#SilentSunday

#pareidolia

Patterns

Laig Beach, Eigg.

The surface of the beach is perfectly smooth - you could put a level on it. What might look like shadow is just a pattern created by the different types of sand grain.

#Lochaber

The manse and the sgurr of Eigg tonight.

#SmallIsles

Fallen bike.

#BikeTooter

Sustainable building technology.

A somewhat unusual marketing approach - "feel good this summer" - for a tax collector.

I do feel HMRC might be overselling slightly the emotional benefits of filing early here. Or maybe it should be read in a Scorcese-esque mobster's voice...?

Maybe the prettiest native flower I know - small cow wheat.

Very rare I think... (only know of a couple of places out grows in my neck of the woods)

Our male collie had the snip few days ago. Check up today with the vet, in part because his testicles have gotten red and sore.

So I'm now rubbing steroid cream into my dog's shaven bollocks, if you're wondering how my Monday is going.

Celebrating #SyttendeMai in the Scottish Highlands. No flag-waving parades, aquavit etc., just a good book.

Gratulerer med dagen folkens.

Does Progressive Chicago Pope imply the existence of Acid Pope, Deep Pope, Tribal Pope, and UK Hard Pope?

Asking for a child of the 80s and 90s.

Scots Pine for #ThickTrunkThursday

Relatedly, people continually get one of our national anthems wrong.

It is in fact "Floor of Scotland", and nothing to do with flowers. Hence all those lines about 'standing' and sending 'proud Edward homeward to sink again'.

Legend has it that the Scottish flag came into being before a battle when the sun shining through the clouds formed what's known as St Andrew's cross, and blessed the Scots with certain victory.

Total myth of course. The flag design in fact originates from Scotland being a land of rock, sheep and fathomless bog. The warning sign to travellers "pass ye not the bog" was an obvious form for the national flag to take to warn off the English.

From today's bog walk:

#saltire #scotland

More #stags

You might be able to tell from the freewheeling sounds, I wasn't rushing to catch up to this bunch of big lads.

From Friday's pedal out to the end of the loch.

#BikeTooter #cycling #lochaber

Damn, you can't vote in your own poll. This is gonna skew the results. Would someone mind voting Ben for me please?

And in good company.

#DogsOfMastodon

From today's lunch run.

#fellrunning #running

Fine morning for a hill race.

#FellRunning