Life on (nearly) a Small Island

...... Tallulah!  One of my new young hens, given to me by a neighbour.  I named her Tallulah because with a head-dress like that she...

One of the things I love about Orkney is the big skies! With such a low lying landscape the sky is HUGE and the clouds make wonderful pa...

For a few years now each summer archaeologists appear at the Ness of Brodgar on Mainland Orkney to continue excavating one of the most ...

I'm Back!  Yeah I know you didn't realise I'd gone. Humph!  But I've been "down South" for a few days (very d...

Simmerdim is the short time between sunset and sunrise in mid-summer.  This is what it looks like through bleary eyes at 2am...... (than...

The noise of a snoring Button!!   It amazes me how cats can balance on the narrowest of ledges and still sleep.... Meanwhile there are...