Life on (nearly) a Small Island

It's VERY unusual for me to see sunrise anytime but mid-winter, when it is at a reasonable time of 9am! Now the sun is rising about ...

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, whether you choose to celebrate Easter, or Spring (um Autumn on the other side of the globe!), or j...

Ah yes the sun is moving across the sky once again.  Above was the sunset in the last few days, and here it was on the shortest day - we...

We've had a fairly dry spell till the last few days then we had heavy rain, light showers, hail, gales.... and today it's back t...

I had a friend from London staying recently so took the time to go on a few "jaunts". The weather wasn't too bad, though w...

Yes, there is a wee valley in Orkney, known as Happy Valley in the parish of Stenness.  It's now owned and managed by the local counc...

My house used to be part of a larger farm, and though I own the land around the house and a field at the back, these old buildings have ...