Tag: plants

  • Callanish Standing Stones

    Four thousand years ago a Neolithic conversation in Callanish went as thus:

    “Why don’t we stand huge fekin’ boulders on top of this hill?”

    “They weigh five heffers each! Why?”

    “Lets do it on the longest….no shortest day.”

    “Eh Why?”

    “Lets put them into the same pattern as the lights in the night sky, as god commands.”

    “Come again beardy”

    “No look over there, that group of hills resemble a sleeping woman. Lets do that !”

    “Have you been smokin’ kelp weed again hairy? Word to the wise, keep magic fire away from that face.”

    “I know. We’ll knock-up a prototype stone circle here on this hill here then build a bigger one 1,000 beardlengths over there. In that one lets bury the bones of Morag the Mammoth”

    Today we have no clear idea why Neolithic Scots created the stone circles at Callanish. Without written history things get lost. We excavate, scan, carbon date and take arial surveys to guess how it was done and hope it leads to why. I love follies and curiosities and some very special buildings. You might guess the how, but never get the why. Neolithic Scots – I salute you. What is your ‘Callanish’ ?

    A Stone Circle

     

    Rainbow over Circle

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  • Scarista Beach Scotland

    Lets go to another Scottish beach because you must. Beach visits refresh the parts other environments fail to reach. Sarista Beach Scotland is on the west coast of Harris and despite this overcast November day, interesting views were all around. I’m often taken with the small geography of the sand, how the wind shapes it, how the plants inhabit and shape sand too. Be sure to see me doing Maths on the Beach™ at the end of the article.

    Beach detail

     

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  • Summer Flower Detail

    Final batch from this late summer flower period in the garden.

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    Sunflower

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  • Summer Garden Flora and Fauna

    Here are more summer garden flora and fauna photographs. Getting in close with my specialised macro lens really brings the little world out to a larger scale. In such a vibrant time the garden is full of textures, colour and beasties like ladybird, flies and more. Lots to enjoy.

    Summer Garden Flora and Fauna
    Summer Garden Flora and Fauna

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  • Plants up close

    I often find it rewarding to fit a macro lens to the camera and get up close to plants in the garden. There is a lot of detail and beauty which normal human vision cannot see unaided. So this is a collection taken in June.
     
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