scotland

scotland

12 Jul 2016

I've just spent a week in Glasgow attending a physiotherapy conference. The weather wasn't kind so I attended every session bar one of the conference. Some sessions were excellent, others less so. It means I wasn't able to take many photos during my stay but here are a few.




I stayed with my good friend Kay. We started the weekend with a champagne afternoon tea at Troon, then the following day we spent the morning at South Cathkin Farm where this photo was taken.



Whilst Kay mucked out the stable, I took photos of the farm.



and of Red, the horse of coures.



We went for a walk along the nature trail.



Here's Kay walking Rudy the wonder dog, a tiny but feisty little dachshund.



Just as we turned for home I spied this thistle in bloom.



We were given one afternoon off so I hopped on the train to Edinburgh. The weather in Edinburgh wasn't much better than Glasgow but it did clear enough for me to take some photos of the Prince Street Gardens and the sweet Gardener's Cottage.



I wandered through the garden towards the castle.



then back via the Gardener's Cottage before meeting a friend for dinner.



My last day in Glasgow and the sun came out during the lunch break. I took the opportunity to walk over to Glasgow University where I took these photos. The old buildings around the quadrangle are very Harry Potterish in design.



Here's the central courtyard.




Some details I found during my wander.



and this modern artwork.



Naturally I located a doorway or two that caught my eye. I just love the windows. 



And a final image from my walk back to the Exhibition Centre, where I took a moment to smell the roses.



I'll be back later in the week with some photos from a very warm and sunny Zurich.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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jupiter artland

jupiter artland

5 Jul 2011

When we were looking at things to see and do during my weekend in Edinburgh, Alison suggested Jupiter Artland, a sculpture garden. She'd not been before so last Sunday we drove the short distance there. I didn't really know what to expect but what I found exceeded all my expectations. The experience began as we drove through the front gates and past the gate house with the purple front door. Warning - there are quite a few photos in this post.

We drove past a gorgeous private house, Bonnington House. At the entry way was an Airstream caravan - Jupiter Artland's cafe.

A sample of some of the sculptures.

We were given a map to explore the grounds and the sculptures. We were there for close to 3 hours as we wandered the grounds, climbed the life mounds and fed the sheep, then stopped at the cafe for some lunch.



This sculpture is called 'Love Bomb'.

 
Who can resist donkeys?



Both Alison and I had our favourite sculptures. She loved the Stone Coppice and Life Mounds, whilst we both loved In Memory and the Weeping Girls.

How about this? A knitted sculpture called 'Over Here'.

 

A cute sheep and no, we didn't spy the rampant ram.



The Beautiful Temple of Apollo.

So much has happened since my last post. I've had a few days in London and I'm currently in Paris and the sun is shining. Next post will be about my London stay. In the mean time, I hope you enjoyed my visit to Jupiter Artland. 

Happy 4th of July and see you all again soon,

Jillian

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in the garden - glasgow

in the garden - glasgow

29 Jun 2011

It's been an interesting day or two. On Sunday my laptop came down with a catastrophic bug which disabled it. Instead of shopping or sightseeing in London, I spent most of the day at the Apple store at Covent Garden. The laptop is operating but I only have intermittent access to the part that runs photoshop. I managed to prepare and upload these images last night, so I have a few blog posts from Scotland for you, but after that????

These photos are from my friend Kay's beautiful garden, which I took during my very brief stay in Glasgow.

It was a grey day but that just makes the colours so much more vibrant.

Kay doesn't grows thistles in her garden, I just threw this one in because I was in Scotland after all! 

Fingers crossed, next post will be from Edinburgh,

so until then, 

Jillian

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