From the window of my apartment I can see across to the hills. One hill in particular stands above the others – Ben Ledi. I got to thinking the other day about how things change, how everything constantly changes, but how if something changes slowly we think its staying the same. You know what I mean. A plant changes quickly, growing from a seed to a seedling and blossoming under the sun’s rays to show its petals to the world, then developing its fruit or its seeds and withering away again, in endlessly repeating cycles. But mountains, now, they change so slowly they look the same for hundreds or even thousands of years. Don’t they? But then, as I gazed out of my window across the fields at the light and the shadow on the hillside, I thought to myself, actually, Ben Ledi looks different every day. OK, the rocks probably don’t change very much, but Ben Ledi is more than its rocks. The Ben Ledi I see from my window is not just the rocks, the slope, the shape of the peak. It’s foliage, the colours, the light and shadow. When I look at Ben Ledi I see something different every day. Here are four (of many!) photos of Ben Ledi all taken from my window.
Ben Ledi just after a storm.
Ben Ledi with morning mist.
Ben Ledi covered in snow.
Ben Ledi in a winter setting sun.
If you like these Ben Ledi photos you can find more on my Flickr page here.
Heroes Not Zombies 
I like ‘Ben Ledi with morning mist’ the most. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Allan, I love it especially when the mist sits at the foot of the hill. It makes it look almost like Ben Ledi is floating!
Bob,
What a nice surprise to find your comment on my blog after I “borrowed” your beautiful photo. I keep going back to look at all of your photos. It has stirred something inside of me. My grandmother with the Scot heritage would have smiled and understood.
Yes, my husband and I want to do a castles tour. Actually, we want to do a castles AND distilleries trip! He’s the single malt fan; I will take a sip now and then to see what I’m missing. I’m afraid I haven’t acquired a taste for it.
A few years ago (2003), we lived in London for six months while he was on a longterm work assignment. We spent those six months without a car (and got along quite nicely) so we took the train to Edinburgh one weekend and I fell in love with Scotland. Someday we will return.
I look forward to your photo essay on castles. And I have no problem giving you Stirling as the best!
Liz
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