random thoughts

  • More autumn in Glen Feshie

    More autumn in Glen Feshie

    I have taken many trips around Cairngorm and one of my favourite locations is Glen Feshie, south of the mountains. It is a beautiful flat-bottomed glen surrounded on all sides by heather hills (thanks to the deer) and a gentle boulder strewn meandering river. Gentle until winter snow and spring melt bring dangerous torrents of flood water. What makes this spot special are the collection of Scots Pines. They grow as individuals, often at gravity denying angles, in clusters of two or three as well as clumps. There is colour, curves, shape and texture which creates a rewarding photographic experience. Hope you enjoy this collection from 2007.

    Glen Feshie

    Scots pine , Glen Feshie

    River Feshie

    Glen Feshie

    Autumn, Glen Feshie

    Glen Feshie

    Winter toll on Scots pine, Glen Feshie

    River Feshie, Glen Feshie

    This is where most of these photographs were taken.

  • Shaped by river Feshie

    Shaped by river Feshie

    Holding curvaceous stones worn from a long life spent in a riverbed is a small pleasure. This is a collection of sedimentary and volcanic rocks photographed in river Feshie, Glen Feshie, Highland, Scotland. Perhaps one of my favourite places on our lovely rock.

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  • Views of Stirling

    Views of Stirling

    Some views of Stirling and the wider Forth Valley taken on 8th January 2014 from a walk over the Ochil hills.

    Stirling’s landmarks atop old volcanic crag and tails

     

    River Forth snaking between bonded warehouses

     

    Tillicoultry nestling below the Ochils.

     

    Forth Valley panorama, Dollar to Falkirk to Stirling.

     

     

    Thinking Deacon Blue…

     

    Beauly-Denny power line, today.

     

     

     

    Old Logie Kirk church.

     

     

     

     

  • More butterflies, bees and bugs

    More butterflies, bees and bugs

    Time for another release of butterflies, bees and bugs this summer.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • sWearable depreciation

    sWearable depreciation

    How does a bad wearable depreciate?

    Ninety days later…

    worth 62% less.