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Saturday 29 May 2021

It's been a while.....

 


It's been a while since I blogged last.  No specific reason, lost my blogging mojo, and motivation generally.  The weather for May has been so disappointing!  Cold, breezy, some rain, cold, grey, did I mention cold.....  I have ventured out and about and met up with friends on the Orkney Mainland, but frankly with grey skies and cool temperatures (did I mention it was cold?) I wasn't inspired to take photographs.  Ho Hum.... we are forecast better weather this next week and as I type the sun is finally shining. Yay!!!

In other news, Orkney is in Level 1 of covid restrictions so pubs, hotels, and most businesses (apart from night clubs and the like) are open.  Only one case in Orkney for some weeks, and lots of folk have had their 2nd vaccinations so things are feeling more stable here.  Though there is a bit of concern once more visitors arrive and of course many Orkney folk travel out of the county too.  But there is cautious optimism about.  I'm still being very cautious as, even though I have had 2 vaccinations, my lungs are fragile and I don't want to take too many risks.

Anyway back to Graemsay - the photo at the top of this post is by Charlie Groundwater who lives over in Stromness.  He goes out for his daily walk and often has photos, using his telephoto lens, of Graemsay.  This one is of Hoy High lighthouse, and the MV Graemsay ferry coming into the Graemsay pier.  It's the 8.10 service, bringing the post (spot the red van), and also the school run taking children to school in Stromness.

These two photos of Graemsay were taken from a light aircraft heading off into the wide blue yonder  but over Graemsay.  Photos taken by John Ross Scott of Kirkwall.





8 comments:

  1. I think if you write for the sake of it, you will have a weak post. It doesn't matter if a little time elapses between posts...by the way that was a great post!

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  2. A lot of people seem to be feeling 'blah' lately. From finally coming out of the pandemic?

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    1. Yes I think a lot of folk feel that. Not sure we ARE coming out of the pandemic yet....sigh. We are getting cases in Orkney now that there is more movement. Hopefully the vaccines will help break the chain of transmission. We just have to wait and see!

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  3. The blogging mojo can easily slip especially in these times. Doing different things going to places are often the inspiration for me to write a post. Garden updates are always good as things rapidly change here.

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    1. it's not helping that my laptop is playing up! Now I'm retired I mostly use my ipad and I think whenever I switch my laptop on it spends most of it's time updating and I spend most of my time swearing at it! And thankfully Spring is here now and oh boy is the garden sprinting ahead!!

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  4. I use FB for blogging these days, I get much more reaction and feedback which I find encouraging. Say hello to Mike and Claire when you see them next.

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    1. Yes I have a couple of pals who have been using Facebook for blogging rather than other platforms. I'm quite happy with Blogger for now. I also use Instagram but in a different way. Will pass on greetings to Mike and Claire!

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