Tag Archives: history
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
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Tagged Callanish, Celtic, history, magic, mystery, mythology, photography, scotland, standing stones, travel
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Enhanced Rock Textures
Nature has created an incredible and beautiful variety of textures in the rocks of the earth. These rocks in turn shape the textures of the landscape and it’s feel. As we walk through the land we can experience the shifting … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient sites, cup and ring, England, history, nature, neolithic carving, Northumberland, photography, postaday, rock art
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Royal Relics
This wonderful characterful unicorn is part of a fairytale Scottish relic commissioned by King James V. It has stood in the central courtyard of Linlithgow Palace since 1538, just one year after the young Scottish King married the sophisticated and … Continue reading
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Tagged fairytale, history, love, magic, myths, photography, postaday, royalty, scotland, travel
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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
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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
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Tagged Celtic, Fairy Pools, history, magic, mythology, nature, photography, scotland, Skye, spiritual
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Mysterious Fidra
Sitting, in the impossibly romantic rise and fall of the tidal waters of the Firth of Forth, is a small chain of rocky islands. Easily seen, but hard to reach, each evokes its own mystery and tales from times long … Continue reading
Posted in ancient history, ancient sites, art, Edinburgh, elemental, history, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, spiritual, travel
Tagged ancient, art, Fidra, Firth of Forth, history, nature, photography, sacred, scotland
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Winter Gold on Calton Hill
The liquid gold of winter sun pulled us up the slopes of Calton Hill. The green copper dome of the old city observatory was closed to the golden sun, but would open its lids to the ocean of stars which … Continue reading
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Tagged Calton Hill, history, landscape, mindfulness, photography, scotland, travel, winter
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Object of Mystery
Scattered all across the British landscape are stone objects, wreathed in the swirling mists of the Bronze Age, or perhaps even the Stone Age. 4,000 to 6,000 years ago our ancestors raised these huge blocks of rock at sites which … Continue reading
Juxtaposition of Time and History
There are wonderful juxtapositions of layers of history, all around the ancient heart of Edinburgh. The famous castle, so emblematic of the city, sits on the core of an ancient long extinct volcano. Formed 340 million years ago, this rocky … Continue reading
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Tagged Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, history, King Arthur, mindfulness, photography, postaday, sacred, travel
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