April 2024

 Hello everyone, welcome to our April 2024 blog, hoping that you are well and enjoying life.

It's been a lovely month for watching rainbows

and sunrises from the croft gate

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Quote of the month

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Visiting friends

oh so good to see Elliot, Maria, Oliver, Sergio and Sebastian on our shores,

well done for making the journey

it's not compulsory for our visiting friends to swim with me but I do love it when they do !

Malcolm and Sergio wanted to recreate a photograph taken 50 years ago in Italy

they are both still slim and good looking !!!

Thanks for sharing your birthday with us Sergio

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Thank you Alison and team at the North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory for making our friends so welcome, our delicious meals and birthday cake.

  

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 Just for fun

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Books of the month

A knowledgeable bird watching friend on the island thought that we really ought to get to know some of the wonderful resident and visiting birds of North Ronaldsay and this is the guide that he recommends

Thank you Paul and Diane for our lovely, unexpected present

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      a gentle, thought provoking story for all ages

 

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Wanderings around the island

 

always you can find inquisitive North Ronaldsay sheep

 

 

 

 fascinating patterns in the sand

Bewan pier on a calm evening

 

 

 

 

 

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Recommendation of the month 

Mel Robbins

I came across this lady earlier this month and if you are feeling in need of some motivation for anything at all after what seems to have been a long winter check her out :

MelRobbins.com/MakeItHappen

You can also find Mel on Facebook, Youtube etc and she has a twice weekly podcast

 

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Pause for thought

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 So from Tilly

 

 

 

and Wilma, ready for her trike adventure

 and us

we wish you all a wonderful month of May

June and Malcolm

🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼 

March 2024

Hello again, welcome to our March 2024 blog giving an insight to our daily life on our small island, hope you enjoy .

 

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There's been plenty of creative and learning opportunities on the island this month, from finger knitting ...

to print making

 to walks, talks, exploration and films as part of the 3 day North Ronaldsay Science Festival

all of course accompanied by plenty of good and company, participants ranging from 6 to 86.

Thank you to everyone who made these events so fantastic and enjoyable !!

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Around the island

waiting to be taken by the sea

 

flying low  

 

someone enjoying the solitude

exploring the rocks

 the strong winds have brought up plenty of seaweed for the sheep

traffic jam North Ronaldsay style

 

 

the old beacon

lighthouse beams on a foggy evening

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 Poem of the month

The blackest of skies,

no stars in sight,

only the lighthouse beams turning

on this cold March night.

                                                                                                  June Purvis

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Book of the month

Oh, I loved reading this book, should have read it more slowly so that it could have lasted longer than two days.

 

 

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 Another way to save the planet one washing up bowl at a time

they do plenty of other products too

 

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Pause for thought

Raise your words, not your voice,

it is rain that grows the flowers, not the thunder.

Rumi

( from Tao & Zen Facebook page )

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The very first blossom on our newly planted peach tree in the greenhouse !! looking promising

and the first blossoms on our blueberry bushes

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Quote of the month

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Relaxing moments on the croft

 

snuggle time with Wilma

Hope you have had a lovely Easter weekend

wishing you all plenty of sunshine and happiness wherever you are

June & Malcolm

 

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