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
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.
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
I continue to be so grateful to all of you for reading this blog and giving such wonderful feedback, whether it’s commenting on here, emailing or speaking to me in person or on the phone. I value all your support and after 5 weeks blogging I was both delighted and humbled with stats counts of … More Your views and my thank-you’s
Orkney Beef is in big trouble, so is his side kick Dixie Chuck. They share a mutual interest in country music, dogs and winding me up. I get a lot of stick from them both on Facebook but today they took it to a new level. I returned home from work and as usual went … More Cracking jokes
I was supposed to be going out to gardening club tonight but I didn’t. The weather is so truly hideous that in the end I decided to embrace my inner middle aged rebellion and bunk off gardening club. How naughty. However I did have to go and lock up the hens and I wasn’t very happy about … More The world’s most expensive egg
Sometimes in life, we meet someone who impacts us in such a way, we know that even though they are no longer with us, they will never actually leave. For me that person was the late Archie Bevan. Archie was very well known, and equally well liked and respected by all who knew him in Stromness and … More Remembering Archie Bevan
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