tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post6262026222757633604..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: We all love SUNSHINESianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-43126830992428707142013-03-15T22:27:53.082+00:002013-03-15T22:27:53.082+00:00Well, we've seen the sun a couple of times, bu...Well, we've seen the sun a couple of times, but it forgot to bring any warmth with it. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-28194447849425127802013-03-15T21:00:13.493+00:002013-03-15T21:00:13.493+00:00I love ZebbyCat in his sphinx pose! Glad you are ...I love ZebbyCat in his sphinx pose! Glad you are permitted to join him on the bed overnight! My old Fitzicat once evicted me from the bed - I woke up on the floor! Thankfully Button is more accommodating. Take care and lovely to hear from you again!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-73248340578005296852013-03-15T20:58:54.396+00:002013-03-15T20:58:54.396+00:00Oh yes - cats love sunshine! Well any heat source...Oh yes - cats love sunshine! Well any heat source really! Thankfully Button has yet to realise I have an electric blanket ;-)Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-50206222221429105832013-03-15T20:58:15.936+00:002013-03-15T20:58:15.936+00:00It's experimental but I think they do have a c...It's experimental but I think they do have a couple of sites working, same with wave energy. But on very small scale and still "research". And um, yes I think it depends where they are placed, and how robust they are to deal with storms!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-67784520193069749302013-03-15T20:57:10.087+00:002013-03-15T20:57:10.087+00:00Yes sun really lifts the spirits. As to wind turb...Yes sun really lifts the spirits. As to wind turbines - the small domestic ones near houses aren't too bad, but the bigger ones really dominate the low landscape here. Like you I would prefer them out to sea. But as the Scottish Government has a big push on renewable energy targets I don't suppose that will happen as it's cheaper to put them on land...sigh...Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-5206813660172409432013-03-15T20:55:59.630+00:002013-03-15T20:55:59.630+00:00They were gorgeous photos - and gorgeous cats! Yo...They were gorgeous photos - and gorgeous cats! You can have Autumn any time you like - we'll keep the sun this side then ;-)Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-88543915368602546932013-03-15T20:55:13.789+00:002013-03-15T20:55:13.789+00:00Hope March brings you better weather?Hope March brings you better weather?Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-34685496345579867912013-02-28T13:52:19.464+00:002013-02-28T13:52:19.464+00:00How wonderful for you all on the isle. We are havi...How wonderful for you all on the isle. We are having an amazingly sunny summer so we badly need rain!<br /><br />Zebby is now an elderly man-cat so he spends most of his time on the bed. He is managing an almost daily sunbathe where he adopts his "almost sphinx" pose ..... until he overheats and comes back inside for food, water and cuddles on the way back to His bed. I am permitted to join him there overnight.<br /><br />Fingers crossed for a good, sunny March for you, Madam Button, Barn-Kitty-Cat and all the Chooks, from Zebby Cat's human, Michelle<br />Mickle in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432796020646607634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-17843235204921269162013-02-27T23:10:15.567+00:002013-02-27T23:10:15.567+00:00Cats and sunshine. I can always depend on finding...Cats and sunshine. I can always depend on finding my lot in the lounge of an afternoon sunning themselves before the big window there. WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-61567886170270158802013-02-27T22:24:51.452+00:002013-02-27T22:24:51.452+00:00Do they actually have power being generated by tid...Do they actually have power being generated by tidal power there ? We are in the exploratory stages. Last year's test run wasn't successful as the powerful Fundy tides bent the blades on the generator ! <br /><br />Our February has been far colder than usual.Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-81411134233622471762013-02-27T21:51:23.431+00:002013-02-27T21:51:23.431+00:00it's amazing the difference to how you feel wh...it's amazing the difference to how you feel when the sun shines. I love a good storm when I am safe and sound indoors but the sunshine lifts the spirit somehow, what a wonderful day for walking along the shore. How do you feel about the wind turbines in your area? I think I prefer them out to sea rather than on land, I have been told they are very noisy up close. we'll eat againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00211591153530521510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-51106624559630548472013-02-27T20:46:45.151+00:002013-02-27T20:46:45.151+00:00Lovely photos of Button. I've just been postin...Lovely photos of Button. I've just been posting photos of my cats trying to stay out of the heat - I can't wait for autumn!lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-19887474772107663532013-02-27T19:23:37.266+00:002013-02-27T19:23:37.266+00:00Your sunshine has been very noticeable on the weat...Your sunshine has been very noticeable on the weather forecast maps, Sian, whereas we've spent almost all of February shrouded in cloud. I think you must have had all our sunshine. :-) I can't remember a longer period of gloomy, grey weather with so little sunshine. It's been going on for months.<br /><br />Love your photos, especially of Button luxuriating in the warmth of the sun.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com