0ctavia's Scotland

My Country 

Saint Andrew

... and Romania, Russia, Luqa in Malta, Amalfi in Italy, Greece and and of fishermen (including fishmongers etc), singers, single women, women hoping to get pregnant and the University of Patras, amongst others. The St Andrew's cross, or Saltir...

1950's memories from Scotland

I've never really been one for routine but when my kids were young there was one I positively looked forward to, picking up my weekly bread from the bakers on a Wednesday. Maybe that's why Wednesday was always baking day, I'm not sure,...

Pictures of Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands

... and an even more beautiful place to live. Strathspey is an area of the valley of the River Spey, one of Scotland's best salmon fishing rivers, in the Highlands of Scotland. There is also a traditional Scottish reel named after the area. Ov...

Homecoming Scotland 2009

A year-long celebration of Scotland's culture - Homecoming Scotland 2009 is planned for 2009, the 250th anniversary of our national bard, Robert Burns. The year long event celebrates Scotland's culture and contributions to the World - Golf,...

Holiday Loch Linnhe - West Coast Scotland

Close to Fort William on the West Coast of Scotland, there's a lovely spot near where Loch Eil and Loch Linnhe meet. The scenery is spectacular, the air is wonderfully fresh and ancestry sits all around you in this historic part of Scotland. I&...

A Walk Round Nethy Bridge

The picture to the left shows the drinking fountain in the centre of Nethy Bridge. This drinking fountain dates to Victorian times, when it was a gift to the 'people of Abernethy' by Lady Stamford and Warrington, who built Abernethy Forest L...

Handmade cards by Raven of Edinburgh

My original lens for the handmade cards I sell became far too long (this happens with my lenses ... oops) so now it will turn into a group of lenses. First I have extracted the cards designed by Raven of Edinburgh. Raven is my daughter so I'm n...

How Does Your Garden Grow

The Winters here can get to a seriously low temperature and, unless you have a walled garden, an array of plants is ruled out. Of course, I know of an old walled garden not a mile from here which has (well, it was there about six years ago) a massi...

Photographic cards from Scotland

All the cards below are based on photographs, in the case of the two cards featuring my Grandmother, the photographs were taken almost 100 years ago, the rest are much more recent. One advantage I have found in splitting up my original lens, is tha...

Handmade Cards and Prints from the Scottish Highlands

In this lens I am displaying one range of my cards and prints which are available to purchase on eBid.net. This is a constantly growing range which we hope will appeal to all ages and tastes. All cards are approximately A5 in size althoug...

Originals, Prints and Cards from 0ctavia and Raven

With the exception of one card in the range, all cards are designed by 0ctavia and Raven, the one card which was designed by my son, when he was very young, is Tiger, the card from the children's colouring range. As well as the Art Cards, from...

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0ctavias_Group-ography

If you have quite a few lenses you'll discover that they start hiding from you when you're looking at that long list on your dashboard. First, I started my lensography which does help me find my lenses when they're hiding but as the num...