Once upon a time my sister and I went to Scotland and stumbled on one of Beatrix Potters locations while making the drive down from the Highlands. We had splurged and stayed at Castle Stuart in a tower room for two nights, the castle located outside of Inverness and near Cawdor. The castle had a gated entrance and the code was the year of the battle of Culloden. The morning we left the castle was sunny and beautiful, the colors so vibrant and at odds with each other we had to pull over to the side of the road to take a picture to prove it to ourselves; the pine trees were green, the sky robins egg blue, the heather maroon and the grass yellow. A light dusting of snow covered the ground as we wound through valleys and mountains dotted with Castles. Coming out of the mountains we made a couple of stops, one at a wool shop and bought beautiful sweaters and the next at the church across the street from Balmoral. We were headed to Stirling.
Memories are fleeting of how we ended up at the town Beatrix vacationed in as a child and I could be wrong but we saw a sign for her garden and possibly it was not open so we went into town to shop. But perhaps it was on my sisters want to see list or in the guidebook. I have so many memories of that day they tend to bind together. We tend to do that quite a bit, denied a plan and improvise by exploring and shopping. After some research on my part without the help of my travel journals... but with the lovely help of the internet I think I have placed it. Dunkeld, Scotland.
I watched 'Ms. Potter' recently starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor and she was a fascinating women. Ahead of her time in the business sense, creative and artistic. She lived with her parents and was happy being single. A true inspiration. This movie got me thinking about that trip. Our first overseas trip together. An earthquake at home the prior week 'Nisqually Quake of 2001' causing fear of delay.
I bought the first of my mortar and pestle collection with thoughts of Miss Potter entangled with the purchase. The store we were shopping in I know had many Potter products but I cannot remember if the store was hers or not. It brings to mind how we remember some events very well and then also how we can change them in our minds so that there is a new truth and then someone who experienced it with you perceives it differently and the memories get tangled further.
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902 with an initial 8000 copies printed and the tale has never been out of print since. Beatrix went on to publish another 22 little books over the next 28 years, the proceeds from which enabled her to buy Hill Top Farm in the Lake District. Eventually she went on to own 15 farms and over 4,000 acres of land in the area.
The popularity of Beatrix Potter's stories and characters has grown immeasurably since she published The Tale of Peter Rabbit over 100 years ago, aided by her own foresight and acute business sense. A woman ahead of her time, she saw the potential in her most famous character creating the first patented soft toy in 1903, making Peter Rabbit the oldest licensed character. Not only that, she left an astounding legacy of stories, characters, art and unspoiled landscape to the world."
Memories are fleeting of how we ended up at the town Beatrix vacationed in as a child and I could be wrong but we saw a sign for her garden and possibly it was not open so we went into town to shop. But perhaps it was on my sisters want to see list or in the guidebook. I have so many memories of that day they tend to bind together. We tend to do that quite a bit, denied a plan and improvise by exploring and shopping. After some research on my part without the help of my travel journals... but with the lovely help of the internet I think I have placed it. Dunkeld, Scotland.
I watched 'Ms. Potter' recently starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor and she was a fascinating women. Ahead of her time in the business sense, creative and artistic. She lived with her parents and was happy being single. A true inspiration. This movie got me thinking about that trip. Our first overseas trip together. An earthquake at home the prior week 'Nisqually Quake of 2001' causing fear of delay.
I bought the first of my mortar and pestle collection with thoughts of Miss Potter entangled with the purchase. The store we were shopping in I know had many Potter products but I cannot remember if the store was hers or not. It brings to mind how we remember some events very well and then also how we can change them in our minds so that there is a new truth and then someone who experienced it with you perceives it differently and the memories get tangled further.
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902 with an initial 8000 copies printed and the tale has never been out of print since. Beatrix went on to publish another 22 little books over the next 28 years, the proceeds from which enabled her to buy Hill Top Farm in the Lake District. Eventually she went on to own 15 farms and over 4,000 acres of land in the area.
The popularity of Beatrix Potter's stories and characters has grown immeasurably since she published The Tale of Peter Rabbit over 100 years ago, aided by her own foresight and acute business sense. A woman ahead of her time, she saw the potential in her most famous character creating the first patented soft toy in 1903, making Peter Rabbit the oldest licensed character. Not only that, she left an astounding legacy of stories, characters, art and unspoiled landscape to the world."
My kids loved her books. I liked to read them with an accent and #61, I remember was fascinated by the spanking of Peter with the stick.
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