Tag: landscape

More Nairn Beach

~ Ruth ~ 4 Comments

Another memory from childhood, and another thing I really love about Nairn beach is the way the sharp spiky grey-green fronds of beachgrass grow straight out of the undulating powdery white sand dunes – and the way that curtain of grass rising up ahead of you, rustling in excitement and expectation, almost hides the beach from view until you come over the top and there it is, the vast expanse of sand and sea and salty air, welcoming you to its own liminal world of constant ebb and flow 🙂

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Rural Living

~ Ruth ~ 7 Comments

This week’s smile from me comes from really enjoying the somewhat slower pace of life out here in the Scottish countryside, from once again having the time to appreciate the natural beauty and variety of plants growing in the grass verges at the side of the road, and the satisfying sight of newly baled straw after a successful harvest 🙂

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Scottish Summer Sea

~ Ruth ~ 5 Comments

Experiencing the usual combination of warming sun and chilly wind and showery rain all together clamouring for attention on the same blustery summer day can only mean that I’m definitely back in Scotland – a bracing walk along the pebble beach between Fort George and Ardersier this afternoon left me pink-cheeked, tousle-haired and smiling at the sheer magnificence of the ever-changing weather. It certainly feels good to be home again 🙂

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Say Hello to Inverness

~ Ruth ~ 9 Comments

Here I am on Friars Bridge in Inverness with the city behind me – there’s a pic without me in the way, too. And the small grey bridge is an old Victorian pedestrian bridge across the River Ness, which runs through the centre of the city – I think the seagull was just being nosey 🙂

Landscapes of Home

~ Ruth ~ 22 Comments

‘I think the kind of landscape that you grew up in, it lives with you. I don’t think it’s true of people who’ve grown up in cities so much; you may love a building, but I don’t think that you can love it in the way that you love a tree or a river or the colour of the earth; it’s a different kind of love.’ – Arundhati Roy

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