that too at times.
ReplyDeleteAs for your photos...they are so dreamy and magical...as always:) You are gorgeous! That museum looks like such a wonderful place, though modern, still rich with history.
oh, what an amazing place, I'd love love love to visit it! ♥ and I have to say, Zoë, that your hair look just BREATHTAKING! ✿
ReplyDeleteLove these pictures, your hair, make up and outfit are absolutely amazing:)))
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nice photo and grogeous hairdo!
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The museum looks great.
ReplyDeleteYou look like a fairytale girl! A lovely doll! <3
ReplyDeleteI love these pictures, though it's a shame that your visit was bitter sweet. Isn't that almost always the case when visiting the places we adored as children? Also, you really do have the loveliest hair. Sally x
ReplyDeleteWhat delightful pictures, from the building to your rings! Just think of how much the world has changed since our grandparents were children! I interviewed my grandfather a few years back on the subject... but I just remember that so many things are great about the modern age as well as disappointing!
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