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Author: robinacrawford
Robin Crawford is an author and illustrator, with a particular interest in the culture and natural heritage of Scotland. His first book, ‘Into the Peatlands: A Journey Through the Moorland Year’, was published in 2018 and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize. ‘Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers’ (2020) is a treasury of Scottish Words. His third book ‘The Sound of Many Waters, A Jjourney along the River Tay’ is published in June 2023 by Birlinn. He lives in Auchtermuchty, in Fife.
…it’s on her parent’s farm and was cut commercially until fairly recently…
…it’s on her parent’s farm and was cut commercially until fairly recently…
When I asked my colleague Caroline to look at something on my iPad at work today she asked, “Its not another picture of a bog, is it?” (It wasn’t but here’s one now).
When I asked my colleague Caroline to look at something on my iPad at work today she asked, “Its not another picture of a bog, is it?” (It wasn’t but here’s one now).
Creel, tweed, stack: echoes of the peatlands live on (doggedly) within our lives.
Billy and stack of children
Billy and stack of children.
Moor lines
Moor lines.
Stacks of shields on Trajan’s column. Joe has asked if he can have a tortoise.
Stacks of shields on Trajan’s column. Joe has asked if he can have a tortoise.
Book of matches. Naw… they are, matchboxes shaped like books
Book of matches. Naw, they are. Matchboxes shaped like books.
Peaty window display, @WhiskyCastle whisky shop, Tomintoul
Peaty window display, @WhiskyCastle whisky shop, Tomintoul.
The lichens have that #FridayFeeling
The lichens on the moss have that #FridayFeeling.