"There are few places in my life that I’ve found more ruggedly beautiful than the Highlands of Scotland. The place is magical – it’s so far north, so remote, that sometimes it feels like you’ve left this world and gone to another." -Julia London It was five years...

“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” — Harvey Mackay It is has been nearly five years since I have last written a post on this website. It...

"Carving is a joy to the artist... To attack the raw material, gradually to extract a shape out of the following ones own desire or, sometimes, the inspiration of the material itself: this gives the sculptor great joy."  ~ Aristide Maillol My first attempt of a...

* Life for us all, is very challenging at this present time. The COVID-19 virus itself hits the older generations and people with underlying health problems the hardest but can still affects us all.The affect that the virus has with our everyday lives, our future both...

Post originally written in December 2012.   “From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens – the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind’s eye.” – Katherine S. White     Now there is one...

A post first written in 2012. "In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw...

Winter is coming! Thankfully, you will not see any white walkers in this post although unfortunately, Daenerys doesn't make an appearance either but there may be a few dragons. Dragonfly Nymph Officially we are still in autumn but the starter pistol for winter has...

"Keep me true to the trees, faithful to the grasses, Let me not traduce the birds, betray the faith of the roses, nor hurt the heart of the daffodils... Keep me fit for stars and twilights, answering to the blue night-shadows. Set me free to be caressed of the...