Why I Return To The Highlands of Scotland

Lulu! Coillieghillie's Coral Beach on 1 March 2012

Lulu at Coillieghillie’s Coral Beach…1 March 2012

Henderson House at Low Tide...Village of Coillieghillie in the Highlands of Scotland on the Inner Hebrides Sea

Henderson House at Low Tide…Village of Coillieghillie in the Highlands of Scotland on the Inner Hebrides Sea

Home Office of Concept + Copy in Winter of 2012...Henderson House Kitchen...Highlands of Scotland

Home Office of Concept + Copy in Winter of 2012…Henderson House Kitchen…Highlands of Scotland

Friends and Daily Visitors to Henderson House_Village of Coillieghillie_Winter 2012

Friends and Daily Visitors to Henderson House_Village of Coillieghillie_Winter 2012

Sunset in Winter of 2012 from Front Door of Henderson House_Coillieghillie

Sunset in Winter of 2012 from Front Door of Henderson House_Coillieghillie

Ice on Ground_January 2012_Above Village of Coillieghillie

Ice on Ground_January 2012_Above Village of Coillieghillie

Peat_Cut & Drying_Coillieghillie

Peat for the Fires_Cut & Drying_Coillieghillie

Full Moon_Winter 2012_Seen Through Rowan Tree of Henderson House

Full Moon_Winter 2012_Seen Through Rowan Tree of Henderson House

Holding Up the House_Coillieghillie_Winter 2012

Holding Up the House_Coillieghillie_Winter 2012

Full Moon_Camera Hand-Held & Breath Held, Too.

Full Moon_Camera Hand-Held & Breath Held, Too.

Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner on most days: Fresh off the Fish Van

Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner on Most Days: Fresh Off the Fish Van

Isle of the Dead Pharaoh: Off Coillieghillie in Hebridian Sea

Isle of the Dead Pharaoh: Off Coillieghillie in Hebridian Sea

Sunset Over Cuillin Mountains on Isle of Skye in Winter

Sunset Over Cuillin Mountains on Isle of Skye in Winter

Coillieghillie Shoreline during February 2012 Storm

Coillieghillie Shoreline during February 2012 Storm

Front Yard of Henderson House on a Sunday Afternoon in February

Front Yard of Henderson House on a Sunday Afternoon in February

"Wood of the Lads" in Winter of 2012

“Wood of the Lads” in Winter of 2012

"The Red House" in Coillieghillie - with New Chicken House adjacent

“The Red House” in Coillieghillie – with New Chicken House Adjacent

Red Wheel Full of History & Sadness

Red Wheel Full of History & Sadness

Ard Ban / "White Point" that I call Ross

Ard Ban / “White Point” That I Call Ross

A Very Special Place Near Coillieghillie

A Very Special Place Near Coillieghillie

Bird on Ard Ban

Bird on Ard Ban

Sheeps Who Seem To  Know Me

Several Sheeps Who Seem To Know Me

Where's Lulu?

Where’s Lulu?

Coral Beach Near Village of Coillieghillie

Coral Beach Near Village of Coillieghillie

Sunset Over Isle of Raasay - From Coral Beach in Winter

Sunset Over Isle of Raasay – From Coral Beach in Winter

Tigh Calan / "Colin's Shed" - Worked on "Restoring" This for Several Weeks in 2012

Tigh Calan / “Colin’s Shed” – Worked on “Restoring” This for Several Weeks in 2012

Bird in Front Yard of Henderson House

Bird in Front Yard of Henderson House

High Tide in Front of Henderson House - Winter 2012

High Tide in Front of Henderson House – Winter 2012

High Tide 2 in Front of Henderson House - Coillieghillie

High Tide 2 in Front of Henderson House – Coillieghillie

"Cement" Holding Tigh Calan Together

“Cement” Holding Tigh Calan Together

Long shot of Tigh Calan's "Cemented" South Wall

Long shot of Tigh Calan’s “Cemented” South Wall

Beginnings of IASGAIR ["FISHERMAN"] Structure

Beginnings of IASGAIR [“FISHERMAN”] Structure

Shells frtom Coral Beach Sent Home to Meaghan

Shells from Coral Beach Sent Home to Meaghan

Wallace & Grommit TV show in Gaelic

Wallace & Grommit on BBC / Alba TV Show in Gaelic

Sunset Over Isle of Raasay - Looking Toward Viking [?] Settlement of Hallaig

Sunset Over Isle of Raasay – Looking Toward Viking [?] Settlement of Hallaig

Front of Henderson House at Low Tide

Front of Henderson House at Low Tide

Rain On The Way from Isle of Raasay

Rain On The Way from Isle of Raasay

Scatter My Ashes While Standing Here

Scatter My Ashes While Standing Here

Bird 3

Bird 3

Shooting through Kitchen Window of Henderson House

Shooting through Kitchen Window of Henderson House

GOD BLESS YOU Cut Into Stone Path to Coillieghillie & Ard Ban

GOD BLESS YOU Cut Into Stone Path to Coillieghillie & Ard Ban

Looking Toward Tigh Calan and Village of Camustearach Beyond

Looking Toward Tigh Calan and Village of Camustearach Beyond

Root of Rowan Tree on  Island of Eilean Mor on Crowlin Islands, Hebridian Sea

Root of Still Blooming Rowan Tree on Island of Eilean Mor on Crowlin Islands, Hebridian Sea

Images are from Applecross Peninsula, Ross-Shire, West Highlands, Scotland – 2010 through 2012. Returned with Meaghan in October-November or 2013, and will return for several months in the fall of this year.

For more information on the locations shown in this post, you can check out these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applecross

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/applecross/applecross/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowlin_Islands

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/nov/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview35

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raasay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuillin

Also, when you use Google Chrome to enter almost any name that appears in the captions you’ll see the images of many other photographers for that place/location.

That’s all for now…Ross

 

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