There’s brooding skies over the loch now. You can see the wee island that the landowner is building for wildlife. But the snow has turned to sleet, so things are about to get less pretty. Will these little daily blogs continue? I don’t know. Perhaps. Other scenic things may happen.
It’s Mermaid Time!
Everyone knows about the Salem witch trials that took place in seventeenth century America, but less well known are the instances of witch hunting that occurred across Scotland.
Ailish Sinclair painstakingly researched this fascinating and terrible subject for more than a year, before blending it with a love story in her debut novel, THE MERMAID AND THE BEAR. Featuring three real women who were accused as part of the Aberdeen witchcraft panic of 1597, the book is set against the beautiful backdrop of the Aberdeenshire countryside and tells the story of Isobell, and her desperation to escape London and an arranged marriage, to find a better life.
Upon landing in Scotland, Isobell’s dreams of faery castles, ancient woodlands and misty lochs seem to be coming true, as she finds herself kitchen maid to a handsome Laird, who offers not only safety but also the hope for a brighter future, filled with love and kindness. All is not how it seems, however, and enemies, both from the past and the present, conspire to test Isobell to the limits of endurance, and beyond.
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Nearly forebrooding 😉 🙂 looks like a lot of more snow …
Yes, we did get some more.
I’m enjoying these daily bulletins! Thank you.
Here are some reflections on frost that I posted yesterday – http://davidgrahamclark.net/garden-notes/
Wonderful frost!
A beautiful view, even with the dark skies. I think it’s nice that the landowner is building that island for the wildlife. 🙂
Yes, that should be good next year.
So the clouds roll in today too, far away, here, across the ocean. Thank you for the hopeful message that someone is building an island for the wildlife.
I am pleased about the island too. It should be good for the ducks, moorhens and swans that we have here. Maybe even the otters!
I love the daily pictures!
I’m glad, because they do seem to just keep coming 🙂
That’s a beautiful lowering sky. I love the gradations of color.
I like that too.
You certainly have a beautiful landscape in all seasons. I do love seeing your sites.
I’m glad you like 🙂
Very cool that the land holder is building a wee island for the wildlife!
Yes, it is 🙂 Birds should be safer to nest there than at the edges of the loch.
Look at that sky!
I do love those skies.
I love a good witch trial story. Thank you for the recommendation! I’m adding The Mermaid and The Bear to my Goodreads “To Read.” In case you’re interested, I recently learned about a nonfiction book about the with trials titled In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial 😉
Thank you Bekka, I hope you enjoy the Mermaid 🙂 That sounds a fascinating book. I’ll look it up.