I have at last unloaded my card reader for my camera so can now put on all the photos that In took before the move, so consider this an extra bonus from shots while still in Perthshire.
Will never forget the fantastic bird life we had in the Cairngorms and here are two photos above improvements that prove our legacy . We never had any House Sparrows before moving in and now they are breeding here so well, these two are this years babes though they look really miserable we were so happy to see them fledge.
Then we have the Swallows the second year of breeding here, they produced two broods, on the first only one survived to fledge and the second brood started of with five and ended up fledging three, which was a very proud legacy and may they continue to come each year and multiply.
This is Blair Atholl War memorial celebrating all the soldiers that have fought for our country and on fifteenth of August Britain celebrated the V.J. Day (victory in Japan). As my wife’s father was a Japanese prisoner of war we came down to the memorial and placed a bunch of flowers from the garden on the stone and just above it was the painted pebble with “hope”written own it which we very much appreciated. Often those prisoners are regarded as from “The forgotten War” and it is about time they were not forgotten.
I have spoken of this before, but thought I would add it. Every year near the entrance to the castle , the estate puts a singular Highland cow. As the coaches are leaving their visit most of them stop and allow ( mainly the foreign visitors) to photograph the cow and the enjoyment of those visitors is clear to see .
Over the last two weeks of living in Perthshire we wanted to go back to places that we love to go for a day out , one is St Andrews and though I took my camera and carted it around all day I never really saw anything that I had not photographed and put on here before. The only shot I took all day was this weed growing up a drainpipe in between two shops. This made a statement I have heard “that a weed is only a flower growing in the wrong place” , so this was a flower because it could not have been in a better place.
Our second trip out was to Dunkeld with our favourite walk along the River Tay and back and including coffee and cake in Palmastons in the Main Street and we picked a beautiful day for it as well.
For the very last time I judged the vegetables at the church flower show and though with the weather affecting growing conditions it was a good turnout and these were the winning carrots. You will see in my mid month blog ( coming soon) why I put these in.
This was Ayr beach on the day we visited and put in an offer on this our new home, not really sea but the Firth of Forth going out to the sea, but still tidal. No I did not go for a swim.
I hope you enjoyed a final round up for Perthshire and that come the middle of this month you will enjoy our new surroundings, in East Ayrshire.