Life on (nearly) a Small Island

  Very sadly I had to say goodbye to Madam Button, my little sea cat, a couple of weeks ago.  She was 18 years old, and had a very active li...

  The sun is out today (ssshhh) and it reminded me to post a picture of the sky last week.  The "halo" around the sun is known as ...

  Just popping in to say all is OK here.  As you can see I lost my blogging mojo over the Winter.  Time will tell whether it will return.  H...

  Courtesy of Graham Campbell Despite gale force winds in Orkney we appear to have escaped (so far) the flooding that is seen across other p...

  Where did it go?! Haven't been out and about that much as still dealing with post-covid fatigue, but feeling better daily so that'...

  The weather was lovely while I was poorly with Covid. And after a few days I was able to wander about the house and up to the dunes where ...