is the description of the conversations between Scots used by the Victorian traveller Isabella Bird, and a phrase that has provided the inspiration for sculptor Cath Keay, who is currently Artist in Residence at An Tobar on the Isle of Mull. Cath's work is process-based in response to elements in her surroundings. She hijacks unconventional materials to produce the work then introduces a dynamic, which will alter, erode or consume the piece determining its final form. The final result is unforeseeable and slightly out of control. Her work has been exhibited throughout the UK and in Europe and is held in both public and private collections. An Tobar's residency marks the centenary of the Tobermory Town Clock and the extraordinary life of the adventurer and writer Isabella Bird whose sister Henrietta was resident in Tobermory from the late 1860s. The letters sent by Isabella to her sister formed the basis for a series of travel books.