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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 21, 2021March 7, 2023

Stone feathers, frozen mid-flight

I recently read this book by Peter Ross: This is a deeply moving book written by a man who observes much of what most of us fail to see! I … Continue reading Stone feathers, frozen mid-flight

Categories: Architecture, gardens, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 18 Joppa Road, a tomb with a view, Africa, Ageing stone, angelology, Annie Paton Spence, Antiquary, asthma, Bob Reinhardt, Bob Scott, Bridge of Allan, broken hearts, Burial Ground, cemeteries, Cemetery, CHEMIST and DRUGGIST, Dr Peter Gordon, Drumdruills, Drumdruils, Folk worth talking about, George Prentice, graveyard, graveyards, heard the whisper, Henry Gordon, His pharmacy was at 18 Joppa Road [seen here underneath the overhanging mortar and pestle sign], Hole Ousia, I cried when I read this remembrance shared in such beautiful prose - and my mind returned to the Nancy in oor faimily, Kennetpans, Margaret Bruce, monuments, mortar and pestle, My grandfather Henry Gordon, Nancy, Nancy died of a weak heart. In doing so twa hairts: the hairts of her mither and faither were broken, Nancy Prentice, Omphalos, Omphalos films, On page 65 Ross shares a visit to the Warriston grave of Nancy with Bob Reinhardt:, orchard, Orchard House, Orkney, Peggy Prentice, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, Peter Ross, rebel antiquary, Social maverick, spent all his life in Joppa. My grandfather suffered from severe asthma and would have bought his 'asthma powders' from Nancy's faither, Stone feathers frozen mid-flight, stone feathers frozen mid-flutter, Stromness, Ten Summers fade, The Ageing Stone, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, This is not yesterday, tomb, Tomb of the Red lady, tombs, Warriston Cemetery, Warriston gates, weak heart, William Sinclair Spencer, written by a man who observes much of what most of us fail to see!

By Hole Ousia Posted on February 11, 2021March 6, 2023

Iron gate sensitivity

This film is one of a series of omphalos films on gates and gateways.To play this short film please click here or on the image above This film is for … Continue reading Iron gate sensitivity

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Antiquary, archive, Attempts to enter the mind of the writer through the gateway, Blacksmith, Canmore, Dr Peter Gordon, East Silvermill Lane, East Silvermills lane, Edinburgh, Forge, gate, gate keeper, gate of angels, gatekeeper, Gatekeeper [summer edition], gates, gates and gateways fascinate me, gateway, gateway to Saturdays, gateway to the Highlands, gateways, georgiarose16, he walked out through the entrance gate, Hole Ousia, how many gateways revisited, I have always been drawn to gates and openings, I scribbled in chalk "The temple of decision" on the old gatepost. It will have washed off in yesterday's rain. I also scribbled in chalk "Si monumentum queries, INXS, iron gates, locked gate, musing he walked out through the entrance gate, Never tear us apart, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter goes through the small gate and joins them, Peter Gordon, Peter's short films about gates and gateways, rebel antiquary, scrawled on gateposts, Silvermills, Social maverick, Survives as a pair of gate-posts far away, Survives only in a pair of gate posts far away, surviving gateways often lead to places that are no longer there, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, Thomas Hadden, Warriston gates

By Hole Ousia Posted on February 9, 2021March 6, 2023

Attempts to enter the mind of the writer through the gateway

One of my fascinations/obsessions is with gateways. I realise that this may seem odd, however surviving gateways often lead to places that are no longer there. I have come across … Continue reading Attempts to enter the mind of the writer through the gateway

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Antiquary, Attempts to enter the mind of the writer through the gateway, Blacksmith, Dr Peter Gordon, East Silvermills lane, Edinburgh, Forge, gate, gate keeper, gate of angels, gatekeeper, Gatekeeper [summer edition], gates, gates and gateways fascinate me, gateway, gateway to Saturdays, gateway to the Highlands, gateways, he walked out through the entrance gate, here iron gates were made: gates that survive today to invite visitors to homes across the world, Hole Ousia, how many gateways revisited, I have always been drawn to gates and openings, iron gates, Like Nan Shepherd I have a fascination with gates and gateways, locked gate, musing he walked out through the entrance gate, Omphalos, Omphalos films, One of my fascinations/obsessions is with gateways, Peter goes through the small gate and joins them, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, scrawled on gateposts, Silvermills, Social maverick, Survives as a pair of gate-posts far away, Survives only in a pair of gate posts far away, surviving gateways often lead to places that are no longer ther, surviving gateways often lead to places that are no longer there, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, Warriston gates

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 14, 2020March 5, 2023

‘Tomb of the Red Lady’

This film is about a mausoleum in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. The mausoleum no longer survives as it was heavily vandalised and had to be demolished in the late 1980s [the … Continue reading ‘Tomb of the Red Lady’

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1858, a born soldier, Antiquary, Bombay Artillery, born to be a soldier, Brigadier-General Manson, Caithness, Canmore, chapel, Charles Gray Roberston, Demolished, Dr Peter Gordon, Edinburgh, EdinPhoto, Exit Music, Films about Edinburgh, General Alexander Cunningham Robertson, Grief, Grief is the thing with feathers, Himalayas, Hole Ousia, India, Kasauli, Kussowlie, Loss, Manson, Mary Anne Jean Manson, Mary Anne Jean Robertson, Mausoleum, Max Porter, Mortuary Chapel, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Part of the Road, Peter Gordon, poet, rebel antiquary, recumbent, red flower, red glass roof, Robertson mortuary chapel, Social maverick, Steven Lindsay, The Antiquary, The Lady's Grave at Kasauli, The mausoleum no longer survives, The Rebel Antiquary, The tomb of Red Lady, This film is about a mausoleum in Warriston Cemetery, tomb, Tomb of the Red lady, tombstone, vandalised, Warriston, Warriston Cemetery, Warriston gates, Watten, white marble

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