Er.... back in end April/beginning of May....

Yes, I know that was a while ago, but I am behind with blogging and there were some glorious skies at the beginning of May so you get to enjoy them now in June... when it's cloudy and breezy....  There was one particular week where every night had a different but still spectacular display.....

This photo was taken by a friend in Orphir on the Orkney Mainland, you can see Hoy High light on the headland....

And below, is the same view of the sunset from my house (the lighthouse would be further to my right).

/The sun sets much further to the right in June than in this photo in May.

Early in May I had a slight altercation with this very handsome Ram and some of his lady friends.  I hadn't realised the ram was out with the ewes.  I thought they had just escaped from their enclosure and went to move them out of the walled garden when the Ram appeared.... I hastily retreated and phoned the farmer!

The ladies love him!

Erm, no really I would rather prefer you stayed out the garden, but um... I won't argue....

"It's OK ladies, I've sorted it - we can stay here as long as we like...."

This hen was very happy to accompany me when I was digging in the garden (this was end April).

Guard cat..... no good at herding sheep...

A lovely evening.  Bit of an optical illusion of the arc of cloud as this is a panoramic shot.

Hen and bluebells!

Button back at the end of April when there was room to get under the garden bench before everything grew up around it!

Sandside bay.....

Charlie the barn cat out enjoying the sunshine...

Some tulips, one in the garden, one rescued for the house....

Love the petals on this, it had a beautiful perfume too.....

Hope you enjoyed these older photos.  I'm not out and about much during lockdown, so not so many to share at the moment...