Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Today the house is filled with the smell of freshly baked Welsh Cakes and memories of childhood. I am connecting with my "inner bak...

Well it's still a little early for Spring but everything is bursting forth.  Above are some delicate crocus - fortunately safely tuc...

I was over on the Orkney Mainland on Thursday so took the opportunity to look at a couple of new exhibitions by artist Rik Hammond . Rik...

Mixed weather today - windy this morning, then lunchtime, what weather forecasters call "Sunshine and showers"?  Still quite ...

..... to speak of anyway.  Snow showers and showers of tiny white frozen balls that hurt when they hit your face, but no soft snow to cr...

Here are some more photos taken on my journey around Graemsay on the way home from town last week. bove is a closer view of Hoy High. Th...

Noooo - not ME!  But I found this short film via Orkney Live on Facebook and thought I'd share it with you. Scapa Flow is very popular...