evanescent: fleeting, transitory
evanescent wave: a nearfield standing wave, employed for total internal reflection microscopy
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West Kilbride
Law Castle, West Kilbride - our home for a week in 2023
"In the fifteenth century Law Castle was constructed as a wedding gift for Princess Mary, the eldest daughter of James II of Scotland upon her marriage to Thomas Boyd the Earl of Arran. What is now the formal great hall of this comfortable but unusual home once served as a courtroom - and comes complete with a pit prison behind a flagstone trap door. There's also a 'murder hole' through which hot oil could have been poured over unwelcome visitors outside.
Having fallen into a state of disrepair, the Grade A listed building has been restored to an immaculate standard. Six hundred years later, it is available for rent as one of Scotland's most luxurious and exclusive holiday homes."
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Spiral stone stairs; Law Castle, West Kilbride |
Portencross Castle - my early morning walk from Law Castle
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Portencross road |
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"It is said that Portencross Castle was the last resting place of the great kings of Scotland. Legend has it that they were transported via the castle on their way to Iona, for burial. They lay in state at Portencross Castle for a short time." [Friends of Portencross Castle]
Glenapp Castle
Afternoon tea, followed by a falconry experience
In 2007 experts told the owners of Kelburn Castle that its concrete facing on the 16th century tower house would eventually need to be replaced to avoid further damage to the stonework. At the suggestion of his children,Lord Glasgow invited four Brazilian graffiti artists to to spend a month at the castle and, in collaboration with local graffiti artists, decorate it in their own inimitable style. The Brazilians were Francisco Rodrigues da Silva, known as Nunca (‘Never’ in Portuguese); identical twin graffiti team Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, who work under the name Os Gemeos; and Otavio’s wife, Nina Pandolfo. Collectively they have worked on street murals on Los Angeles, Lisbon, Berlin and beyond, and featured in the Tate Modern’s 2008 Street Art exhibition. None of them had every spray-painted an 800-year-old castle before, however. The Kelburn mural was intended to be only temporary – thankfully, it has now become permanent. In 2011, stencil and graffiti art expert Tristan Manco listed it as one of the top 10 best examples of street art anywhere in the world.
Kelburn Castle - The Secret Forest
Aberdeenshire
Our home for a week in July 2018
Dunideer Castle
Flower photographs taken in the walled garden
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