Cats in the hole
Best buddies (backblip)
Cats in the hole
gathering it all together
Cats in the hole
Out in the woods with the dogs
The first of many Gratuitous Cat shots. Ted makes a great subject for camera practice.
Getting to grips with the Canon on an unwilling but captive victim
A day out with the dogs in the SW somewhere – very likely Loch Riecawr in the Carrick Forest. The more that I think about it, the surer I am.
The sun sets on Wanlockhead. Notable for: the DSLR arrived! My first shot with the Canon Rebel, and a great deal of the learning curve to face me.
Day trip to Kielder, to play in the maze
Out planting another treasure, this time in the Galloway Forest. We stopped to admire the wild pygmy goats. The hunt was solved and the treasure was unearthed, by a hunter who came up from the deep south to get it.
A snowy-looking village and a grouse appears to have taken up residence in the garden.
We found this memorial to Ben Wilson of Holmshaw, killed by lightning in 1897, when we were out planting our treasure. Notable only because (a) I have an Uncle by that name and (b) I have a theory that my family may have originated in this general area. We might be related but I shall …