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By Hole Ousia Posted on Jun 5, 2020

SPA CLEAN to re-open

The launderette on Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, sometimes features in my films. Today it has a sign in the window announcing that it will re-open on the 8th June … Continue reading SPA CLEAN to re-open

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 2020, Allan Water, Antiquary, Bridge of Allan, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid19, Henderson Street, Hole Ousia, launderette, Lockdown, Mossgrove, Omphalos, Omphalos films, pandemic, Peter Gordon, re-open, rebel antiquary, reopening, Scotland, Social maverick, SPA CLEAN, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary

By Hole Ousia Posted on Jun 5, 2020June 5, 2020

A place in Scotland’s story

This is the current window display for the shop ‘COLLECTIONS’ on Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan. The shop is closed at present due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I am a … Continue reading A place in Scotland’s story

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, Philosophy, Poems, This is Not yesterdayTags: A place in Scotland's story, a rain-faded notice pinned upon a gate, Antiquary, Bridge of Allan, COLLECTIONS, collector, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid19, ephemera, everyday, Graffiti, Henderson Street, Hole Ousia, images, Lockdown, magpie, Mossgrove, pandemic, Peter Gordon, Peter John Gordon, poem, Poems, poet, rebel antiquary, shop, Social maverick, temporary art, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, windows, written in chalk

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 22, 2020

2mm

This short film is about a village response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Footage is from Bridge of Allan and from our house and garden. The voice is that of Alastair … Continue reading 2mm

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, History of medicine, Medical humanities, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 2020, 2mm, Alastair McIntosh, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, BBC Radio Scotland, Bridge of Allan, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid19, daises, daisy, fairy, Farie, garden, gardener, Gilbert Farie, Henderson Street, Hole Ousia, Key workers, Mossgrove, NHS, Omphalos, Omphalos films, pandemic, Peter John Gordon, Rachel Fiona Gordon, rainbow, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Sian Fiona Williams, social distance, social distancing, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, thought for the day

By Hole Ousia Posted on Feb 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Country Pursuits

We have lived in Bridge of Allan for two decades and throughout this time the shop ‘Country Pursuits’ has been a comforting presence on Henderson Street (the main thoroughfare through … Continue reading Country Pursuits

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 2020, Andrew Robert Gordon, Brexit Day, Bridge of Allan, Closed, Country Pursuits, Henderson Street, Hole Ousia, Mossgrove, Peter Gordon, Rachel Fiona Gordon, shop, Sian Fiona Williams

By Hole Ousia Posted on Nov 12, 2019November 12, 2019

‘Nature’s Fashionable Lounge’

Today, I was [again] humbled by [another] happenstance reminder of how little I really know about the world that surrounds me! This reminder happened in the natural course of the … Continue reading ‘Nature’s Fashionable Lounge’

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