While this post presents rain for the Changing Focus monthly blogging challenge, it also shares some details on the Scottish Highland Clearances.
Seeing through Obscurity
Photos of Scotland appear like subdued, opalescent paintings to me. Yet, when viewing these strikingly beautiful landscapes in person, they are just as dream-like. Visiting Scotland a few weeks ago felt just as surreal in that I was finally fulfilling a lifelong dream...but learned early on that my beloved Ceilidh's Bess passed. As I …