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Edge of the Day
I walked this evening towards the setting sun, and it’s soft apricot light which filled the sky and made my heart ache with an unknown longing. It was as though I could feel the earth turning beneath my feet, and … Continue reading
Posted in green walks, nature photo, poem
Tagged dark, light, mindfulness, nature, night, photo, Plockton, poem, poetry, postaday, relaxation, Rosshire, scotland, scottish, sunlight, sunset, walk
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Tolerating mess
Yesterday a friend popped over, and she said she didn’t know how we could be bothered with the mess the dogs make…..now admittedly our home wasn’t looking at its best….we had been for a long 2 hour beach walk and … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, mindfulness, photos, poem, thoughts
Tagged creativity, dogs, fun, gardening, kids, life, living fully, mess, messy life, mindfulness, parties, photo, poem, poetry, tidy
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Weekly Photo Challenge (Merge)
I love the liminal space of the beach where land and sea merge in an ever-shifting mix. ….especially a sandy beach, which is a perfect merge of both water and earth ….and in the distance the ocean and the sky … Continue reading
Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, unconscious, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Applecross, beach, clouds, edges, evening, Jura, liminal, merge, mindfulness, nature, photo, postaday, relaxation, scotland, scottish, Skye, travel
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Golden Age of Journalism
I love this doorway…. It spills out of the bottom of the old towering sandstone building, right in the heart of Edinburgh, which used to house the local newspaper – The Scotsman. It is minutes from Wavelry Station, where the … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, history, photos, poem
Tagged Auld Reekie, Edinburgh, journalism, local papers, photo, poem, poetry, Robert Fergusson, royal mile, scotland, the past, The Scotsman, travel
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The Power of Softness
I took a long walk on the beach today, streaching my legs into long strides, and my toes deep into soft sand. There was a lovely breeze, and most other walkers were wrapped up in warm jackets and boots, I … Continue reading
Posted in green walks, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, poem, relaxation
Tagged beach, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature, photo, poem, poetry, relaxation, scotland, walk, waves
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Eileen Donnan Castle
Eileen Donnan Castle.
Posted in ancient sites, dogs, history, photos
Tagged Aileen Donan Castle, castle, Highlands, photo, scotland, scottish
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Pictish footsteps
We took a walk along the shores of Loch Duich to this amazing iron age broch. Its called Caisteal Grugaig (or Dun Totaig) Broch, and is well off the beaten track on a lonely peninsula, looking across Loch Duich and … Continue reading
Posted in ancient history, ancient sites, Celtic, history, poem
Tagged ancestors, broch, Caisteal Grugaig, Dun Totaig, iron age, Loch Alsh, Loch Duich, photo, pictish, Picts, poem, poetry, Rosshire, scotland, scottish, walk, yeats
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Wake up and spot your pearl…..
Wake up and spot your pearl…… Today I found myself talking to someone who is going to die soon. A mother of young children, wife and scholl teacher…but she has run out of treatment options for her cancer. It left … Continue reading
Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, photos, poem
Tagged dew drops, garden, life, life and death, mindfulness, mortality, nature, photo, poem, sunlight
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Cooking with Santa
I was in Edinburgh today, soaking up the festival atmosphere, bathed in unexpected warm sunshine. It was so warm and sunny that the pavement side cafes were filling up and it all looked very continental. I decided to pop into … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, food, mindfulness, photos, recipie
Tagged Edinburgh, gardening, grow your own, Jamie Oliver, mindfulness, nature, photo, things to do in Edinburgh, tomatoe recipie, tomatoe sauce, travel, vacation, vegetables
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Cloud watching
So this morning I sailed into the Gym for my usual yoga class, only to be told it had been cancelled, very last-minute, for gymnastics…..I was so stunned…it was fairly early in the morning….that I didn’t ask any questions. As … Continue reading
Posted in art, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, relaxation, travel
Tagged art, art exhibition, clouds, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature, painting, photo, relaxation, scotland, scottish colourists, sunlight, things to do in Edinburgh, yoga
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