At this time, on this Thursday a year ago I know exactly where I was and what I was doing. I was watching a team of highly skilled doctors, anaesthetists, nurses and a helicopter retrieval team work tirelessly to save my husband who was critically ill and in a medical coma. 24 hours earlier life had … More A year ago today
My dog thinks all her birthday and Christmases have come at once. This week I’ve been taking part in a step challenge with my colleagues in aid of Sport Relief. We are working in teams to see which team can walk the most steps in a week, and I definitely need to increase my … More A step in the right direction
Sponsored post Conversations about cars with my husband, (for today let’s call him Orkney Stig) are usually short lived affairs. When we looked at cars to buy a few years ago we narrowed it down to three to choose from. My input was as follows ‘was that the blue one, the black one or the … More Man V Woman V Car
Forget what I said about a hen whisperer yesterday, I’m going to have to go large and get Dr. Dolittle. I honestly couldn’t write this mornings escapade as fiction. I decided I would get the sitting room stove prepared so that all I had to do later on this afternoon was light it. I opened the … More How to get rid of unwanted visitors
I need a hen whisperer and perhaps one for the dog too. I’ve been having animal issues all day today. Along with the hens regular laying success (at last!) they seem to have a new found sense of adventure. I opened the front door to find one on the door step today just about … More Animals misbehave
Orkney library has been in the news this week for all the right reasons. We are currently Library of the Year, one of our senior library assistants just won librarian of the year and last Saturday J.K Rowling popped in for a visit to the Saturday book group. Do not adjust your screens, you read … More The day J.K. Rowling came to visit.
In the battle of winter v spring, spring is currently in the lead by producing two sunny days in a row. Although there was a white frost this morning on the ground the sun was shining and there was hazy mist which reminded me of early summer days. While I’m probably perceived by many of … More Spring 2 winter 0
This evening I had a mini master class on how to work the all singing all dancing remote control for the new all singing all dancing smart tv. I am no further forward and ended up t̶h̶r̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ handing them back and saying ‘well I can’t do it’ There are about 20 buttons on it and I will … More The struggle is real
Dear Orkney I’m sorry for all the mean stuff I said about you when I was fed up of it being a permanent state of Winter, full of hateful wind, rain, ice and snow. Today you totally got your act together and sent me a beautiful and gloriously sunny spring day so I could indulge … More Dear Orkney
I have just driven home witnessing the most spectacular display of Northern Lights. The entire sky was lit up in glorious pinks and greens and it’s the perfect weather for such a display (though regrettably not ideal for driving) It feels like the coldest it’s been all winter. The poor hen’s water is frozen but … More Mothers and Friends
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