It's Hogmanay and for today and tonight in the run up to the bells I am posting my artwork of Scotland. This is Eilean Donan Castle.
https://folksy.com/find/item/8530313

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#EileanDonanCastle #Scotland #Hogmanay #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness

It's Hogmanay and for today and tonight in the run up to the bells I am posting my artwork of Scotland. This is Eilean Donan Castle.
https://folksy.com/find/item/8530313

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#EileanDonanCastle #Scotland #Hogmanay #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness

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25 for 2025 - And Aw The Best For 2026

1. My book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt was published.

2. I was diagnosed with two new chronic illnesses.

3. I started HRT. And loved it.

4. I sent three formal complaints to regulatory bodies. Up from last year.

5. I learned how much admin a body can require. Also up from last year.

#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Women

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25 for 2025 - And Aw The Best For 2026

1. My book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt was published.

2. I was diagnosed with two new chronic illnesses.

3. I started HRT. And loved it.

4. I sent three formal complaints to regulatory bodies. Up from last year.

5. I learned how much admin a body can require. Also up from last year.

#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Women

Port Logan beach, in the Rhins of Galloway.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Port Logan beach, in the Rhins of Galloway.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/what-i-build-will-outlast-every-man-who-ever-wanted-me

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

Perhaps Scotland's most famous phone box, in the beautiful village of Pennan on the north Aberdeenshire coast. The one actually used in the film "Local Hero", which was partly made in the village in 1983, was a prop placed nearby. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/pennan/pennan/index.html

#Scotland #Aberdeenshire

Perhaps Scotland's most famous phone box, in the beautiful village of Pennan on the north Aberdeenshire coast. The one actually used in the film "Local Hero", which was partly made in the village in 1983, was a prop placed nearby. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/pennan/pennan/index.html

#Scotland #Aberdeenshire

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/what-i-build-will-outlast-every-man-who-ever-wanted-me

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

Now I have my #kilt, I had a chance to put on a bit of show for the folks in #England at our #Christmas service this morning.

#MerryChristmas #Scotland 🎄

Now I have my #kilt, I had a chance to put on a bit of show for the folks in #England at our #Christmas service this morning.

#MerryChristmas #Scotland 🎄

#Scotland is beautiful even in grey weather (fortunately!)

#Scotland is beautiful even in grey weather (fortunately!)

Scotland's midwinter festivities have origins going back 5,000 years. As 2025 draws to a close, we wish you a very happy Christmas from Undiscovered Scotland. Find out more about Christmas and Hogmanay in Scotland here: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/society/yule.html

#Scotland #HappyChristmas #Christmas #Yule #Edinburgh

Scotland's midwinter festivities have origins going back 5,000 years. As 2025 draws to a close, we wish you a very happy Christmas from Undiscovered Scotland. Find out more about Christmas and Hogmanay in Scotland here: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/society/yule.html

#Scotland #HappyChristmas #Christmas #Yule #Edinburgh

I’ve spent a lot of time and energy in 2025 promoting my own book, so I’m very happy to be talking about other people’s. In no particular order, here are my favourite books of 2025, some I didn’t get along with, and what's on my reading list, so far, for 2026.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/books-2025

#Books #Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity #Books #Scotland

A rainy morning and muddy puddles at Glasserton woods. Only the alarm calls of blackbirds, the bark of roe deer and the lilting song of robins break the silence.
#Scotland #Galloway #Photography #Blackandwhitephotography

The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyssbay/wemyssbay/index.html

#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture