Postcards from Tallin #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patti Smith, Tallin, Estonia x

What a way to end four months in Finland...sailed to Tallin and met Patti Smith....she played with Jesse and Jackson, her son and daughter and dedicated her song Wing to Malika.  The best of times and now back in Banff, Scotland xx

Wing: Patti Smith
I was a wing in heaven blue
soared over the ocean
soared over Spain
and I was free
needed nobody
it was beautiful
it was beautiful

I was a pawn
didn't have a move
didn't have nowhere
that I could go
but I was free
I needed nobody
it was beautiful
it was beautiful

and if there's one thing
could do for you
you'd be a wing
in heaven blue

I was a vision
in another eye
and they saw nothing
no future at all
yet I was free
I needed nobody
it was beautiful
it was beautiful

and if there's one thing
could do for you
you'd be a wing
in heaven blue

and if there's one thing
could do for you
you'd be a wing
in heaven blue

and if there's one thing
could do for you
you'd be a wing
in heaven blue

Mama Crane and her three bairns x

My mother received this rather wonderful and unusual leaving present today on the eve on our Finland departure.  My mother's maiden name was Crane and she has wanted a tattoo of the Crane bird for a long time.  During our time in Hameenlinna she became very friendly with a wonderful lady called Paivi, whose daughter Sade is one of Finland's most famous tattoo artists. 

The three birds represent of course myself and my two brothers, Connor and Matthew.  There are no other wee grandbairn birds as my mother is not sure how many she will end up with!  At the moment she has four; Malika, Ameenah, Fearghal and Nora.

Such a wonderful leaving gift from the super talented Sade.  Here is a link to her website:  http://www.sadesonck.com/

What is the most unusual leaving present that you have received?