Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Recently I had a door knocker fixed to the back porch door (see photo). Usually my visitors come round the back of the house partly becaus...

Today is the start of the Winter ferry schedule for all the Orkney ferries serving the islands. For Graemsay this means we lose our “mid-mor...

It seems the only time I have to write my blog entries is at the weekend. So where was last weekend’s I hear you ask? Good question. Int...

Bit of a grey misty day yesterday and today, though still mild. Although I witnessed a beautiful misty sunset over a loch while out "in...

I am delighted with my garden border this year. None of the plants were there before last spring and to be honest I haven’t done much with...

The last couple of days have had an autumnal feel to them. We’ve been lucky in Orkney compared to most of the rest of the UK with a fairly ...

Reuniting the hens with Finlay II went according to plan – though it did take a little longer than anticipated. The day after the demise o...