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Holiday snaps

I can't possibly keep all the photos I take on my laptop.  The poor thing is groaning under the weight of them all.  I can, however, post some of them here to have them on record of a happy holiday, and I can return to them whenever I want, and delete them from iPhoto!  Apart from pleasing me from time to time, I hope they please visitors to the running wave as well.   Here is a last collection of Colonsay photos with a brief notes to explain one or two things, so that they are not completely random!
I went to a foraging and cooking session, as part of the Food and Drink Festival.  It was held in the kitchen of Colonsay House, and we ventured out into the autumnal garden, in the pouring rain, to see what was still foragable.  The pods in the photo above are not edible, but rather decorative.  They are from the very fragrant white wisteria which grows over a covered area on the terrace.  The outer shell is an almond green with the texture of velvet.  A very lovely thing.
We did find some bits and bobs in the garden to add to our lunchtime salad.  Fuchsia flowers, chickweed, hogweed, landcress and dandelions, amongst other things.
The photo below was taken on one of my early morning walks with the dogs, along the lane going back towards Scalasaig.  The little white cottage is where we stay, tucked away on the edge of the outer gardens of Colonsay House.
Below, the glorious Kiloran Beach, with Mull in the distance.
 On our last morning, a rainbow, proving that for us, Colonsay is our pot of gold.

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