For these are my mountains
For these are my mountains
And this is my glen
The braes of my childhood
Will know me again
No land's ever claimed me
Tho 'far I did roam
For these are my mountains
And I'm going home (James Copeland 1918 – 2002 )
For Scottish exiles everywhere, this song brings tears to our eyes. Though we become citizen of other countries, Scotland still has a strong hold on us and just won't let go!
On my trip home to Scotland with my husband at the end of September last year, we headed to the west coast and then on to the Isle of Skye.
We were blessed with gorgeous weather, as usual! Despite Scotland's reputation for inclement weather, we always seem to bring the good stuff with us from Florida! We had 2 days of rain during an entire 4 weeks' stay!
These images were taken during a stop at Glen Torridon. Liathac (The Gray One) is the large mountain in the shots. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed taking them!
All images are my own work and © Diane Macdonald. All are available for licensing from Getty Images.
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Hi Diane, beautiful pictures :-)
Thank you also for the great #welovesteemit
I might have a small idea for your pictures 😉
Thank you! I am so excited about this journey. I love photography and I love to write! OK. I am following #welovesteemit now too!
Oh, and I am open to any ideas you might have for me!
U should check out Brod, Dragash, Kosovo! It is my hometown and it is very similar to this, just beautiful :) LOVE NATURE <3
Do you have photos of there? I would love to see them
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Cool!
What a beautiful pictures and such a nice sky. You brought the good weather indeed! I love the shadow play the clouds make on the landscape :-)
Thanks! The light in Scotland is always so awesome, no matter what the weather!
Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing @dmcamera
Thanks! Sharing is good. :-)
Great that you had good weather and got to take pictures to show us the mountains of your Scotland.
I have thousands on hard drives, so the journey has just begun!
Beautiful album Diane 😊💚
Thank you so much.
Such beautiful pictures of a beautiful place... I missed going by Scotland the one time I was in England... A pity! Hope to one day... :) Thank you for sharing these pictures
Thanks! Yes, it is a beautiful country. I love going home to visit. you must try to visit next time you go to England.
So beautiful! I would love to visit Scotland. Maybe someday.
Yes, the scenery is quite breathtaking in a moody sort of way. The mountains are not nearly as high as the Rockies, but they have such character because the treelike is so low.
Beautiful pictures! I grew up in the Blackstairs Mountains in Ireland - very similar landscape (though I rarely remember it being as sunny as that! Haha)
I have never visited Ireland - only passed through the airport at Dublin. We wished we had made a stopover that time when the going was good. The trouble is, I am always focused on getting back to Scotland to see my family. It's on my bucket list, though!🙂 The landscape is definitely very similar! Thanks for the test resteem too. I'm only just figuring out what this is all about!
Same here, only joined a fortnight ago - finding feet clumsily! And Ireland and Scotland's similarities are, I'm sure, why I fell so in love with Edinburgh, Inverness and the Highlands. We want to get up there more. My other half hasn't seen much of Ireland either - must sort that!