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Clay tablets/peat slabs

November 2, 2018November 4, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

Clay tablets of cuneiform script from ancient Babylonian libraries or slabs of three thousand year old peat each have their strata of stories to tell us.

Join me on a journey #IntoThePeatlands @falklandestate Tuesday 13th November, 7:00pm. @BirlinnBooks

November 1, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

Join me on a journey #IntoThePeatlands @falklandestate Tuesday 13th November, 7:00pm. @BirlinnBooks

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13th Nov. Falkland, The Stables

 

Supernatural moor

October 31, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

Supernatural moor

“ …Plenty herring, plenty meal,/Plenty peat to fill her creel…”

October 30, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

“ …Plenty herring, plenty meal,/Plenty peat to fill her creel…”

Moth

October 29, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

Moth.

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Rannoch Brindled Beauty moth from #IntoThePeatlands @BirlinnBooks

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

fullsizeoutput_2fbcRannoch Brindled Beauty moth from #IntoThePeatlands @BirlinnBooks.

at ‘The Enchanted Forest’ Pitlochry

October 27, 2018October 28, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

Met this tree spirit last night at ‘The Enchanted Forest’ Pitlochry.AC800906-5A03-4355-B2AD-97BEF4C92B22

I counted fifteen curlews…

October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

 

A traditional peatland song goes- “…the nest of the curlew/ is in the bubbling peat-moss…” 200 years after this Fife moss had been drained I counted fifteen curlews in its peat brown field this afternoon.

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Big black kettle

October 21, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

‘Big Black Kettle’

Unique, signed and wrapped 1st edition of ‘Into The Peatlands’.

Big Black Kettle
Big Black Kettle
Big Black Kettle, Peat cutter’s spades
Big Black Kettle, Peat cutter’s spades

Price on request.

 

Venturing into the peatlands Macbeth encounters the witches. Unique wrapped signed copies of ‘Into The Peatlands’

October 18, 2018October 21, 2018 robinacrawfordLeave a comment

Venturing into the peatlands Macbeth encounters the witches. Unique wrapped signed copies of ‘Into The Peatlands’.

 

MacBeth’s Witches Moor
MacBeth’s Witches Moor
MacBeth’s Witches Cauldron
MacBeth’s Witches Cauldron

Prices on request.

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