Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 20:31


Looked out at the sky the other night and the moon was not that bright. Despite what appears in the photo below, we could see the entire ball of the Moon. It was just that the slice was brighter.

What was also very noticeable was Venus. After a number of attempts I was finally able to get a non wavery shot of it in close-up.

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Friday, April 24th, 2026 13:08
 

WW1 memorial for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders- the regiment of both his father and grandfather:



I was taken by this window detail:




Friday, April 24th, 2026 05:39
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 08:21
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 12:27
The term 'hospital' or 'spital' in Scots was used to describe an alms house.

Cowane's alms house in Stirling in the oldest surviving charitable trust in Scotland and one of the oldest in the UK founded by the local merchant John Cowane. This is he on the ad.



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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 08:30
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