The other night I had a phone call that every parent dreads, a call from the hospital regarding one of my children. I had only moments before posted my blog about how I loved living by the sea and it was my dream happy ending blah blah when the phone rings and it’s a nurse … More Never a dull moment
Sea Fever BY JOHN MASEFIELD I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the … More A House by the Sea
Dear Orkney There appears to be a dreadful misunderstanding. I refer to my earlier letter to you written on March 7th 2016. See here. In my previous letter I thanked you for the end of winter, being able to peg out washing, do some gardening and not needing to resort to chocolate. I sang your praises … More Dear Orkney (part 2)
The chickens are running riot. I’m having all manner of trouble with them and thinking of showing them a packet of bread sauce as a severe warning. They keep finding their way over the wall into next doors garden and after having to round them up before work a few weeks ago in best clothes and heels I … More Three chickens for sale!
We enjoyed having Miss Lashes home from uni for a couple of weeks but she is now back to her student life. Sadly she had another anaphylaxis after eating strawberries so had another trip to hospital, the previous one being only 6 weeks ago. She manages to keep incredibly calm though and we are … More My week in pictures
Orkney is currently going through a teenage phase, at least weather speaking anyway. We are having to deal with daily mood swings at the moment and the occasional slam of the bedroom door. The title is an old proverb basically meaning ‘don’t take your coat off until end of May’ Yesterday we woke up to snow. Not … More Ne’er Cast a Clout ‘Till May be Out
It’s been a productive day today thanks to decent weather, time off and motivation finally all colliding on the same day. These days are frustratingly rare as I usually only manage two of the three. Also we narrowly avoided a near miss on this one due to a wee emergency last night but more about that later. Orkney Beef … More We’re going to need a bigger boat
“Is this going to end up on the blog?” I can honestly say this is one of my most frequently asked questions these days. It’s great because it shows people are reading it and for those occasions when I have a crisis of confidence and wonder what in the heck I’m doing there is always … More My week in pictures
‘Follow your dreams my wife’ ‘Cool, I dreamt I ate a whole cheesecake. Off to follow that dream’ Orkney Beef doesn’t really go in for all that inspirational one liners guff so it was pretty funny to get that text from him this morning and I couldn’t resist the reply. Apologies for the typo and poor … More What’s on your bucket list?
There’s nothing like a Spring morning to show off nature’s art work. After crawling to the end of Winter on my hands and knees I now awaken to Spring mornings with such happiness I could almost break into a run. I say almost because I tried running for a while; I enjoyed it but thanks to a … More Spring has Sprung
Norq From Ork 