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Wordless Wednesday – A Garden Lost in Time

Published on: April 3, 2019September 7, 2022 by Croft Gardener 6 Comments

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Wordless Wednesday – Set in Stone

Published on: March 27, 2019September 7, 2022 by Croft Gardener 1 Comment
Stone leaf carving

Stone carvings on the bridge parapet end stones, Tay Forest Park, Carie, Loch Rannoch.

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Reading the Landscape

Published on: March 16, 2019September 7, 2022 by Croft Gardener 11 Comments
Gleann Beag

If you live on an island a journey almost inevitably includes a ferry crossing. After a while it becomes a bit like catching a bus, but with the frisson of anticipation as to whether you will actually depart as scheduled or when you might get back home. However, I still enjoy this aspect of the

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Wordless Wednesday – Hanging on

Published on: March 13, 2019September 7, 2022 by Croft Gardener 6 Comments
Birch, Arrina Wester Ross

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Over the sea to Skye

Published on: March 12, 2019September 7, 2022 by Croft Gardener 16 Comments
Skye Lighthouse

Island life is essentially about being in harmony with the rhythm of the seasons, but it is the weather that really determines what we do and when, so I have adopted the Darwinian philosophy that survival depends on the ability to adapt to the environment. Consequently I have become a creature of routine and habit;

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