being and becoming in the world
On Tuesday whilst on a walk with my friend Simon we spotted this auld shop in the village of Anstruther. It is number 24/26 High Street West. In a previous … Continue reading This house isn’t empty it is full of dreams
This sketch design for Wemyss castle, Fife, was by Robert Lorimer and dated 1894.
We are not long home after a lovely wee break in St Andrews. Once again, we stayed at Priorletham farm.
In 1897, a Newport solicitor, Robert Walker came across a tombstone in Kilmany churchyard to an ancient Fife family. On a well-preserved copper plate he found the most beautiful words … Continue reading Heaven at last
Behind Cupar’s Bonnygate, by East Moat Hill, enclosed within a high wall, there is a forlorn, now unroofed, ‘TEMPLE’. This Category B listed building has survived from the mid-18th century. … Continue reading TEMPLE [of unknown origin]
In the original Ordnance Survey book for the parish of Kilmany, Fife, is the following entry: [situation] About 7/8 of a mile S.E. [South East] of the Village of Gauldry. … Continue reading Ghoul’s Den
Craigfoodie garden, as featured in Scotland on Sunday, 20 December 2020:
Martin Anderson [Known as CYNICUS] Martin Anderson (1854-1932) was a genius as an illustrator and cartoonist. From his small offices at 59 Drury Lane, The Strand, he took London by … Continue reading CYNICUS