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    Inchcolm Abbey ~ A frame within a frame

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    Hello Hello Hivians and Hivers

    "Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." - John Muir.

    This specific quote was recorded by Samuel Hall Young in his 1915 book, Alaska Days with John Muir.

    The "Father of the National Parks": John Muir (1838–1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist and conservationist who became one of the most influential figures in the history of environmentalism.

    The surname Muir is very common in the Orkney Islands where I spent part of my childhood and I can see why John Muir kept close to nature. What a guy though!

    Well thanks to the weekly contest from @qurator I can show you an Abbey framing nature!

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    Tue 10 Jun 2025 12:37 pm Google Pixel 9 Pro XL ƒ/1.68, 1/877, 6.9 mm, ISO22, 12.5 MP

    A Frame Within a Frame

    The doorway of Inchcolm Abbey provides a perfect natural frame that draws the viewer's eye exactly where it needs to go.... To Nature!

    I took this from within the Abbey on Inchcolm Island in Scotland.

    I was waiting for this day to publish the picture. I purposely took that shot to frame nature and show the view that the monks had on their doorstep.

    By shooting from the darkness of the interior, I believe that I’ve created a "frame within a frame" that isolates the subject.

    Then we have the heavy dark textures of the stone wall on the left which perfectly balance the detailed woodwork of the open door on the right. This creates a vertical corridor that directs the eye straight to the horizon line.

    Job done I think and a pat on my back from me hehe!

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    Right, you want to see a couple more shots of the Abbey?

    Of course I have not written a full blown post on it, it has been added to the long list of posts I would like to do!

    More Framing!

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    No Roof daylight Framing!

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    Wooden Framing

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    So can you spot where each of the framing pictures were taken from?

    Inchcolm Abbey

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    If you want to see why I am showing you a Airplanes picture then I implore you to go read ... Qurator's Photo Quest | Framing

    Yes I am sharing a picture with the theme Framing

    Thanks for visiting and Happy New Month!!!

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    All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated. All photos captured with my Google Pixel 9 XL Pro on the dates and locations indicated in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. @tengolotodo February 1st 2026

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        That first door shot literally reminds me of the first scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds so nice!

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          Oh yes I know what you mean! !DUO

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          I must have spent more than 5 minutes just staring at that first photo, Like I was standing in the doorway myself. Looking out onto the horizon. Wonderful shot Ed!

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            Thanks Joe, it was a beautiful summer's day and the shot was begging to be taken. Thank you so much for the compliment, that meant such so much.

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            Wow really love that first pic Super Ed!! Superb 💙

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              Did you know that there are many legends about doors and thresholds? Doors are associated with beginnings and endings, but also with certain superstitions. That's why, for example, brides are carried over the threshold when they enter their new home, ribbons are cut on the door of a new business, and people knock on doors before entering. Years ago, I read a story about crossing thresholds and how your spirit can become trapped in certain spaces. Scary! Hahaha. Anyway, beautiful doors, and I hope your spirit hasn't been trapped or that you haven't set other spirits free. Hahaha. A hug full of Indian witchiness.

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                hehe and here in Scotland we have first footing at New Year. We open a window to let the old year out and the front door to let the new year in. Then you first foot someone. When you go to their house you bring whisky coal and food as you walk over the threshold, you put the first foot of the year over the threshold for luck. If it was a tall dark handsome man it was considered lucky. Here that meant brown hair. So I would get asked by neighbours to first foot them for luck! Now no trapping spirits but bring those Indian witchy hugs on!

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                very cool. I'm sure I've seen this before on Hive, not in real life though... Your pictures are great!

                "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."

                "Both ocean and sky are already about as rosy as possible—the one with stars, the other with dulse, and foam, and wild light."

                • John Muir

                He wrote some lovely things about nature indeed.

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                  yeah I am pretty sure hoosie was there a couple of years ago.

                  Aha that second quote with the ocean is you! Indeed he wrote some wonderful things about nature and created those big parks in the US so a cool guy.

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                    It's crazy how we can have really inspiring people expressing how important nature is to our souls and then we have others blowing it up and poisoning it. Makes I weep.

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                      Nature will have the last laugh

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                  The castle looks amazing! !BEER

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                    Yeah it is on a tiny island to think the monks built it 800 years ago is mind blowing

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                      Cheers Mick

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                      Such a cool place! What a cool view they designed right outside the door, with a beautiful view of the lake. I would love to have that kind of view!

                      I love all of the pictures, what an amazing old building. I read up on the history founded in the 12th century. Amazing how much good and evil must have taken place there over the centuries. I would love to visit the Abbey!

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                          It is on a wee island in the middle of a big river. It is amazing how the monks got it built 800 years ago. I really should make a post or two on it. You can only get there by boat. In all my years of living in and around Edinburgh this was the first time that I ever visited.

                          Such a great time that I will do my best to go back again this year! The history is mind blowing, I often just sit and let mind run back through the ages.

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