Daily Archives: October 30, 2020

Inverlochy Castle ~ Jo Woolf

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Hazel Tree: We were driving back from a road-trip to Glen Garry, where we’d been admiring the spectacle of autumn colours: birch, beech and aspen dripping in luminous shades of yellow and gold, and the distant Knoydart … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: The High Way of the Fairies

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We…well, okay, I… decided to take a shortcut from our stopover to our destination. ‘Shortcut’ may not be entirely accurate. Taking the main roads would be nine miles shorter in distance, the roads would undoubtedly be faster and with less … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Don and Wen, Landscape, Photography, scotland road trip, Silent Eye weekend workshop, Solstice of the Moon, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, travel | Tagged Cairngorms, Fairy Glen, Glenshee, golden eagle, Inverurie, legends | Leave a comment

The Alchemists: Paracelsus… Stuart France

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Phillipus Aureolus Theophratus Bombastus von Hohenheim 1493 -1541 * ‘The sun comes out and many reptiles spawn.’ Percy Bysshe Shelley * Many to whom the name of Paracelsus is familiar are wont to regard him as a singularly successful ‘quack’ … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals: Shift…

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The stone is warm beneath her back. Above her the clear blue of the sky is powdered with clouds, barely moving. It is sheltered here in the circle, the earthen banks of the henge protecting the centre from the … Continue reading →

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A Seer Speaks…

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* “There are three worlds which we can see while we are still in the body: the earth-world, the mid-world and the sky-world. The shining beings belong to the mid-world, while the opalescent beings belong to the sky-world. * I … Continue reading →

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Camera shy

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Why is it that on photographs My friends all seem much thinner, While I appear as if I ate an elephant for dinner? My clothing says I’m not too bad, And, with elastication, There’s still a bit of growing room … Continue reading →