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Living it large in Livingston today

I find most the the locals in St Andrews are rather more friendly, less confrontational, than these two.
#Fife #Scotland

There are quite some cuttlebones washed up on this beach in St Andrews today.
#Fife #Scotland

Today would have been my grandad's 128th birthday
Sadly he died more than 40 years ago.
A wonderful man.
I wish my children could have known him.

A fine display of sausages and puddings at Balgove Larder, who get my vote for Scottish Butcher of the Year in the Countryside Alliance awards.
#butcher #sausages #Fife #Scotland

Shades of Valentine's Day remain at St Andrews Cathedral, 5 day after the day itself.
#Fife #Scotland

Swathes of snowbells line the lanes of #Fife #Scotland

In the #Perthshire woods.
#Scotland

The One-Minute Experiment That Can Change Your Day We've been trained to 'see something, say something' about danger. What if we did the same for what's good? It takes 10 seconds, and the research says the giver benefits most.

The One-Minute Experiment That Can Change Your Day | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/poss...

Brilliant, thank you! And this article gives me a contender for the name: Ramalina farinacea (shaggy strap lichen).

Great. Good to know.. Thank you!
This was up in the Perthshire hills, where I would imagine the air is pretty good.
I was reminded of Spanish Moss from the southern USA, although of course it is very different.

Some of the trees here in #Perthshire are thick with this moss, as if it is of the tree.
Is it harmful to the host tree, do you know?
#moss #Scotland

Queen's View near Killikrankie, on a beautiful February day. Looking west.
#Scotland

A wee walk through Killiekrankie Pass today.
#Scotland

Plenty of water in the Black Spout at Pitlochry.
#Scotland #waterfall

Psychology says people who read before bed every night have a fundamentally different brain than people who watch TV Here’s a question that might change your evening routine forever: what does your brain actually do in the hour before you fall asleep? If you’re like most people, you probably spend that time staring ...

Not news, but most certainly stands repeating.
geediting.com/gen-psycholo...

Serenity.
Late afternoon in Pitlochry.
#Perthshire #Scotland

On a wee break to #Perthshire. Here I am at Blair Castle, Blair Atholl.
It was a lot colder than it looks!
#Scotland

I took the bus. In recognition of my great age, they let me use it for free 😁

On the Queensferry Crossing, looking towards the Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Rail Bridge, on my way back to #Fife on a rainy day

Exciting to be at an airport; I haven't flown anywhere for almost three years. Not today either, just dropping off.
Still exciting, though.

A useful footnote by Chris Grey in "A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organisations". (2nd ed. 2009)
Worth bearing in mind when coming across any postings from, or quoting, the Daily Mail.
Understand everything they say in this context.

Snowdrops on a dreich February day in #Fife #Scotland

dreich: adj
Scottish English
(especially of weather) dreary; bleak

A dreich day in #Fife, #Scotland

Here's the whole picture

I was struck by these figures (witches?) flying through the air, including dome sort of wild boar, in Lucas Cranach's 16 century painting 'An Allegory of Melancholy' in Scotland's National Gallery.
#Scotland #Art

Visiting Scotland's National Gallery today. Here's a painting I have admired in reproduction since childhood. Great to see the real thing. 'The Monarch of the Glen' by Sir Edwin Landseer.
#Scotland #Art

Strangely, although it was rather chilly and breezy it didn't feel very stormy in Anstruther today. I wonder what the waves are like when it does!
#Fife #Scotland

Now that's a decent spread for two!
Fish and chips in Anstruther, #Fife, #Scotland

The harbour defences in Anstruther, #Fife, #Scotland doing their job today.