Abandoned Castle

Redhouse Castle - East Lothian  - 16th century towerhouse

more information  ...  HERE


It is now owned by a local landowner and a garden centre occupies the former walled garden.

These photos were taken a few weeks ago, hence the lack of Spring foliage

Entrance archway to the courtyard

Arms of John Laing and his wife Rebecca Denistoun who lived here in the early 1600 hundreds
The inscription above the door reads -
Without God all is in vain.

How the castle may have looked in its heyday

Painting by Andrew Spratt

Beyond the archway  -  horses in an adjacent field.

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World Water Day

Some photos from my archives  .....

My painting  "Inspired by Water"

Acrylic and gold paints on canvas  -  (height 1:30 meters)

Detail  .....

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Barley Fields

Barley fields last week  -  East Lothian

On the right the road follows a historic estate boundary wall.
This road leads to a country park created in honour of  the American environmentalist
John Muir who lived in the nearby town of Dunbar until the age of eleven,
when his family emigratrd to America. He would have known this area well.

   

The wall is probably at least two or three hundred years old.

The Scottish Baronial style mansion encircled by the wall.
This shot was taken from the road and quite a distance away.

Cows in a field adjacent to the house.

18th centuty mill used for milling oats until the 1950s

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Wild Plants

At the edge of woodland in a city park wild plants are in reproduction mode.
At first glance this tangle of Cleavers, Brambles and Nettles looks chaotic but there is
a natural order in place - everything is making the most of its alloted space. 

A family of Thistles preparing to release their angel seeds in the wind.

This sturdy16th century wall continues to mark the boundary between
community woodland and Royal Park in central Edinburgh. 

On the other side  ....

Follow the path into Holyrood Park in my post "Royal Park" ....  HERE

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Azaleas

My painting inspired by the energy and colour of Azaleas

Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas (150cm x 90cm)

All photos are from my archives

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Hawthorn Blossom

Ruined 19th century farm cottage

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Beltane Eve - East Lothian

 

 

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