locals
this kind of beehive stone hut is known as a clochà n, it is built with a method called corbelling, layering stones in acircle with each layer narrower than the layer below using no cement or wooden support.
Sally has made this lovely pond in her garden
close up of ornamental reeds
local wildlife blocking the path, I removed it to a safer location.
good crops of rowan berries, wonder if its time to make some jam?
the view back down the path, these are Forestry Comission made and maintained in association with the Kintyre Peninsula people, nice job they are doing of it too.
this is the view looking out to Loch Fyne, it was a bit dull so I have brightened this photo.
we looked at how this rock had formed under pressure and heat
just under the rockface is a small clear pool, it would be drinkable if the forestry were not actively spraying poison all round the hill to clear rhododendron. it is marked on the map and has probably been a well dedicated to Bride(Bridget) in times past
and some moss
it isn't really showing up but the biggest pot has a lavender in it, which gives of its lovely smell as you brush past. I have been picking a few flowers when cleaning the house and then I vacuum them up, a natural air freshner, handfuls have also found their way into my bath(checked for creepy crawlys first!)
this hosta has grown this year from a little offshoot from a friend.
Hungarian Hot Wax peppers, I think they ripen to red so yet to see how hot they are
and these 'very savoury' wetsuit boots, no longer allowed in the house, even after non-regulation washing machine wash. . . .
Mondays aren't always the best things when its back to work after a nice weekend, having swapped and worked extra last week I have today off so I am feeling very rested and cheerful. Some heavy rain during the night has left the garden nice and fresh this morning, it will probably cloud over but I had a nice barefoot wander on the grass in some sunshine.
this gladioli had to be tied up after blowing overtwo days ago, it seems to be ok, I had some really nice plain yellow ones last year but they have not come out yet.
a stray basil plant in amongst the bizzy-lizzy, I am wondering if I spilt basil seeds into the potting compost, or in the tray I use to pot up as lots of basils have popped up here and there and in amongst other things, I always think of it as a greenhouse or window sill plant but here it is, surviving the scottish summer outside.
photograph from Inverclyde Now, me on the left, Frankie in the middle and 'unknown boy'(sorry)
another IN photograph, this is our Forbes escorting his swimmer, good picture.
swimmers and kayakers at Kilgregan, each swimmer has a kayak partner for safety, they can hold onto the end of the kayak if they need to stop. there are rescue boats out and the kayaker can call on them if they need to. the swimmers are all raising money for charity and they swim just over a mile across the Clyde to Greenock.
swimmers and kayakers head towards Greenock. the sea was a bit lumpy in a couple of places, wind causing waves, all the swimmers finished in good style.
more pictures of Sandy and Morag's garden, the seat at the end of the grass path
round every corner another view of somewhere more to go
beautiful plants
and more beautiful plants. I love how they are all put together together.
nearby friends are opening their garden this weekend,(under the Scottish Gardens Open Scheme) for the first time. this garden is only six years old and has been created from a green field site. it looks and feels like a garden that has been established for many years , above is the view as you walk into the garden , round the corner of the house. 
the centre path is viewed from their patio, there are lots of paths to wander round, did I mention he is a professional gardener, can't you tell! he made the seats too.
it is filled with beautiful plants, I took about a hundred pictures and the garden looks fabulous in every one.
I didn't quite get this bluetit into focus, cute wee thing
this patch of grass, at the edge of a vegetable bed, I havent got around to being neat at all this year , a fine mixture of meadow grasses, good for grazing!
Berberis 'Somerset'
Cotinus, smoke bush
Holly, Silver Queen
Lobelia cardinalis
Alchemilla mollis
