Glen Coe (The Three Sisters)

Fancy a JD Fergusson print? Did you know Culture Perth and Kinross (the charity that looks after the libraries) gets the monies via the artist’s rights. www.magnoliabox.com/collections/...

Over the last year many elderly farmers have given away their farms for for no money for what turns out to be for no reason. Are they due government compensation?

Did you know through Isabella of Mar, today’s Prince of Wales is a direct decendant of Llywelyn the Great?

One notch to go…..

Today is the anniversary of the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879 youtu.be/QlkHNahQVC4?...

87% of the population are younger than me 😱. I shall spin that as I have more life experience than 87% of people on Earth.

‘Perthshire Garden’

‘Keillour Stone’ stands beside a narrow road, a little over three miles east of Coupar Angus, where the land begins its slow lift into the northern flanks of the Sidlaw Hills. Here the carved symbol is held in the open air as if the earth itself had raised it to be seen.

The Inchyra Stone

It's #NationalRobinDay…… so am sharing my poem. youtu.be/FxUO4Sraj5M?...

I attended the ‘Garden Futures: Designing with Nature’ exhibition in the @vadundee.bsky.social Wasn't what I expected. I hadn't expected to be so moved (shhhhh…to tears) It inspired me to make this short film of my own about my interpretation of a letter’s content. youtu.be/kfjdDTuEi9c?..

At school the teachers used to mock a girl in my class. They tied her pencil to desk with string and turned a blind eye when children mocked her sallow skin with taunts of being dirty. I only leaned recently she was the daughter of a Jewish Uni professor.Please let us live in a different world today

A society grows great when old men plant trees they will never enjoy and dies when it taxes the legacy of their planting.

Castle Street #Dundee

‘Derek Jarman’s Garden’ When I am gone, let this place continue the work. Let someone pause among the stones and feel addressed. Let them understand that even in scarcity I believed in continuance. substack.com/@tairmuir/no...

‘Dundee’ . #sketch

My father’s second cousin was an architect involved with designing the ‘new town’ of Cumbernauld. Just before his death, one of his buildings was named ‘Carbuncle of the Year’ !! Today I was glad to see a picture of it in the V&A Museum of Design.

Why dae I aye skiddle my milk?

‘Descending Morven’ #aberdeenshire #fieldsketch

‘Ardvorlich’ #poem #scootland #history #perthahire

Should the broadest shoulders not carry the most weight and I mean that literally rather than figuiritvley. My father used to often cite ‘Your health is your wealth’ .

With rights come responsibilities. It's a trade off. sanitation, child care, breakfast clubs, education, healthcare and dentistry provision surely requires a payback?

‘The Cailleach’ #scots #scotspoetry #folklore sketch of Ben Vorlich looking North

A little Lord Byron for you from atop #Aberdeenshire

‘ December Sun’ For an hour I sketch in the graveyard, the page drinks in the lines of branch and shadow, the slow breathing of the trees. The flask opens; steam rises like a small offering. Nothing asks anything of me here. The dead keep their counsel. The living hurry elsewhere.

Morven Trig Point #aberdeenshire #sketch

People want a wealth tax but #Labour are too scared to tax the super wealthy but aren’t afraid to tax (captive) farmers and family businesses who are working their asset hard every day to service a nation. (Excuse the rhyming slang)

I’ve tried to replicate a style I love but don’t feel confident with yet. It’s just a little sketch, the loosest thing I’ve ever posted.

Somebody has admired my painting and told me it reminds them of the 1950s movie ‘The Horse’s Mouth’. I’m confused , has anybody seen that movie?

New cards uploaded to my online selling site. Link in bio.

So stan ye a moment on the threshold o the dark, birk trees by yir side and feel the warld draw breath a first, clean gasp o licht in the lang nichts’ hert.

Tickety Boo’s #Dundee (thanks @pjdlondonscot.bsky.social )

Warning, if ever I look you up on Wikipedia. I looked up Stanley Baxter last evening and today he is dead. RIP.

“Sleep well, strong trees, for the world keeps watch in the hush o winter, and the sun will seek you again when the deep time stirs.”

If I was going to send you all a Christmas Card, this would be it.

Also in the post today, a small collection of beautifully produced cards from @tairmuir.bsky.social Even the bloody cellophane is high quality. You can find Alastair’s beautiful work on ‘You Said It Cards’, link in his bio 👌 #greetingcard #independent #artist #LocalArt #Tayside #Perthshire #Dundee

The coms team at Perth Museum have done a grand job today as news of Mary Queen of Scots last letter display has been announced to the world. youtu.be/DxRvEP8p6Iw?...

The River Tay #perth #perthshire

The late queen isn't descended from Charles the Second. Why did Dimbnley imply she was? #whatsthemonarchyfor

I'd be interested to know whether the Dimblebys ran their personal businesses as limited companies to claim dividends and whether they are passing on their wealth in trusts to their grandchildren.

@janiezzz.bsky.social Merry Christmas

Old stone fireplace 6”x6” oil

‘Winter Vase’ a little oil painting I did a couple of years ago is selling well as a card. www.yousaidit.co.uk/designer/ala...

I run a scheme at work where people who rescue dogs get a discount. Roll back a month and I saw a border collie on the Abandoned Dogs site called M###. When I enquired he was adopted. Today M###’ new dad came in with his papers to register. I was so happy. 🐶