tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post3740427561701933151..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: The old quarry, GraemsaySianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-2974027327597711642017-06-24T15:58:25.081+01:002017-06-24T15:58:25.081+01:00Loved this hike around the quarry. I am especially...Loved this hike around the quarry. I am especially taken with the 2nd pic of the Hoy Hills. Are they as rugged as they look in the photo. Oh you live in such a beautiful place, Sian.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250212496391989223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-84921965131965867812017-06-24T10:16:27.982+01:002017-06-24T10:16:27.982+01:00As always you took us on a lovely stroll, always a...As always you took us on a lovely stroll, always a joy to see your little Island.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-40846479413577697662017-06-24T00:45:07.176+01:002017-06-24T00:45:07.176+01:00What a lovely outing for a summer's day:) The...What a lovely outing for a summer's day:) There appears to be several abandoned crofts on Graemsay? Have they amalgamated into large land-holdings?<br />The dwarf willow is so pretty. Earlier this morning my mind retraced my childhood [surely reminiscing to oneself is normal!!] and I was thinking about willow bark as recently I read that the basis for Aspirin was willow bark ... we had cows and every spring just around calving time the cows 'stripped the willow bark' and now in my 'age of maturity' I wonder if those cows knew the power in that bark of easing the pain of child[calf] birth. Shirlwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582037340209866437noreply@blogger.com