Perthshire woodland sunset

Ok, I know it's been a while since I last posted anything sensible {2nd August}. I turned 50 on August the 5th and Luisa organised a big party for me, complete with an ex-Black Watch Piper, so everybody had a few large drams to the tune of 'Heilan Laddie' The Black Bear' 'Farewell to the Rock' etc. All in all a very Scottish celebration. Since then it's been very busy--The McNeill-Wilkie Clinic is now 'The Scottish Healing Centre' and we've just run two capacity workshops in Cleansing, Clearing and Psychic Protection and Advanced Healing Techniques level 1 at Cat McGillvery's wonderful holistic shop and therapy room at ETHEREAL LIGHT in The Wellgate, Dundee. The next workshop is Advanced Healing Techniques level 2 on Sun 19th Sept 1130 till 1700 [full details and costs on Cat's website]. A huge thankyou goes to Phil Brammer of IVY COTTAGE INDUSTRIES for all his help in keeping me to time and procuring good, healthy scotch pies and doughnuts to help me put on some unnecessary weight!

Speccy Nerds comparing dentistry

This is Luisa and I inspecting each other's new 'one-size-fits-all' plastic dentures which we ordered online from Tibet. They come quite soft and malleable in a curious sticky gum which needs to be soaked overnight in petrol to remove any traces of negative energies imbued by frustrated exploited workers. It is very important to insert the dentures correctly the right way up at the first attempt otherwise you have to chew on your tongue to make it soft again. I will attempt to post a proper sensible blog soon.

Meaningless Mental Meanderings In The Meadow.

I've been so busy that my blogging discipline has been blown away in the draught created by my frenetic rush to get nowhere in particular. This is a sorry state of affairs and urgently needs addressing as it's really all about personal discipline, an area I am normally strong in-actually that's rubbish; in fact I am so seduced by my own self-created transient delusions of efficiency that I fail to notice the subtle but obvious signs that Gordy is losing the plot-namely, posting another dull photo of a plant I can't remember the name of, and then wittering on about my rapidly deteriorating state of mind. I really must take some proper interesting photos that people whom have actually got a life take and then say something of interest, hopefully....soon.

Pinewood Path

Hello everyone! It's been a while since my last post-very busy time lately. This is one of Lunga's favourite walks. As a wee dachshund she loves woodlands and this part of the path is lovely when the sunlight casts a dappled kaleidescope of various greens on the bracken and grass.

She is currently up in Wick at the very north end of Scotland with my partner, Luisa, who is on a tour of places she has never visited before. It's very different scenery up there and should give her lots of inspiration for her painting and drawing. I've been teaching Aqua-aerobics in Dunkeld since February at Dunkeld House and have around 30 in my Tuesday and Thursday classes. I give them a Reiki colour meditation as they lie on their floats at the end of the session in the warm water-wish I had a pool at home 'cos it certainly seems to chill them out!

I'll maybe post you a photo of them bobbing about totally zonked, as it makes me feel sleepy just watching them!

Wizard's Point at gloomy dusk

I love this place so much that I just had to share it with you in all it's dark drama. The wonderfully descriptive old Scots word 'dreich' nicely encapsulates a image such as this.

It's stark, dismal, and to me, utterly enchanting. Join me now as the night wind swipes at your hair; listen... as the last crow calls it's handover to the owls and foxes. Then watch...and wait.

Sunlight on Ferns

Ferns are some of the oldest plants on our planet. Dating back millions of years, fossilised examples have been discovered almost identical to the species we find now. It's amazing to think that they pre-date the age of dinosaurs! We humans are a relatively recent arrival in relation to these ancient residents and that thought is always worth keeping in mind. Reverence for nature in all her forms is a quality all of us would do well to cultivate-it's good for us in so many ways, as nature sustains and heals all of us in return for our care for her.

A seat in silence by the old Scots Pine

There is a woodland not far from us where we walk Lunga, our wee dachshund. About halfway round the route there is a turn in the path where there is a memorial seat beside an old Scots Pine. As you can see, it sits beside a big, open green field and in the early evening it is very quiet and peaceful. Often, when I am running healing courses and workshops, I am asked about meditation-when to do it, how to do it, how often to do it and how long to do it!? Me not know.

To me, meditation is different things to many people but I'm a simple soul; I love trees-they heal us with love just by being near them, they give us the oxygen we breathe, these beautiful telegraph poles to God-They demonstrate eternal grace and even die standing up. Try this 'meditation' sometime-go sit in nature and JUST BE for a while and then you will truly discover for yourself that nowhere is closer to the heart of God than in her wild garden.