Gnarly Roots and Carbolic Soap at Aden Country Park

Gnarly tree at Aden Country Park

Aden Country Park in Aberdeenshire is a wonderful place to visit, though I have to admit that when I lived near it I took it a bit for granted. In fact I became a little disenchanted by some aspects of the place.

But it’s beautiful. From the ruined mansion house…

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Art in the Sand

Art in the sand: retreating waves

Bare feet on warm sand. This is rare. In April. In Scotland.

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Walking with the Quines

Haddo House

Quine is the Doric word for girl. The Quines (or Super Quines as we have become recently) are a group of women that met on Twitter. I can’t recall the exact ways in which we all first started chatting, though these has been much hilarity from the start. I follow many local people as well as those who share various interests, and there’s a mix of that among The Quines. Last year some of us met up in person, out in the wider world, and we hope to meet our more distant living Quine one day too.

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A Little Autumn Love

witches stone

Buchan pano

Golden mornings follow bright sunrises and the low sun does things to the sky:

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nature abounds

window

The view turns green.

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Fairies dance and laugh in the woods.

canopy

The canopy returns.

rowan

Trees froth and flower, filling the air with their sweetness.

blue loch

There’s blue above and blue below. The return of summer.

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