The Gilded Tenants of the Desk: A Bitter-Sweet Summer with Common Carder Bees
Sharing my desk with carder bees means watching them use my window shelf as a runway to the garden—a beautiful, fleeting summer joy."
Scottish Borders
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The Scottish Borders lie in the eastern part of the Southern Uplands. This area is mostly hilly and rural, and the River Tweed runs eastward through it. Two of Scotland's forty national scenic areas are within the region.
A Window in the Weather: Discovering Greenknowe Tower
Dodging the Borders rain to explore the 1581 Greenknowe Tower—where 16th-century history meets a modern climate conservation story.
Concrete and Coil: Unpacking the Decline of the Klein Studio
The Bernat Klein studio: from modernist sanctuary to a site of defensive isolation. A clinical look at the architecture of neglect.
The Hauntology of Eight Quid: How a Cornish Pottery Set Found a Home in the Borders
From street homeless in a 2020 lockdown caravan, to a secure Borders home. An £8 vintage Cornish pottery set brings all my ghosts into one room.
Shearing in the rain
Leonie joins Charlie in shearing sheep beneath the steady rain at Abbotsford, their teamwork undeterred by the weather.
Branxholme Castle
Leonie sends her drone gliding above the storied towers of Branxholme Castle, capturing its ancient grandeur from the sky.
Jedburgh Abbey
Léonie's drone pictures of Jedburgh Abbey.
Abbotsford
At Grasskeep, Léonie sends her drone up over Abbotsford and captures wide shots to generate more interest in her Abbotsford film.
Hott Hill
After exploring the Chisholme Institute, Léonie sends her drone soaring toward the heights of Hott Hill.
Ancrum Kirkyard
Leonie pedals half a mile northwest from Ancrum, camera in tow, to capture the quiet beauty of Ancrum Kirkyard on film.
Muirhouselaw farm
Léonie uses her drone from St Cuthbert's Way to survey the Muirhouselaw Tile Works.
Myth of Ancrum Moor
Léonie faces the false memorial, its looming presence heavy with the echoes of nationalistic rhetoric.
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