TAKE A WORD

WHEN IS A DOOR NOT A DOOR  .. WHEN IT'S AJAR!

I think that's the first riddle I ever remember being asked as a child - and I didn't 'get' it.   A jar is a jar is a jar .. surely!  The subtleties of imagery were still to develop in my childish brain. 

Anyway it obviously hung around in my subconscious because here it is now - sort of!  :D

Created for the TAKE A WORD challenge where this week our word for inspiration is DOOR.

Credit to HolliewoodStudio.

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THE THREE MUSES

STARING AT THE MOON

We have SILHOUETTE as our theme at the Three Muses this week ... and that reminded me of what I saw from my bedroom window one night last week.  When I came to my senses I realised we were all three staring at the Moon!

Credit to SharingTubes, KerstenFrank and Tamari.

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TAKE A WORD

We are taking ORGANICS as our word for inspiration this week at TAKE A WORD and that reminded me of the strange scene I saw the other week when we were in the Scottish Highlands.  There, sitting on a mushroom, was a girl.  There was a bicycle near by so I'm thinking she was taking a well earned rest before she carried on further up the mountain.

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THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS - GLENCOE

 

 As promised here's a flavour of our recent holiday in the Scottish Highlands.  Following an eight hour drive we arrived at our destination of Glencoe.  The directions from the cottage owner were a little out so we found ourselves piling out of the car at a lovely little house with a notice pinned to its gate asking us to close the gate to keep the deer out of the garden.  Metal gates ... the directions said wooden gates!!!

A second scrutinizing of the directions and we saw we should be 200 yards further along and on the other side of the road.  Yes, there were the wooden gates and as soon as the herd of highland cattle were through their own wooden gate the way was clear to find our way to our own home from home.

You'll see the house in a moment but first just feast your eyes on the views we were luckily enough to have from that cottage perched high on a hill overlooking the mountain range known as Bidean nam Bian : with its nine peeks and three corries.   It's the same view in a range of weather conditions.  Oh wow!

We unpacked, lit the open fire, ate dinner and drank the bottle of complimentary wine kindly left by the owner and looked forward to the following day when we would start our little adventure.

Next morning a five minute walk brought us to the beautiful, quaint and picturesque village of Glencoe and from  there we set off on the first of many walks.

Along woodland paths, over little streams and out into the majesty of wonderful Scottish pine forests and mountains.  Oh joy!  My camera was white hot!  :D

A different walk on a different day took us to a small lake with a mirror still surface.   It was created by a Canadian man for his Canadian wife to remind her of home.   We spent hours there taking in the views and making heavy use of our cameras.  The photo below of the lake shows the Pap of Glencoe mirrored in its depths.  Beautiful.

Though our trip to Loch Ness was less successful .... it rained and rained and rained.  Ah well!

 

The Pap of Glencoe

Loch Leven flows out to the sea

The banks of Loch Leven

An Torr with water cascading from its summit

A derelict house with trees growing through its roof.  We daydreamed as we walked about rebuilding it and living there. 

Mmmmm I thought these were poisonous!

Tree mosses cover the branches of many trees in this very wet part of the UK

A dark and moody Loch Ness!

THE THREE MUSES

TIME ON YOUR HANDS

We are illustrating a TIME QUOTE this week at the Three Muses and this one is mine!

Credit to Orchidee's for the watch brushes whilst the hands are free to use.

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TAKE A WORD

Watch out MONA is about this week at Take a Word.  I was dreading where she would turn up this time but having seen Miss Insubstantial on my blog a couple of weeks ago she demanded to be measured for the outfit.  What could I do? 

Credit to Sharing Tubes and to JoesSistah.

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THE THREE MUSES

ENJOY THE FLIGHT

We have WHITE SPACE as our theme at the Three Muses this week and that reminded me of my new neighbour, who is of a 'theatrical' nature.  She sings sweet songs and  dances so daintily I expect  to see her take flight!! 

Credit to Simka.

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TAKE A WORD

We have PINK as our word for inspiration this week at Take a Word.  I love PINK but I'm not too good at making art with it ... but I got there in the end!

Credit to CAJoline and Kubivet.

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Photos from my holiday in Scotland to follow later in the week.