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  • Rabbie Burns’ River Doon: Water Water Everywhere Challenge #226

    Rabbie Burns’ River Doon: Water Water Everywhere Challenge #226

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join in whenever you have a water picture to post (any type of water, in any state, will do). See below for how to join the fun

    We’re in Ayr for the next series of WWE, starting with the River Doon. The river runs through Alloway, the birthplace of the renowned Scottish poet Rabbie Burns. It features in his famous poem “Tam o’ Shanter” & is the setting for his lesser-known “The Banks O’ Doon.”

    How To Join In

    1. Create a Water Water Everywhere Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your WWE blog post in my comment box, or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Water Water Everywhere or add WWE tag.

    Hae a guid week 😁

  • Talk About Going Round The Bend

    Talk About Going Round The Bend

    Hi All 👋 My entry for Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.

    This is where the Tay Rail Bridge leaves the northern shore of the Tay to head out across the river.

    Tay Rail Bridge
    Tay Rail Bridge
  • Wordless Wednesday Jun 26

    Wordless Wednesday Jun 26

  • Discovering Rabbie Burns: Exploring His Birthplace and Beyond

    Discovering Rabbie Burns: Exploring His Birthplace and Beyond

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    ? Join the fun
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    In my fourth post of the Historic Scotland series, I will provide a quick overview of Rabbie Burns (Robert Burns), the world-renowned Scottish Poet. Since the world and poetry of Robert Burns is a vast topic, I have decided to break it down into a 5-week series.

    Week 1 — Burns Cottage

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  • Rabbie Burns’ River Doon: Water Water Everywhere Challenge #225

    Rabbie Burns’ River Doon: Water Water Everywhere Challenge #225

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join in whenever you have a water picture to post (any type of water, in any state, will do). See below for how to join the fun

    We’re in Ayr for the next series of WWE, starting with the River Doon. The river runs through Alloway, the birthplace of the renowned Scottish poet Roabbie Burns. It features in his famous poem “Tam o’ Shanter” & is the setting for his lesser-known “The Banks O’ Doon.”

    • River Doon

    How To Join In

    1. Create a Water Water Everywhere Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your WWE blog post in my comment box, or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Water Water Everywhere or add WWE tag.

    Hae a guid week 😁

  • Isle of Arran Sunset — Silent Sunday Jun 23

    Isle of Arran Sunset — Silent Sunday Jun 23

    Sunset over Arran
    Sunset over Arran

    I did a number of AI transformations for this beautiful sunset over the Isle of Arran in the Clyde Estuary.

    Watercolour

    Futurism

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  • Beware, The Penguins Are In Town

    Beware, The Penguins Are In Town

    Hi All 👋 My entry for Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.

  • Fan Of… Historic Scotland: Inside J.A. Braithwaite LTD Tea & Coffee Shop

    Fan Of… Historic Scotland: Inside J.A. Braithwaite LTD Tea & Coffee Shop

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    ? Join the fun
    1. Create a Fan Of… Photo Post.
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    My third post in my Historic Scotland series features J.A. Braithwaite LTD Tea & Coffee Shop.

    We had to visit this fantastic old shop, given that we have a surname in common

    How is this shop historic, you ask; it is the oldest shop in Dundee (info from The Scots Magazine).

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  • Inspired By Hammad’s Transcendent Poetry — Water Water Everywhere #224

    Inspired By Hammad’s Transcendent Poetry — Water Water Everywhere #224

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join in whenever you have a water picture to post (any type of water, in any state, will do). See below for how to join the fun

    This WWE was inspired by Hammad’s poem in his WWE post: Tranquil Sigh.

    His poem inspired me to try & visualise the scene he set using my own pictures & AI prompt engineering in DALL-E (ChatGPT). These are my baseline pictures.

    I then generated this image by combining these images, Hammad’s brilliant poem, and my own prompts.

    Whispering secrets to the sand
    Whispering secrets to the sand

    I say eventually because there were many prompt rewrites to get the image to match what I saw in Hammad’s words. In the carousel below are a few of the images that, whilst good, do not quite fit what was conjured in my own mind.

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    1. Create a Water Water Everywhere Photo Post.
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    Hae a guid week 😁