Home again!

Across the garden

I was able to move back home on Monday, yay!  Visitors from Australia were arriving at 4pm so I came over in the morning. It was a glorious day, warm and sunny and it was a real joy to be back.  It;s been lovely having my visitors here, not been together for about 3 years so lots of catching up to do and they are looking after me well, making sure I am well fed!  I've left them to go off adventuring while I just relax at home.  It's wonderful to be home!!

Button seems happy to have me home too. Bless!  Though her meows are getting more demanding by the day. Ha!

In the evening we wandered down to the coral beach at Sandside.  It was lovely to breathe warm fresh air again.  I hadn't been to the beach for a couple of weeks at least and I missed it!

Seeing this seal was very special for me.  It's the seals that drew me to the house and we don't see them on this part of the shore often now.  So it felt like a proper welcome home...

My visitors had a perfect afternoon sail across to Graemsay....

In the morning I had sailed from Stromness via Hoy and it was a lovely sail too....

All calm at Moaness pier on Hoy.

Looking towards Hoy and the Orkney Mainland

Heather on the hills of Hoy.

The sleeping dragon of Hoy

Graemsay pier and Hoy High lighthouse coming into view.

Sailing past Clett on Graemsay

Scarratain (with a traditional turf and flagstone roof)

And then I was at the pier, met by neighbours who helped me move back home.Yay!