SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1482 Title : Culzean Memories Author(s): Rowena M Love Copyright holder(s): Rowena M Love Text Walking in the woods, suddenly scent of wild garlic seasons my stroll, stirring the pot of memories. Images boil into focus, bigger, clearer, bigger, clearer so real you’re there then POP! they’re gone, replaced by other bubbles: the castle, liquorice cannons standing out against the sherbet coloured stone; POP! crenellated walls crusting the fountain-filled pie of sunken gardens; POP! mallards unzipping Swan Pond, enamel-bright against its pewter sheen; POP! spaniels playing at the edge, shredding water to scraps of sunlight; POP! finding campfires of wild strawberries, their embers as warm and sweet in memory as they were that day; POP! Where aaaaa-re you? Co-ming ready-or-not! Hide and seek through trees sun-spattered to a Pollock painting; POP! A whiff of garlic: a feast of memories. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): General public: Males: Females: Audience size: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2000 Word count: 133 Text medium Magazine (e-zine): Periodical/journal: Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publication year: 2000 Part of larger text: Contained in: Superfluity Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 1068 Forenames: Rowena Initials: M Surname: Love Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1960 Educational attainment: University, PCGE and Maîtrise Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Teacher and writer Place of birth: Dumbarton Region of birth: Dunbarton Birthplace CSD dialect area: Dnbt Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Troon Region of residence: S Ayr Residence CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Master Mariner and Teacher Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Nurse Mother's place of birth: Rankinston Mother's region of birth: N Ayr Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work and home Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work, on holiday Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At home, occasionally at work