Author Archives: greenmackenzie
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
I took this photo a few years ago, and love the vertical reflections of the masts. The boats are due to take part in a race later in the day, as part of the yearly regatta, and so soon the … Continue reading
Posted in photos, travel, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Highlands, photography, Plockton, postaday, Reflections, scotland, scottish
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Autumns last fling: just before the storm
I took these photos while out on a dog walk on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny autumn day, and the trees were hanging onto their last modesty covering of leaves. On Sunday evening the wind whipped up and a … Continue reading
Posted in change, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos
Tagged Autumn, change, fallen leaves, mindful walk
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Weekly Travel Photo Challenge: Mystical
These photos were taken in a Scottish peat bog, deep in the Scottish Highlands, and I was captivated by the clarity and depth of reflection in the dark peaty water. The sky seemed to fill the pool with mesmerising reflections … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, mythology, nature photo, photos, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Celtic, clouds, dragonfly, Highlands, nature, peat bog, photo, photography, scotland, scottish, spiritual, the past
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Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Sunsets
Here are a couple of sunsets taken at different times of the year, over the very picturesque village of Plockton in Wester Ross, Scotland. I have been coming here since I was a little baby as it’s where my mother’s … Continue reading
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
Here is my gallery of Green, from Scotland, where the grass grows soft and green due to copious rainfall and gentle sunlight 🙂 Click here to see more links to the Weekly Photo Challenge Green Here are a few other … Continue reading
Posted in green walks, nature photo, photos, weekly photo challenge
Tagged nature, outdoors, photo, photography, postaday, scotland
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Happiness: look down to find this elusive feeling
I had a very contented day yesterday, in fact I would say I was very happy. I noticed this when I was walking with my three wildly happy dogs through the aching beauty of an autumn bronzed beech wood. I … Continue reading
Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, relaxation, spiritual, thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged autumn colours, beech woods, life, mindfulness, musings, nature, philosophy, photo, photography, quote, relaxation, spiritual, walking
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Poppies to remember: Or to forget?
Poppies have always seemed rather cheerful flowers to me, with their vivacious red petals filling my borders with colour year after year. So to me it has always seemed a bit of a misfit with the somber remembrance of the … Continue reading
Posted in history, philosophy, photos, poem, thoughts
Tagged death, In Flanders Fields, life and death, musings, philosophy, photo, poppies, remembrance sunday, soldiers, symbolism, the past, war
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal
The deep well of renewal. Wells were in the past places where travellers could refresh and renew themselves, before the next stage of their journey. They were also sacred places of connection with the otherworld, and its regenerative forces of … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, mindfulness, nature photo, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Highlands, mindfulness, musings, nature, photo, photography, postaday, renewal, sacred well, scotland, spiritual, travel, Well
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Surprise Brides of Edinburgh
I had headed up to Edinburgh’s Old Town, looking for some atmospheric shots of the old Closes (the alleyways squeezed between the crooked old highrises). I had set up to take a picture down Old Assembly Close when suddenly a … Continue reading
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