I took this picture down on Isle Madame in Cape Breton recently.
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"I am a Canadian by birth, but I am a Highlander by blood and feel under an obligation to do all I can for the sake of the Highlanders and their literature.... I have never yet spoken a word of English to any of my children. They can speak as much English as they like to others, but when they talk to me they have to talk in Gaelic."
-Alexander Maclean Sinclair of Goshen (protector of Gaelic Culture)
Could help explain a great many things, including gaelic syntax . . .
That's a great shot, oldraven. The way those two at the back are balanced, they look alive. You could almost imagine they're lining up to jump in, like ducks.