Public Piping at Gretna Green

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Sunday afternoon delight

GALLOWAY MOUNTAIN HIGH Oh Galloway....oh take me back Oh take me back with pleasure Across the span of many years Where time cannot be measured Back where my roots began to grow To where time now stands still Oh Galloway ....yes take me back And give my heart a thrill The beauty of the rolling hills The mountain tops with heather Where sights and sounds can capture thee Where love and life can gather And look across the hills of time And flood my soul with memories And let me watch the great expanse Hills seem to join the seas Where belted galloways do graze And sheep that can't be counted Yes, take me to your mountains high Where thoughts cannot be daunted Yes, let me climb your mountain high My eyes drink in their beauty And let me breath in pure fresh air Let thoughts of long ago enfold me Oh Galloway...On mountains high Your beauty will sustain me... My thoughts organized by ImAuthor4U

Mail Box in Creetown

Belted Galloways

Entrance to my ancestral home ... Annabaglish

Searching for McCornacks ~ with Nessie and Linda

Galloway is Calling As I traveled a long the countryside One mild and sunny day I got a chance to see the hills Of life along the way. It was the hills of Galloway That mountain of my past I saw the belted cattle graze Brought memories from the past Of times where Grandpa and Grandma Must have roamed these mountain paths Oh, what a peaceful walk it was It ended much too fast But they got to see the beauty Of the hills of Scotland fair They saw the flowers and sheep And breathed that country air. I can see them standing now Holding hands beside that road And loving how their life was Although they had a heavy load Oh, Galloway is calling me To visit one more time And capture forever in my heart What surely I call mine. Jene Lind 2009

Up in the mountains where she lives With her dog so very faithful Are sheep and goats running wild Her life is so free and full. M. I. Lusby 8-31-12

It all started first in Dumfries and Galloway ... The world's first Savings Bank, founded by Rev. Henry Duncan at Ruthwell -in 1810 - now a museum. The world's first steamboat sailed on Dalswinton loch 1788 and legend has it that Robert Burns, the world famous Scots poet, was a passenger on the one and only voyage. The world's first pedal cycle - Kirkpatrick Maemillan, Keir Mill 1838/40. Britain's oldest working post office - Sanq'uhar 1763. Scotland's first Christian Church - Candida Casa, Whithorn - was founded around 400 AD. St. Ninion was the first bishop. Only Buddhist temple in Britain is the Tibetan Samye ling, at Eskdalemuir, Langholm, established in 1967 and officially opened In 1988. The first penny newspaper in Scotland, founded in 1843, was the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser. The invention of the first successful milking machine with pulsators (now displayed at the South Kensington Science Museum) by Mr Nicholson, Bombie farm, Kirkcudbright, who then went to work for J. R. Wallace and Co., Castle Douglas, where the machine was developed for sale to the public. The first operation in Europe under anesthetic was carried out on 19th December 1846 by Dr. Scott at the original Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries. Two days earlier than other claims! The first nursing lectures in Great Britain (possibly In the world!) were given in 1854 at the Crichton Royal, Dumfries, six years before Florence Nightingale! Dumfries & Galloway was the home of the first ostrich farmer in Britain! The first Scottish experiment in artificial insemination took place at Hoddom Castle! The world's first submarine was made at N. E. 1, Cochrane, Newbie, near Annan. Patrick Millar, of Dalswinton, designed the 'Carronade', an armament which later helped repel the French Navy. He also introduced the threshing mill and drill plough to Scotland and was the first to feed cows on steamed potatoes! Furthermore, the first turnip seeds in Scotland were sent to him as a gift by King Gustav of Sweden - hence the name “swede” for turnips. James Anderson of Dumfries, born in 1824, was the first man to lay transatlantic cables in 1866. Thomas Watling, a forger from Dumfries before being deported to Botany Bay, was the first artist to portray Australia's wildlife and make, the earliest oil painting of Sydney.

Wise Words by a man named Don 1. No one can know everything. 2. Yet, most of us know someone who wants you to think they do. 3. Having a know-it-all in your life is like having a thorn in your side. 4. They are usually obnoxious and no fun to be around. 5. Arguing with them is never worth it, even if you have direct scientific proof.

Photo by Marilyn Heather You always know this time of the year That it will do what it can Bloom beautifully no matter where At home and on foreign land. Amongst the brush and tangled weeds It still will open up for him or her Oh yes, you can always count on A spring flower that is called Heather. Elizabeth Anderson 3-23-14

Historical Photo by r.latimer Main street of Cordell, Oklahoma ~ 1950’s Where I roamed the streets as a teenager

A Spanish Cove special memory Spanish Cove Christmas Party ~ (2015)

Scenes around Spanish Cove Literary Meeting ~ 2015