Category Archives: photos

Weekly Photo Challenge – Delicate

Posted on December 15, 2012 by greenmackenzie

I took this photo back in 2009, while visiting a former Islamic School in Tunisia. From the outside the brick building was simple and quite scruffy, but once we passed through the ancient wooden doors, a breathtaking display of mosaics … Continue reading →

Posted in history, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged delicate, islamic art, islamic marble carvings, Islamic school, light, marble art, photography, postaday, travel, Tunisia | 16 Comments

Weekly Travel Photo Challenge: Circles

Posted on December 9, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Ailsas’ weekly photo challenge is Circles. Nature is full of soothing intriguing circles, and here are a few from my travels. The first one was taken this summer in the Botanical Gardens on the island of Tenerife, in the Atlantic … Continue reading →

Posted in nature photo, photos, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge | Tagged circles, nature, photography, postaday, scotland, travel | 3 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons

Posted on December 8, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Here in Scotland, the season is turning and Winter is unrolling her cloak across the land. The trees are bare now, stripped of their summer clothes, and the only green is from the evergreens which will endure all winter. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, frost, nature, outdoors, photography, postaday, scotland, walking, winter | 25 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Posted on December 4, 2012 by greenmackenzie

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 | 5 Comments

Weekly Travel Photo Challenge: Fluid

Posted on November 24, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This weeks travel photo theme is Liquid……my post for last weeks theme Mystical would have fitted just as well this week, but I put on my thinking head and went for a browse through this summers photos. These shots were … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged beach, dogs, East Lothian, Edinburgh, fun, outdoors, photo, photography, playing, scotland, scottish, walking | 3 Comments

Autumns last fling: just before the storm

Posted on November 20, 2012 by greenmackenzie

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 | 2 Comments

Weekly Travel Photo Challenge: Mystical

Posted on November 18, 2012 by greenmackenzie

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 | 15 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

Posted on November 16, 2012 by greenmackenzie

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 | 30 Comments

Happiness: look down to find this elusive feeling

Posted on November 13, 2012 by greenmackenzie

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 | 6 Comments

Poppies to remember: Or to forget?

Posted on November 12, 2012 by greenmackenzie

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 →