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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022

a year ago

A year ago I had a short stay in Aberdeenshire. It felt like returning home. May 2021: I had a short break in Aberdeenshire staying in the Aberdeen Arms, Tarland … Continue reading a year ago

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 10th Earl of Crawford, 2.5, 3000 feet, 3000 ft, 44 Midstocket Road, a gate, A Man Unknown, a right-of-way dispute, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, A Thousand chances, a tomb with a view, A vast telescope will create a movie of the universe, a year ago, abandoned, abandoned farm, Aberdeen, Aberdeen Arms, Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Aberdeenshire, Aboyne, Acanthus, acanthus leaf, acanthus leaves, Admiral Fallow, Alexander Robb, an electric razor: donated, Angus, Antionetta, Antiquary, ARCADIA, as that swift eternity ended, astra castra numen lumen munimen, Ballintomb, Belle and Sebastian, Beyond the Strath, Blackford Observatory, bleet, bleeting, body found on Lecht, Body snatchers, body snatching, Braid Hill Observatory, Bridge of Allan, Cairngorms, Charles 10th Marquis of Huntly, Charles Brand Ltd, Charles Gordon, Charles Soutar, Chasing the sun, Circus Delrium, Class of 1990, climber, climbing, collapse of the Mortlich Monument, comet seekers, commercial forestry, contexto, Corgarff, Deborah Levy, Demolished, Desecration of the Earl of Crawford's tomb, Dexter Britain, dissection. Aberdeen Medical School, Distant Skies, Distant Sky, Doric, doric pillars, Dr Peter Gordon, Drain, Duguid, Dunecht, Dunecht body snatching, Dunecht House, Dunecht observatory, Dunecht Outrage Recalled, Dux, Earl of Crawford, Earl of Crawford's Body stolen, electric razor, fascination of absence, film, Films about ruins, Fort, gateway, General Scipio, George Saunders, Gibbie McIntosh, Gilber Farie, Glenkindie, gnarled oaks, Hale Bopp, Helen Jane Stewart Duguid, Hilary Mantel, Hole Ousia, house painter, Hugh Munro, Huntly, I am mindful of human weakness, Iron cross, James Dyas Davidson, James Ross, John Glennie, Julian Barnes, ladder, lambs, Latin, lecht, Lecht body found, Lindertis, Lindsay, Lindsay crest, Locherie, Lochery, Lochrie, Logie Coldstone, Lord Lindsay, Mantel Pieces, Margaret Cruickshank, Marks & Spencers, Medical Student, Monument, Mortlich Hill, Mortlich Monument, Mortlich obelisk, mountain, mountains, Mrs Scotland, Munro's, Munro-bagging, Mutual Improvement Society, Nabob, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, November 1912, oblelisk, Observatory, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Omphatyp, On the level, Oor big braw cosmos, Pawky Duchess of Lost, Peer's body that was stolen, Peter Gordon, Peter Ross, poacher, poem, Poem six, Poems, poet, poetry, portico, Punic War, Rachel Fiona Gordon, Rachel's scarf, ransom, Rat catcher, Real Estate, Rebecca Pidgeon, rebel antiquary, Robert Louis Stevenson, ruin, ruins, Sandwiches, Scipio, Scotland, Scotland's peaks named after him, Sculpture, sheep, sheep amongst the ruins, shepherd, Sir Hugh Munro, skiing, sleepwalking, Snooker, snow storm, Social maverick, Social subjects, South Milton, South Milton cottage, Spanish Oaks, St Nicholas Street, Strathdon, Student Union, Tarland, telescope, The Antiquary, The Atmosphere, The Lass o' the Lecht, The Rebel Antiquary, The stars my camp, The stars my Camp [9111212], Thousand Chances, Tillybin, time passes listen, to the hills, Tollafraick, universe, Unknown man, ut per vias aeris, vaga ferus avis, vagrant, vermin killer, walking, We live between the microscope and the telescope, whaup, whaups, woodland

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 3, 2021

The first law of ecology

[words] Nan Shepherd [painting] Eric Redmond

Categories: gardens, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Antiquary, artist, Ecology, Eric Redmond, gentle gardener, Hole Ousia, It is by living we learn, mountains, Nan Shepherd, Patrick Geddes, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The first law of ecology, The Gentle Gardener, The Rebel Antiquary, time passes listen, Vivendo Discimus

By Hole Ousia Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

Scotland’s peaks named after him

Lindertis in Angus was the home of Sir Hugh Munro. It was demolished by Charles Brand Ltd.

Categories: Architecture, gardens, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 3000 feet, 3000 ft, a gate, a right-of-way dispute, Angus, Antiquary, Belle and Sebastian, Charles Brand Ltd, climber, climbing, Demolished, Dexter Britain, Films about ruins, gateway, gnarled oaks, Hole Ousia, Hugh Munro, Julian Barnes, ladder, Lindertis, mountain, mountains, Munro's, Munro-bagging, Omphalos, Omphalos films, On the level, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Scotland, Scotland's peaks named after him, Sir Hugh Munro, Social maverick, Spanish Oaks, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, walking

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021

The Broken Land

I was delighted to read in Scotland on Sunday, 27 June 2021, that Nick Cave has given his personal permission for his lyrics to be translated into Gaelic for Alex … Continue reading The Broken Land

Categories: Depression, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Antiquary, broken camera, disorientating images, Fireflies, Gaelic, Ghosteen, Hebrides, Hole Ousia, landscapes, Let the anchor go, Mental Health Charity, mountains, Nick Cave, Omphalos, Omphalos films, photography, Quiraing, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Skye, Social maverick, St Kilda, The Antiquary, The Broken Land, The Rebel Antiquary

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