Loch Monzievaird framed between trees and reeds. Near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland

A tree by the lakeside catches the sun, with mountains in the distance. Loch Monzievaird, near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.

Loch Monzievaird in the evening sun - the loch remains calm even though the clouds portend gloom.

These flowers line the edges of Loch Monzievaird, near Crieff, Scotland

We call it a “bird table”, but the birds can only sit and watch in the distance while the squirrels feast themselves on the nuts.

My parents’ dog, Poppy, a golden retriever, beneath a tall tree in Macrosty Park, Crieff, Scotland

This is the church where I was christened, many, many years ago.

These are the very formal, Drummond Gardens in Drummond Castle, near Crieff, Perthshire

I was in Scotland last week, staying near my parents house in Crieff for an extended family reunion. This is my great-niece, Emily, with her parents.

This was last Thursday’s sunrise near the chalet where I was on a family reunion last week, near Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland.