“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” – Walter Hagen
Do you ever just walk up to somewhere and say, “Wow, that is a great view.” I do it often, but sometimes I do it in some of the oddest places. I was looking back at some photos from my old neighborhood, and in some of those shots, I thought to myself, “That’s a great view.” It’s not like I live on the coast or up in the mountains; I live in a city filled with houses and buildings. The more I practice photography, the more I look for great views. My eyes have been trained to look for them, and sometimes these shots do turn out to be great in some of the unlikeliest places.
One place that had amazing views was Scotland. One of our stops in Scotland over the summer was a town called Stornoway. We spent the morning walking around the small village, appreciating all of the great places there. Then we took a bus to the Calanais Standing Stones. Most people know these as Scotland’s Stonehenge. The Calanais Stones are a prehistoric stone circle and stone alignment on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The monument was built during the Neolithic period, around 2750 BC. After checking out the stones, I took a few moments to enjoy the amazing views around them. This was some beautiful country, and it was hard to look away.
