Riddle for the day

My riddle for the afternoon is, in looking at these three pictures what do the three things or persons depicted in the photographs have in common?

The answer is this: The third picture is a photograph of a structure which was designed and built by my father-in-law on his property on the hills overlooking the Tennessee River and Lake Loudon, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville was settled by Scots-Irish pioneers who established two different colleges in the area: Maryville College and the University of Tennessee. While my father-in-law is an architect, he built the structure by hand out of native materials (pine lumber, brick and a found oxygen tank, cut and fashioned into a bell). The structure sits above the river and has no present use as far as I know. Nevertheless, the structure shows quite a bit of artistry of design and the bell is fun to ring, if you happen to have a rubber hammer.

The second picture is the interior of a hand-built stone church building which is located on an island in Scotland. The building is constructed out of native stone. The stone church building sits above the waters of the North Sea, overlooking the ocean. The building was formerly a house of worship for the native Scots, but recently has been kept as a historic shrine to the early establishment of the Christian church in Scotland. Interestingly enough, the saint for whom the church building is named supposedly raced another early saint by boat over the sea from Ireland to establish the church on this particular island. The other saint was winning the race until, at the last minute, the loser cut a finger off of his hand and threw it onto the beach, thus winning the race.

The first picture is a photograph of my daughter, Shelley Mckay Baynham, showing the lingering effects of dance classes from her earlier years. As is exemplified by her full name, Shelley has Scottish heritage too. As can be seen in the photograph, Shelley has some artistic bent to her as well. Shelley is the granddaughter of the builder of the first building shown in these pictures. Shelley is also named after her great great grandmother, Shelley McKay Cooley, who was a pretty red-headed girl from Bowling Green, Kentucky, but who hailed by lineage from the highlands of Scotland. Shelley McKay also settled in Tennessee for her education and attended church in the First Presbyterian Church of Clarksville, Tennessee, a descendant church of the original Church of Scotland, and another church built of the native stone and brick found in the region surrounding Montgomery County, Tennessee.

So as you can see, the persons, places and things depicted in each of these pictures do have quite a bit in common.