http://stark.hulver.com/ stark's Diary on Hulver's site en-us Copyright 2003 - Hulver's site 2008-07-07T02:16:59Z stark's Diary stark's Diary on Hulver's site http://www.hulver.com/images/topics/husi-topic.png http://www.hulver.com/scoop/ http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/31/4118/05994 Today we have some photos illustrating the weaving done in the living museum of Gearrannan, a formerly inhabited "blackhouse village" on the Isle of Lewis. In this case these houses were occupied until the late sixties. (The name "blackhouse" comes from the difference between the older stone houses and the newer white-painted modern housing.) The weaver here is creating a tweed cloth - the (relatively) famous Harris Tweed. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/30/24358/7927 Another shot taken at the northern-most tip of the Isle of Lewis. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/23/121339/437 Okay, so I think I was pretty lucky with this one. Taken off the northern-most point of Lewis, where the gulls hover in strong updrafts from the wind rushing up the steep cliffs. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/21/75830/5141 Stolen from the beaches on the Isle of Lewis. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/17/54211/8307 This is a shot of Traigh Losgaintir, a beach on the west coast of the lower half of the Isle of Lewis. (For some reason, at this point it's actually the Isle of Harris, despite the two areas being the same island...) http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/15/172039/587 and other folks who enjoy a bit of Photoshop fiddling. After the break, the original version of the Callanais Stones photo. I hope it might be interesting to compare this with the altered version. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/8/14/84421/9088 Today's photo is taken on a recent holiday to the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. I'll post a few more over the next week or so. The subject is the Callanais Standing Stones, an astonishing collection of slabs of rock on a small hill on the west coast of the island. The one in the center is just under five metres tall. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/7/27/5833/09090 Unfortunately not taken in Tewkesbury. http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/7/25/41538/6823 Yesterday we had the tackleblock, now we have the entire vessel... http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/7/24/82742/7939 There was a ship staying briefly in one of the docks near to where I work, so I went to take some photos. I use the term rigging to refer to the subject of this photo as I have no idea what the correct terminology is...