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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

“the heathery knows”

On Thursday 2nd January 2020 I was exploring Glenkindie and came across this abandoned farmhouse that is still full of colour. The farm is called Tollafraick “the heathery knows”. To … Continue reading “the heathery knows”

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: abandoned, Antiquary, barn owl, Belle and Sebastian, colour, Dr Peter Gordon, farm, farmhouse, Fox in the snow, Glenkindie, Hale Bopp, Hole Ousia, Largue, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Royal Jigsaw puzzle, ruin, ruins, RUINS in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Social maverick, Stephen Reid, Strathdon, teddy bear, The Antiquary, the heathery knows, The Rebel Antiquary, Time to take a break, Tollafraick

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

“How are you getting on with that abandoned farm you bought?”

This is from the Orkney Herald and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette , Wednesday 24th January 1923

Categories: Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: abandoned farm, Antiquary, Films about ruins, Hole Ousia, How are you getting on with that abandoned farm you bought?, intensive farming, January 1923, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Orkney Herald and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette, Peter Scott-Gordon, progress hardly broke its stride, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, time passes listen

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 10, 2023

30 years of light

Peter + Sian = light

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 19, 2023June 19, 2023

How being read a story can help

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