Welcome to 2026 Orkney style, hope you too have managed to stay safe, warm and cosy.

We made a promise to ourselves on New Year's Eve that we would delay becoming grown up for another year.

Hope you think that's a great idea 😊

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2026

The Year of the Horse !

 bringing movement and momentum,

 a year of courage and freedom !

or in the case of our two,

 a year of eating and being spoilt !

and this is the face of the one who tends to their every need when it's dark and chucking it down with rain and blowing a hoolie !

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I recently came across what I thought was a stranded seal, high up on the grass of the common grazing with the tide a long way out.

After a while though it started to make it's way down the rocks (middle bottom of photo) and back into the water, where I'm told it's mother will be waiting for him.

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On a trip into Kirkwall on Orkney Mainland it was lovely to see the harbour looking so peaceful.

Book of the month

he ran his last marathon at the age of 101 and died in 2025 at the grand age of 114 when he was run over by a car !!

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Purchased this month online

Choking Rescue Devise

This is something that I hope I will never need to use ! but it could save someone's life given that time is of the essence if someone is choking.

It comes with an adult size and a child's size mask.

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Pause for thought

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Just for a laugh

with yet another birthday coming around soon, this made me laugh !!

(from Sue Haworth Facebook page)

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Wishing you plenty of horse power for the coming year, good health and happy days,

with love from

Malcolm & June

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