Superstition

I took these walking up by Menzies castle on the sculpture trail. My family has a bit of history with that castle and rumour has it, my dad could have been its laird. But because this is my family and opportunities for ultimate coolness constantly seem to be missed, we do not have a stake on the castle. Damn. Oh well...here are the pictures I took.

I was quite interested in the amazing rock formations that dominated the hillside the walk wound round. There were a lot of natural rock walls that would have been brilliant for climbing, and of course there were the carvings. Some were quite hard to spot - we missed the most famous one which is carved into the rocks around St David's well. The well is more like a spring really and would be pretty easy to overlook. Someone had even left their toy elephant there which had gathered a lot of plant life.

The first thing I noticed when my dad pointed out this sculpture was the eye. It took me a while to figure out that it was part of a larger piece (slow as I am sometimes). There was some dispute as to what this carving was; we eventually over ruled the possibility that it was a dinosaur and settled for a dragon instead.

I wasn't even really looking when I took this photo. I was just peering into a tiny cave and snapping away and only realised I'd taken a decent shot when I got home!

 Visitors have been leaving coins on the sculptures for good luck (I think)

My mum suggested I remove the coins to take a better picture because the money made the sculpture look cheap. My reaction:

Me: I can't!
Mum: Why not?
Me: Because!
Mum: You can put them back afterwards
Me: Mum!
Mum: What?
Me: Taboo!

Yes. I would like to claim I'm not superstitious, but the idea of removing the coins just didn't strike me as a good one.

Pictures from the garden

Heather

 
 I'm going to start by saying that today was actually warm for once! I didn't even have to wear a jacket! Those of you who live in warmer climates probably don't understand the significance of of heat after winter - let me tell you, it is bliss. So, in this brilliant heat, I took a few pictures of my garden because the sun was shining and everything looked all summery! And as you can tell the weather put me in a good mood.

Tadpoles in the pond

Just sunbathing...

For some reason this photo doesn't want a caption so I'll just write it up here. This is a hoverfly...sitting on a flower. Yup.

The cutest dog ever...(in my opinion)

Some photographs I took recently...my favourite has to be the one of my friend's dog Fergus. He's so adorable!

Do you see what I mean?

And today's photos are...

Today was the first really sunny day we've had since...probably summer. And it was WARM! Ok, so when I say warm I mean around 10 Celsius, but that's relatively toasty compared to the weather we've been getting. I took these photos on my way down to my gran's...

I think this building used to be part of a farm. It's now no longer in use and in the middle of a residential area.

 The bright colours of the plastics here caught my eye as I walked past an industrial estate.

 It was a cool bike. I had to take a photo. 'Nuff said!

After the last couple of days, rain and sun have caused the snow on the high ground to melt and now the river looks like it's about to burst.

Hope you liked these pictures. I'd appreciate your feedback if you have any! :)

Spring Frogs



Spring is springing and all the animals are getting...well...frisky. The frogs that live in my gran's pond are no exception. So, since they were splashing around and acting absolutely ridiculous I thought I'd take a few pictures.

 

 

 

Look at his guy! I swear he's smiling! This has to be one of the funniest pictures I've ever taken!

And this one's the complete opposite. I think I'll call him Grumpy.

 Frogs have such massive eyes. They're quite pretty actually...

 My brothers insisted on trying to catch the frogs since there were so many (I had to join in too). The frogs actually didn't seem to mind much and were quite happy to sit in our hands.

Some frogs were friendlier than others. This frog got the completely wrong end of the stick and seemed to think that my brothers hand was a lady frog and errr...refused to let go.

Hope you liked the pictures!

Towels

Yes, you are looking at pictures of towels. I just thought I'd post them because it proves that you really can take photos of anything and quite like these pictures really!

New pics

Hey everyone! I know I said on my google profile that I'd have pictures up on Friday or Saturday, but I was a little bit busy with family gatherings and what not. So, I finally have some stuff to put up and I hope you enjoy them.