There are definite signs of change in Orkney this week as spring is really beginning to show herself. A farmer friend I once knew told me he spent his life ‘looking over hedges’ ie comparing his own work with how other farmers are doing. Are they ahead or behind schedule? was he keeping up? I think … More My Week In Pictures – Keeping Going
It’s all becoming a bit more bearable. I promised you last week that I would stop whinging and finally I found reason to. I can now officially say that I leave the house in daylight and return home in daylight. This hasn’t happened in months and I am safe in the knowledge that it will continue right the … More My Week In Pictures – Sunrise, Sunset And Almost Sunshine
if something as delicate and fragile as this can push through, shine and bring hope then so can I. … More My Week In Pictures – Love, Hope and Chasing Snowdrops
If it hadn’t been all levels of weird I would have kissed the person next to me. … More My Week In Pictures – Looking For The Light.
My week started with ripping off the next page of my desk calendar, with its wisdom perhaps pointing to what kind of week I was going to have.
Hold the front page! Orkney has a week of winter weather in Winter. It’s to be expected right? Winter heralding snow, but we still act surprised, annoyed and in some cases a tad dramatic about it when it comes. There’s nothing we can do about the weather except get on with it, but it doesn’t … More My Week In Pictures – A Winter’s Tale
judging by some of this week’s contributions it looks like the calendar hates January as much as I do. … More My Week In Pictures
Does anyone else feel like Christmas already feels like it was months ago? I was quite glad to get back to work just to finally find out what day of the week it was and to stop eating all the leftover cheese and chocolate. Miss Lashes and NotPhil came up just before New Year and … More My Week In Pictures
‘We’ll remember this holiday forever won’t we?’ said Orkney Beef. Yes, we will.
Those of you who follow my Norq From Ork Facebook page will know I’ve been whinging incessantly for days that I’ve been laid low with a virus this week. A strange thing which made me so dizzy I couldn’t walk to the bathroom without holding on to the wall. Swimming was ditched and I spent the whole of … More My Week In Pictures
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