Walk: Wrangler brushpopper cotton shirt " blue jeans Justin python boots 10x hat Mission Fragrances Courage Church service: Tweed herringbone jacket Black satin ribbon tie Sans pocket square Bengal stripe dress shirt Brown cotton Chino pants Brown socks Cole Haan brogue Armitron watch Penhaligons Sartorial fragrance Relaxing family day as the subtle changes of season are felt. Took a walk above the Fort Randall dam on the mighty Missouri River.

Among my favorite things are ancient Christian history ✅ Fine woolen tweeds, tartans and tattersalls✅ Fly Fishing✅ Great food (especially seafood and wild game)✅ Beautiful lake and ocean seasides✅ Lovely landscapes✅ Interesting architecture✅ Kind people!!!!!!’✅ Single malt Scotch✅ We started our day attending a worship service at The church of the Holy Rude in Stirling where King James: namesake of Jamestown Virginia and the King James Bible, was coronated on July 29, 1597 as James the first of England (already James VI of Scotland). My Daughter in law strained a muscle so since we were staying at a spa hotel (we could only get woodland pod’s in the back which were cool), she and my wife got a massage while my son and I went to Banockburn battlefield where Robert the Bruce set up the kingship indirectly from that victory in 1314. ( see Outlaw King movie to better understand this historic series of events). This lineage lead to the orange white and green battles between James 7 vs William of Orange in the late 1680’s ( the troubles of Northern Ireland trace back to this battle). So much of US, Irish, Australian, and many other parts of the world have been affected by William Wallace (Braveheart movie) and the subsequent Scottish Kingship of Robert the Bruce ( King James1st of England was a direct descendent of Robert the Bruce). I could go on all day about this stuff… From the hotel we travelled to the coastal town of Oban and had a fantastic multi course dinner including Langostine,Thai sauce muscles, Haddock, squid, curry shrimp, Scottish eggs, lamb chops, with a peanut Crème Brûlée, sticky toffee pudding and of course a couple of drams of 14 yr old Oban whiskey! Yea I love Scotland!!!!! Oh yea wore my new cream tattersall w green and burgundy shirt. Burgundy grouse print silk/wool tie i picked up at Stewart Christie’s a couple of days ago with my old cotton duck workwear khaki jeans by Orvis, Barbour jacket. Peter James wool flat cap. Solomon ankle high boots. Tomorrow ferry across to the isle of Mull and another ferry to the Isle of Iona: the birthplace of Christianity into Scotland by St Columba in the 6th century!!!

….headed off to Greece with my kids. Needed something to keep the sun off my face & head. I find function is the easiest way to justify trying a new style. Any other hat wearers in the house? Anyone else taking a break this month?

Had to run out to see a client in the late afternoon and get a hair cut. OOTD 1997 MTM Royal blue blazer Recent gaberdine wool tan trousers Blue linen short picked up in Greece Silk reversible pocket square Clarke’s navy derby’s Pendleton socks Caravelle Bulova watch