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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: David Paterson on October 25, 2015, 14:02:18

Title: Aspen time
Post by: David Paterson on October 25, 2015, 14:02:18

This time of the year I go round checking the various aspen groves near Killin - the leaves are usually at their best in late October. This year they are late - there is still a lot of green, but the little mallard drake gave me an image anyway.

Title: Re: Aspen time
Post by: Hugh_3170 on October 25, 2015, 14:08:02

David, I like this image for its simplicity.  The soft reflections of the Aspens make a great backdrop to show off the mallard.

Title: Re: Aspen time
Post by: David Paterson on October 25, 2015, 14:39:26

Thanks, Hugh.

Your name interests me - do you know if you had forebears who came from Caithness or Sutherland in northern Scotland?  I belong to Golspie in Sutherland, and Gunn was a very common surname, along with Mackay and Sutherland.

I believe the Gunn clan was one of Scotland's oldest and its origins are Viking; the name literally means "war". But you probably know far more than I do.