fourty1 - Unity Day Parade

Yesterday, August 15th, was Indian Independence Day. I, along with friends from India, went to the celebrations held here in Montreal

fourty - family history

I LOVE old photographs.

Here are some from the Scottish side of my family. Enjoy!

thirty9 - strawberries and cream

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thirty8 - Snail's eye view

Findochty beach rock pools have hidden treasures.

thirty7 - Bonnie Prince Charlie

Apparently this is where Charles Edward Stuart (otherwise known as Bonnie Prince Charlie) hid during the mid-1700s.




Here is a little info from the BBC about Bonnie Prince Charlie:

"Charles Edward Stuart, or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' as he became known, was the grandson of the deposed Catholic King James II - who had fled to France from Protestant William of Orange's invading army in 1688.
The supporters of the deposed king and his descendants were called 'Jacobites', from the Latin for James, 'Jacobus'. Although there was Jacobite support in other areas of Britain and in continental Europe, the main stronghold was the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
The Stuarts, in exile across the Channel, nursed their ambition to reclaim the throne. In 1745, Charles travelled to the Highlands to raise the Scottish clans in rebellion against the current British monarch (King George II, of the house of Hanover). His plan was to make his father, James Stuart, the 'Old Pretender', king."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/launch_ani_bonnie_prince.shtml

thirty6 - Forres Highland Games

Nothing feels more Scottish than seeing people in kilts, hearing bagpipes and watching heavy objects being thrown around!

thirty5 - seals

Seals like to hang out on the rocks in Portgordon