tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post8545181573789398974..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: A fine November DaySianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-77934621890931332732011-11-13T10:30:30.001+00:002011-11-13T10:30:30.001+00:00Perpetua - Glad you enjoyed the post. Yes even *I*...Perpetua - Glad you enjoyed the post. Yes even *I* who tends to be in the "Bah Humbug" class is realising it is time to prepare for Christmas.<br /><br />Cuttingwood Cottage - Have to confess I hate shopping too! Even when I lived near a 24/7 supermarket I would shop for dry goods once a month and once a week for other "essentials".<br /><br />DB - oh how wonderful that you went to a concert by the Wrigley Sisters! Glad you enjoyed their performance AND humour. And I laughed too at the tradition of instrumental music in Orkney. Very true! Hehehe,<br /><br />Liz - Hoy is my favourite "other" island - one of the last really "wild" spaces in Orkney I think. Sanday is a lovely experience too but quite different. Glad I'm bringing back happy memories!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-74046107012315020432011-11-04T13:34:40.878+00:002011-11-04T13:34:40.878+00:00Lovely blog and so interesting to read about life ...Lovely blog and so interesting to read about life in your part of UK.LadyLuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425624818859182752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-80513981374694532872011-11-04T11:26:19.480+00:002011-11-04T11:26:19.480+00:00I really enjoy your posts. We had some wonderful h...I really enjoy your posts. We had some wonderful holidays in Orkney (mostly staying on Hoy, but also one on Sanday, which was very different) when the children were younger and when I read your blog it brings it all back. So thank you for prompting happy memories.Liz Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01194503365989748017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-53823153847769320792011-11-03T19:18:23.036+00:002011-11-03T19:18:23.036+00:00I thought of you and your salty windows yesterday,...I thought of you and your salty windows yesterday, as we went to a concert given by the Wrigley Sisters, who had braved the A9 to visit our neck of the woods! They were an absolute delight: within 5 minutes the audience was eating out of their hands, and within ten I was weeping helplessly with laughter. What fantastic musicians they are and what joyous craic! And that beguiling Orcadian accent too. Lots of jokes at their own expense and that of Orkney, e.g. that Orcadians cut their hair squint to compensate for the effect of the wind, and that the reason Orkney has a tradition of instrumental rather than vocal music is that you daren't open your mouth too much in case something blows into it: 'Like, a shed,' said Hazel. But a fair few digs at us 'sooth-moothers' too! A brilliant evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-35972106490426386822011-11-03T19:06:53.506+00:002011-11-03T19:06:53.506+00:00Really wonderful to read about living life on a is...Really wonderful to read about living life on a island so far away from where I live. But although I don't live on an island I still do my shopping in a hurry, but that is not because I have to catch the next ferry back, but because it isn't something I enjoy.;) Groetjes SandraCuttingwood Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09643851395435177505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-82187456515741065172011-11-02T14:13:04.950+00:002011-11-02T14:13:04.950+00:00I really enjoyed this, Sian. It gives such a clea...I really enjoyed this, Sian. It gives such a clear picture of some of the little details of life in your unusual setting. I know what you mean about the onset of winter taking one by surprise. The sun drops behind the hill to the west at about 3pm now and dusk comes soon after. Christmas is definitely not far away....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com