Sunrise Sunset It could hardly be a week in pictures without me showing you this week’s sunrise and sunsets. They continue to be pretty incredible, especially for October as the weather has been beautiful. It’s been cooling down a bit but the sun shines bright and the skies continue to treat us to a multitude of … More My Week in Pictures
Last Sunday we had a fantastic display of the Northern Lights. My son took this from outside our front door. What a privilege to live somewhere where we can see this. I know a lot of people long to see them and it really can be spectacular. There are some great Facebook pages with some … More MyWeek in Pictures
If there’s a repeated message that comes from this blog since I started it in January, it’s how you all love the blog names which started off with just family but has extended to friends.People often ask me what their name would be if they got a mention and even came up with their own … More How We Got our Blog Names
Parents up and down the land are preparing to send their children on their way, off to uni, college or new beginnings with apprenticeships or gap years. Unbelievably it was four years ago when we were preparing for Miss Lashes to leave home and I still don’t know where the time has gone. I remember her … More Mother’s Wisdom
I had to take Tech Support for an X-Ray on his hand today following a rugby accident at school. No big deal about that, all was fine thankfully, but it reminded me of the many times I’ve been before. With two children, it’s difficult not to spend times trooping back and fore to A&E over the … More The Bumps and Bruises of Life
It’s our wedding anniversary. 5 years ago today I secured the ball and chain firmly onto Orkney Beef’s ankle and we began wedded bliss. Now I don’t mean to brag, but after five years we’ve totally nailed the romantic part of celebrating our anniversary. Firstly I forgot it was even our anniversary until I saw … More Celebrating in style!
I saw this fun quiz thing on Facebook a few weeks ago and decided to ask my own family. It didn’t take long and it’s quite entertaining (mostly) to see how others view you. Here are a few. OB-Orkney Beef, my husband TS-Tech Support , my teenage son ML- Miss Lashes, my daughter, a thinking woman … More Ask the family
We have a shed shed, a garage shed, a half built sometime to be finished summer house shed..And to top it off he often talks about building a decent garage in the garden, aka another shed. … More One man and his shed(s)
As mum was recovering from her operation dad leaned over and said ‘Sarah says she’s not going to Orkney any more’ I remember standing at the end of the bed looking at mum, and she had an oxygen tube attached to her nose as well as drips and drains every where. She’d had a large part of her bowl removed and was due to start chemo soon after. She turned her head to look at me and simply said ‘you’re going’ … More Throwback Thursday: Moving to Orkney
Ask Orkney Beef to hold the dog in his lap while you administer worming tablet like the vet does.
Realise you are not a vet … More Man V Dog
Norq From Ork 