Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

europe

  • Edinburgh Castle and Witchery

    We visited Edinburgh Castle, towering high up on volcanic rock, and walked the Royal Mile today. We learned about King James VI (1566-1625), son of Mary Queen of Scots. He commissioned what has become the most popular translation of the bible, known as the King James version. He is also famous for expressions that have Read more

  • The Kelpies

    We traveled from Edinburgh west about an hour to Falkirk to see a few sights including the enormous metal horse heads. The artist, Andy Scott, created them to represent the heads of two Clydesdale working horses, common in the past in Scottish steel industry, which used to pull various types of loads including towing the Read more