tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752809.post115144543737315380..comments2024-03-13T10:44:36.823+00:00Comments on The Scottish Home: When the Gorse is in BloomCatherine Czerkawskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752809.post-63979069817087801592018-03-24T00:21:13.562+00:002018-03-24T00:21:13.562+00:00I remember whins from my days at the Braid Hills g...I remember whins from my days at the Braid Hills golf course . Gorse was a name I heard later .<br />At one time there were whins all over the Braids .<br />Great wee golf course by the way .Ex pat Edinburgh boy .noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752809.post-26040797893871424292017-04-15T17:43:24.258+01:002017-04-15T17:43:24.258+01:00I have been away from Scotland and resident in Can...I have been away from Scotland and resident in Canada since 1972. I always feel at home here in Canada when I see the broom/gorse anywhere. I used to see it often along the sides of the logging road I used to travel home for years. The yellow just warms and brightens my heart somehow. Thanks for sharing it.<br /><br />I don't remember the word "whins". Is that a very broad Scots useage?<br /><br />AnnAnn Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545967714660108507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752809.post-89877530672053017042014-08-05T15:58:45.049+01:002014-08-05T15:58:45.049+01:00Many thanks for your comment. I ran out of time to...Many thanks for your comment. I ran out of time to keep two blogs going, and write my fiction as well. However, I do still write about Scotland quite often on my wordarts blog - last week's post, for example. Especially when, like now, I'm about to start writing a piece of very Scottish fiction. You can find it here http://wordarts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/ellisland-long-road-to-new-novel.htmlCatherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752809.post-81501186920660307962014-08-05T15:41:55.069+01:002014-08-05T15:41:55.069+01:00I just found your blog but it appears you're n...I just found your blog but it appears you're not at home. Will you be returning and showing us more of Scotland?The Giraffe Head Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163787271055203400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752809.post-1152180937206635462006-07-06T11:15:00.000+01:002006-07-06T11:15:00.000+01:00One of my favourite plants and so evocative of Sco...One of my favourite plants and so evocative of Scotland. As a Scot living in Spain I shall definately return to this site. Just by chance, my great, great, multiplied by I don't know what was mayor of Culross. Somebody Mercer. I must look it up. Congratulations on this blog!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467630407914812378noreply@blogger.com