Earlier on this week I was at a show in Aviemore.  Also at the show was Sheila Fleet with her gorgeous range of jewellery.   One of her ranges is called the Ripples Collection, so you can imagine my temptation to spend some of my hard earned cash but I resisted!

After such a busy start to the week it was good to have a little break yesterday and I spent the day over on the east coast.  Stevan had a meeting to go to, so the dogs and I kept him company on the drive, and while he was in his meeting we found some open space to walk, get some fresh air, and just unwind a little.  Dornoch is famous for many things - the cathedral, Harry Gow's little shop, and The Jail, but what I hadn't realised was what a lovely beach there is on the edge of the town.   We had it all to ourselves.  This was looking in one direction:



and this was the other direction:



The undisturbed beach gave me the opportunity to photograph some great ripples of my own.



There was one other companion - the inevitable low flying jet that can regularly be seen in the Highlands: