Vancouver, Canada

We stayed with our friends John and Jim at their 16th floor condo in Vancouver, Canada. My travel harp is traveling with us.

Home Again

I'm home and I had a glorious time in Scotland. I just visited the website for Skyewalker Youth Hostel. They have posted videos to YouTube and here is the link for one of me playing at the hostel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcHSjQwjUOY

The Auld Wives Lift

As we trekked out of the pine forest and across the moor, Cheyenne relayed the folklore of these three massive stones. The story goes that three witches were in an argument about which of them was the strongest. Each of them carried one of these stones in their apron and hurled them in the air and they landed in their current resting positions. All of the sisters were equally strong. These stones rest in their own natural amphitheater. The stones have Pictish carvings, and through the years have aquired more carving from the peoples of various ages that have come into contact with the stones. Pretty cool, huh?

And so ended the last exciting event on my last day before flying back to the U.S.

Cheyenne the Explorer

Cheyenne is great at looking at survey maps, and then exploring to find the notations of interesting sites that she can explore in areas she visits. This is her friend, Steph, in the photos.

Cheyenne's Back Yard

I visited with Cheyenne again, and look what she has in her back yard...castle remains!

Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh

A set of blank cards with Margaret MacDonald’s (Mackintosh’s wife) gesso designs that I purchased several years ago is what originally drew me explore Mackintosh’s designs. Charlotte, from Ed Miller’s Tour, got me excited about seeing A House for an Art Lover in addition to the School of Art and the Willow Tea Room.

Tree of Life

The Tree of Life imagery figures prominantly.