Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Button insists I take a walk to the beach most days.  I think she may have been a dog in a former life! She goes back and forth to the ...

Though the chickens (15 of them, 12 hens and 3 cockerels) get plenty of food in their henny house, including layers pellets and lots of ...

We've had mixed weather in Orkney this weekend.  A gale the other night (but NOT Storm Katie, oh no, we just had a "gale"...

Back in February, after I had dropped my visitor back at the airport, I took the chance to visit the Ring of Brodgar .  It's one o...

Sadly last week most of the island went over to Stromness to attend the funeral of Ruby Manson. Ruby had been born into the Skinner fami...

I've been noticing the lengthening of the days for a couple of weeks now. Only slowly, but definitely happening!  Today sunrise was ...