Category Archives: Celtic
Twilight Dreams
There’s a valley, shrouded in the mists of time, and swirling with the echoes of ancient dreams. Here at Dunadd, the tribe of the boar ruled supreme, their kings living in luxury on top of this ancient hill. Dynasties rose … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Celtic, dreams, history, magic, nature, photography, postaday, scotland, travel, twilight
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Mystery in Stone
We travelled as far North and as far West as you can in Britain, and we found the oldest mystery cast in stone. I have so much to tell and share, but for now this is a tiny taste of … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, elemental, mythology
Tagged Callanish, Celtic, history, magic, mystery, mythology, photography, scotland, standing stones, travel
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Swan Lake
On a steep hillside, overlooking the Firth of Forth, near its mouth at Dunbar, lies a hidden loch. Cloaked on all sides by the remnants of the ancient oak woods of Lothian, it has side stepped the passage of time. … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, mindfulness, mythology
Tagged Celtic, magic, mindfulness, myths, nature, photography, relaxation, scotland, spiritual, swan, water
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The Birth of Magic
There’s a hill, just beyond the hill behind the last hill you can see, rolling away into the distance. On the breast of this hill magic is brewed each and every day. It rises in soft white and purple clouds … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, elemental, mythology
Tagged birth, Celtic, earth, elemental, fairytales, imagination, magic, myth, nature, photography
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Stone Owl
Stone owl watches Waiting for his flower maid Heartache will follow
Graveside Memories: Balmacara
It was my Granny’s birthday in June, while we were visiting Plockton, and so we paid her a visit in Balmacara Graveyard. I picked fresh flowers from the garden and we drove the twisting single track road out of the … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, history
Tagged Balmacara, culdee, grave, gravestone, graveyard, history, knight, Loch Alsh, medieval, photography, scotland, travel
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Magical Skye Pools
Every spring, the ice cold snow melt from the Red Coullin tumbles down these slopes on the Isle of Skye. The pure mountain water dissolves a little of the limestone each year, creating beautiful curves and shapes all along the … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, nature photo
Tagged Celtic, Fairy Pools, history, magic, mythology, nature, photography, scotland, Skye, spiritual
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Sun Stars
It was the end of another beautiful Scottish day, and the waves lapped lazily in soft sights onto the beach. They could hardly summon the energy to move even the tiny white shells which lay in drifts across the pale … Continue reading
Posted in art, Celtic, mythology, relaxation
Tagged golden hour, magic, myth, photography, scotland, Skye, spiritual, Tir na nOg, waves
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Thresholds
Thresholds are magical spaces, which lie in between two places or states. They are neither one nor the other, but are a mixture of both at once. Because they are neither here nor there, they lie in the third place … Continue reading
Posted in art, Celtic, change, elemental, mindfulness, mythology, nature photo, photos, spiritual, unconscious, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Celtic, change, magic, nature, photography, postaday, spring, symbolism, thresholds
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