Th' Wedd'n

Karen and I were honoured to have been invited to Jamie and Tracy's wedding in Inverness, held at the Waterfront Hotel along Ness Bank a few weeks ago. It was another opportunity to wear the kilt and show off my swagger, which I hope in good faith, did not cause too much ill feeling among those given to a more delicate disposition.

The West

We took a drive out to Plockton the other day, taking photo's of the Autumn colours, as you do.... ......and went out on Calum MacKenzie's seal boat, the Argus - www.calums-sealtrips.com It was great, not only because we were among the very few that went out, but also because there was a squall that came over from Skye, providing some fantastic, bleak, dark backdrops for the cormorants, seals and otters we spotted. On the way home we stopped at Eilean Donan (above) and waited until dusk for some shots of the castle under flood lights, then made our way east toward Loch Ness and home, stopping at the Invermoriston Arms for dinner along the way. It's days like this you realise - it's a wonderful life Clarence, ....it's a wonderful life.

The Laird

Well, this is me in October 2008. Yeh, you've probably seen worse. Or have I not yet posted the pictures of me from the early eighties?

The Vision Splendid

It has been some time since I last found myself looking at shapes and forms about me, breaking them down as brush strokes and lines in my mind. So I was surprised when in the middle of a meeting at work, I found myself staring at the random patterns of a peeled label on the side of a piece of computer hardware, which I gradually recognised as a favourite place of mine in the Highlands, above Inchnadamph, So, has getting back in touch with a few from college recently been enough to steer me back to the canvas? If so, maybe I should have looked for them ages ago. Time will tell.

The Internet and Old friends

I was just randomly punching keys and visiting various internet pages when a familiar name appeared in my peripheral vision. Peripheral vision is the work of the rods, nerve cells located largely outside the macula (the center) of the retina. The rods are also responsible for night vision and low-light vision but are insensitive to colour.
But I digress........
Many years ago, in a different century in fact, I went to Art College in Tamworth, NSW. There were several highly talented individuals within our class and one of them was Charmaine, whose name I saw on the internet. So, now I'm searching for others I knew and one or two more have emerged, like Michelle and Kaye.
I'm delighted to see they are still painting and staying active, but at the same time it has shocked me into the realisation that I walked away from something I loved through a desperate lack of confidence - that monkey on my back that has stolen every banana I've ever been offered.
So now I'm miserable, but at the same time, inspired by these individuals, whom I miss.

Say what?

I am my own life and I take full responsibility. But seriously..... I really need to lose some weight

You are here

When the past has stepped aside for the present and the future is already elbowing that out of the way, where am I?
Probably where I wanted to be all along, but with absolutely no idea how I got here.....