Elder Park

16°C  -  5 mph WNW Wind Speed  -  8 mph Gusts  -  Overcast.  It rained all morning so I didn't think I'd get an outdoor blip!  Lo and behold the sun came out a little bit this afternoon so Fiona and I took a walk down to Elder Park.  My main blip is a statue of Isabella Elder who was the wife of John Elder a Glasgow shipyard owner.  She was a great one for caring for the community and actually ran her husband's business for nearly a year after his death and kept on her good works   -  read about her here - she is an inspiration .  She was awarded an honorary law degree of LLD in 1901 in recognition of her good work  -  the first time any woman had been so honoured  -  and in 1906 a statue of her dressed in her academic robes was unveiled in Elder Park  -  the land the family owned. The extras are Gulls, in their different environments in the Park  -  water, tarmac and grass, a Pigeon and on the way home a lovely little Rowan.