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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (65595)	10/9/2004 5:03:30 PM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 71178

I've been gone a few days. Thanks for letting me get home to these stories. They hit the spot. I thought of you while I was gone as I drove through TN with just a hint of autumn in the trees and the full feel of early autumn in the air and on the skin. It's been kind of like that here, although I have to say that the past couple of days have been in the high 70s, and difficult to believe autumn has arrived. Not many trees have turned, but just enough to colour the those in the high country or along rivers where the water is now chilling down. I've been shooting a lot of photos over the past few days. Haven't put too many up as yet as I've been busy, but you might like this little group. These were taken at the Mill of Kintail -- it's a stone mill -- I may even have posted photos of it on here in the past, but the mill has just had a year or so of restoration work which has recently finished, so it's looking very nice. You might click on some of the shots to get a closer look at the frieze and the sculpture. They're by Robert Tait McKenzie, a physician-surgeon who grew up in the area, went to work in the U.S., but went overseas during WWI. He ended up developing advanced physiotherapy -- he was something of an Olympics and sport fanatic, so he combined his love of sports with his background in medicine to develop physiotherapy techniques. In later years, he spent much of his time up at this mill which he restored and used as his sculpting studio. Many of his works were either war memorials (I believe the large sculpture and frieze were installed in Scotland), or sculptures of athletes. The studio has been pretty much kept intact as it was, and the house is still filled with the furniture, piano, books, etc.. of McKenzie and his wife. A wonderful place. Anyhow, here is a link -- I'll take you there and we'll visit the studio if you happen to make it up here during the time of year when it's open. pbase.com

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (65595)	10/9/2004 5:14:04 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

By the way, I meant to comment on the frieze in that gallery that I just linked to. The detail of the frieze is my favourite section. Up here, in summer, several of our old fortresses have daily marches of a regiment in traditional dress and playing bagpipes, drums, etc... I love watching and listening to them. Incredible, especially when they're marching across the parade grounds inside of an old stone fortress, or through the streets between the stone buildings and the fortress walls. Very special.