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ummer evenings in Scotland last forever. Our 18-hole round at the Old Course was scheduled for 4:15, and we strolled into 18 (where I shot a par) at about 9 p.m. We could have stayed out for another few hours basking in that heavenly glow of dusk. Here the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse stands alone, settling in for the night. Only members know what goes on under those interior lights. The rest of us can dream--and play their glorious golf course.

Sally Ross retired from the University of Georgia Department of Language and Literacy, after many wonderful years of working with Georgia English teachers. She now thrives on travel, hiking, golf, and photography, making Scotland the perfect destination for several months every summer. Sally has always been a photographer, but creating fine art photography has now become a passion, a profession, and a path to learning and personal expression. “My work,” she says, “is often described as painterly, an effect I strive to achieve through my eye as an artist, my sense of composition, and my knowledge and use of the camera as a creative tool. I have come to understand that the central theme of my work—and my life—is to live and to create...