Flowers of Scotland

Many thanks to those of you sending in food challenges...Citizen E has thrown down the fried gauntlet, suggesting that I attempt to eat a deep-fried Mars Bar.  As luck would have it, we found a fish 'n chips shop in the Grassmarket that sells this delicacy.  If I am successful, I of course will post before and after photos.

Fiddlehead Fern

Scotch Broom

Over the past several weeks, my wife has taken numerous pictures of plants and flowers seen during our travels.  We have not identified all of them, and warmly welcome identifications.  

The roses are now beginning to bloom in Princes Street Gardens and provide a colorful backdrop to the less-than-picturesque tram construction.  Of particular note are the yellow roses, which seem to thrive in this damp, rather cool climate.  Bees are attracted to the Scotch Broom; although we have consumed our share of honey, bees have been rather scarce.  And overall, we have not seen many insects (minus the midges, which can and will bite).      

Gorse

Of course the fields of oil seed rape are highly visible, as the bright yellow stands out amongst the green fields of barley and the earthen mounds which will yield massive potato crops.  Gorse - a prickly bush that looks rather scrubby - is fairly prominent on the sea coast and bears yellow flowers which smell faintly like Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen.  

McAmos the Cheerful leaves this fair country tomorrow, and we wish him safe travels.  Perhaps he, too, will sample the deep-fried Mars Bar...

Will McAmos the Cheerful and Wallace the Witty

tame the gooey goblin?  Will our fearless heroes conquer the melted monster whilst remaining intrepid in the face of the caloric kraken?  Tune in tomorrow to find out if they were victorious, or if they faltered in the face of the fatty fiend!