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Cardoon is an architectural splendor with bold texture, thanks to its large, prickly, almost dagger-shaped gray-green arching leaves and a statuesque, vase-shaped frame. It is topped with round, purple, thistlelike flowers in midsummer. Cardoon can reach up to 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide.
Noteworthy Characteristics
A close cousin of the artichoke, this native to the well-drained, sunny slopes of the southwest Mediterranean. It produces magnificent flowerheads that can be cut and dried for arrangements. Edible leaf stalks and midribs are tasty when blanched. Unopened flowerheads can be eaten like artichokes.
Taken at Cowbridge Physics Garden
West Highlands
Scotland
Castle Stalker – in the Gaelic, Stalcaire, meaning Hunter or Falconer – is believed originally to have been the site of a Fortalice (a small fortified building) belonging to the MacDougalls when they were Lords of Lorn, and built around 1320. The MacDougalls lost their title after their defeat by King Bruce at Brander Pass in 1308 but regained it for a period after 1328. In about 1388 the Lordship of Lorn passed to the Stewarts, the lands including Castle Stalker.
It is believed that Castle Stalker, much in its present form, was built by the then Lord of Lorn, Sir John Stewart, who had an illegitimate son in 1446, and it is reasonable to suppose that he built and occupied the Castle about that time. In 1463 Sir John Stewart was keen to legitimise his son by getting married to his Mother, a MacLaren, at Dunstaffnage when he was murdered outside the church by Alan MacCoul, a renegade MacDougall, although he survived long enough to complete the marriage and legitimise his son, Dugald, who became the First Chief of Appin. The Stewarts had their revenge on MacCoul at the Battle of Stalc in 1468 opposite the Castle when the Stewarts and MacLaren together defeated the MacDougalls, and Alan MacCoul was killed by Dugald himself. The site of this Battle is marked by a memorial stone in the Churchyard in Portnacroish.
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Every hiker is concerned about running into a Grizzly when out and about. This stealthy Grizzly seen in the Yukon fortunately was more interested in berries than scrawny old me.
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A Tricolored Heron stalking prey in the tidal marsh
Fish Haul Beach, Atlantic Ocean, Port Royal Sound
Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn.[4] Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The Stewarts' relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After the castle changed hands between these clans a couple of times, the Campbells finally abandoned it about 1840 when it lost its roof. In 1908 the castle was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara, who carried out basic conservation work. In 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. Castle Stalker remains in private ownership and is open to the public at selected times during the summer.[5]
Watching this male bobcat totally focused on its prey was amazing...even though the hunt was not successful. Northern California
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Male jaguar (Panthera onca) "Valerio". Born 3/12/15 to mother "Nindiri" and father "Guapo" at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation Status: Near Threatened
CASTLE STALKER
Two of the most fascinating and romantic things are castles and islands. Now imagine a place that is a combination of both of those things! That place is the four-storey tower called Castle Stalker, situated off the beautiful West Coast of Scotland.
Introduction to Castle Stalker
Sitting proudly on a rocky outcrop surrounded by water, Castle Stalker is in a tidal islet called Loch Laich – off Loch Linnhe – not far from Port Appin, Argyll. It is a stunning sight.
When the tide is out it is possible to walk to the fort house but this is not recommended in case you get caught by the incoming waters!
The Castle is believed to have its origins in a small residential fort built in 1320 and used by the MacDougalls who were the Lords of Lorn. In about 1388 this title and the lands that included the castle were given to Stewarts. The Castle you see today owes its character to Sir John Stewart when he was Lord of Lorn around the 1440s. This was a Scottish family interwoven with the bloody and often tragic clan wars of that time. Among the local tales is the story of a baby, Donald Stewart, hidden in the Castle by a nurse to save his life during an incident in 1520.
Another feature of its intriguing history is that around 1620 the Castle was lost in a drunken wager and became the property of the Campbells of Airds, though it was reclaimed and then lost again by the Stewarts shortly after!
When the Campbells built a new house on the mainland at Airds in the 1800s (which is still there) the castle became a storehouse, before being abandoned and neglected. However, in 1908 it was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara – so coming back to the Stewarts yet again – who carried out preservation work to stop its decline.
Successive generations of the Stewart family have restored and protected this truly unique Scottish castle.
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