AROUND KILSYTH
FEBRUARY 2025
"While it is February, one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch." - Patience Strong
The above photographs were taken in the Colzium on Monday 10 February 2025
JANUARY 2025
2 January 2025
As the dawn breaks on a new year, let us give thanks for all we hold dear: our health, our family and our friends. Let us release grudges, our anger and our pains, for these are nothing but binding chains. Let us live each day in the most loving ways.
Here are a few photos taken on 2 January when we had quite a severe frost. So good to be out and about in the fresh air. (Remember to click to see all four.)
DECEMBER 2024
9 December 2024, a beautiful day for a walk down to the canal then up to the cemetery. Below the tower is the vault of the Livingstone family and it contains the remains of Lady Dundee and her infant son (her first husband was Bonnie Dundee). Her second husband, William Livingstone, Lord Kilsyth, had their bodies embalmed and shipped home to be placed in the vault. (They were killed in Holland when the turf roof of the house they were living in collapsed.) Lord Kilsyth was injured but survived.
There was a good turnout for the Remembrance Sunday service at the Burngreen on Sunday 10 November. The weather wasn't too good but that didn't seem to matter to everyone who attended. The service was lead by Rev Kenneth MacLeod and Jean MacDonald lead the group in the singing of the 23rd Psalm Once the wreaths were laid, the parade marched through Market Street, Main Street and Kingston Road and Parkburn Road where the service was conducted in the Church of God.
OCTOBER 2024
As autumn leaves begin to fall
Brilliant colours cover all.
Listen to the birds singing in the trees,
Hear the sounds of branches swaying in the breeze.
You will never feel alone though no-one else is near.
At one with nature, nothing here to fear.
Ian T Rowan
Burngreen, Kilsyth 8 Oct 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024
Although I had already included photographs for September, it has been quite a lovely month so I decided to add a few more of the town which I hope you will enjoy. Remember to click on the first one which will open up the following three.
SEPTEMBER 2024
New month, new chapter, new page
and new wishes. May the month give you courage, strength, confidence, patience and inner peace. May every day in September fill your days with hope, love, sunshine and energy. Let there be joy, fun and laughter.
AUGUST 2024
Second week in August - isn't it supposed to be summer time? Such a disappointing year for weather. At least we have lovely scenery around us to enoy. Here are some taken on 8 August at the dam. I hope you enjoy them. There are four photos here so remember to click to see the others!
JULY 2024
Later on this month (25 July) I decided to take some photos of the beautiful hanging baskets in the Main Street and Market Street. These have been installed by the Community Council and looked after by volunteers. I think you will agree that these cheer up the town quite a bit. The Peace Garden in the church grounds is also looking really lovely and a big thank you to the team from the Mission Group for looking after this area so well. (As usual, click on the first photograph to see the others.) Enjoy
In the Peace Garden
Petunias, Begonias and Bidens
In the Peace Garden
JUNE 2024
June - isn't it supposed to be summertime now? Rain, high winds, cold - well that's Scotland, and there's nothing we can do about it. Today (Saturday 8 June) I went for a walk down the Coach Road, along the path leading to the quarry then a short stretch of the canal. Lots of activity as families are about, especially at the new Roman play area; good to see it so popular. Here are some photographs from my walk. The second photo is an area the Council has planted as a wildflower area with a mixture of daisies, etc. Violet
MAY 2024
Firstly, I would like to apologise for no article last month. Two reasons: the bad weather and the fact that I had a knee operation earlier this year so having difficulty getting out and about. Here we are in May already and, although while typing this, it's only the first day, I sincerely hope we get some better more spring like weather for a good while. Anyway, as usual, the Burngreen is looking particularly beautiful so here are some photographs of the lovely blossom trees as well as one of the rhodendron bushes. We should be really proud of how well the Burngreen is being looked after. I hope you like these photographs. I don't need to remind you to "click" on each photo to see properly!
Violet
Here are some more photographs also taken in May. The bluebells and wild garlic are stunning up on the Lade Path. The trees are such a lovely fresh spring green. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
MARCH 2024
March - one foot in winter, the other in spring! Time is marching on, before we know it we will be celebrating Easter. Here are some photographs taken around the Colzium on Monday 12 March. There are still some snowdrops and the daffodils are beginning to appear. Click on each photo to see in full.
 Daffodils at Colzium |
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 Colzium Camelia |
 Colzium Snowdrops |
 Rhodendron at Colzium |
 Walled Garden Path |
FEBRUARY 2024
Here we are in February already and still a mixed bag of weather! Still, there's not much we can do about that! Here are some photographs taken in that lovely garden we have on our doorstep - The Walled Garden at Colzium. The snowdrops are mainly all open now, such beautiful wee flowers.
3 February 2024. Remember to click on each photograph to see in full. Hope you like them!
JANUARY 2024
Now that we have increased capacity on our website, I couldn't resist adding some more photos to our January column after a lovely walk this morning to the Colzium. The sun was shining although it was a wee bit chilly! However, well wrapped up and a nice coffee at the Clock Cafe helped us along the way. I hope anyone looking at these photographs will be able to recognise the locations. 11 January 2024
January 2024 already! Hopefully everyone enjoyed their Christmas and we wish everyone all the best for the "new" year. Here is a selection of photographs taken "down the marshes" on 5 January 2024. Weather wise, it's been a mixed bag so far but we just have to take what we get! Hopefully you like these photos.