later, a trip to kelvingrove park

probably one of the best "swing" shots yet,

with the university tower emerging in the background.

much better pictures of our recent holiday, taken by uncle jim

on his first proper day here in glasgow, steven and i took uncle jim around the west end for an "architectural walk."

somehow, we ended up at our favourite pub, The Belle.

you would have thought i'd be drinking the gloriously advertised Hendrick's and Tonic, but i surprised even myself by ordering a Bloody Mary.

it was a damned fine one, as well.

Nairn

absolutely gorgeous

you wouldn't think it was freezing cold

(but that is the north sea out there)

Kool Runnings (Inverness)

uncle jim and lilah

eating at the only jamaican restaurant in scotland

we almost fooled you, didn't we

lilah's happy because she's getting fish and chips

(preferred diet of this growing girl)

holding up Flora MacDonald's grave

Flora saved Bonnie Prince Charlie

she dressed him up like a girl

(her servant, actually)

they stowed away in her daddy's boat

and sailed over the sea to skye

to escape the nasty englishmen who were after his head

(they didn't fancy another scottish king)

she was well travelled

one of the first of the settlers in north carolina

1774

tried her hand at nova scotia

but nothing compared with her lovely scotland

so she returned there for the last ten years of her life

and has a beautiful resting place 

back on the isle of skye

Dunvegan Castle

in front of one of 2 of the waterfalls in the massive garden

it was such a windy day that i finally realised the benefit of walled gardens in the UK:

inside you get to leave the wind, but keep the sun

the MacLeod Clan has the Fairy Flag, by the way

and they own St Kilda

(although nobody lives there anymore)

Skye's Museum of Highland Life

this way first, please

(we couldn't take pictures from inside the buildings, but trust me,

you wouldn't feel your 2 quid was wasted.)