New life is springing into action in Wester Ross and the days are filled with baa-ing, beautiful.
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Our animals have been finding inventive ways of
self-isolating, especially Tilly !
we just need to be careful where we walk.
just wanting to wash her paws in line with guidelines
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Wilma keeping out of the way
and pretending to be asleep, just don't go near that pig's ear, she'll soon wake up.
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our geese keeping a 2-goose width apart
and if you get too near he'll come charging at you to
back off
Zara contemplating a solitary swim
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It's been a great time to just sit and watch and listen
to the birds, love the gold finches high up in the trees
It is said that if a white feather floats down in front of you that an angel is passing by taking care of you ...
This is the first time that we have planted oca; plant,
treat and eat in the same way as potatoes but they are supposed to be blight free.
A little daily job for spring time is relocating hungry, hairy caterpillars from the polytunnel to the nettle patch.
Relocating about 20 a day, not sure if they are the same 20 caterpillars returning when I'm not looking !
Another crop that we are experimenting with for the first time is oats, just for a bit of fun and we do eat a lot of porridge.
Ginger is supposed to be easy to grow just by planting in a shallow pot, to grow into a lovely aromatic plant and to grow more ginger for cooking, teas and medicinal.
We'll see what happens.
Fortunate enough to have spare time on our hands it is even more wonderful to watch new life emerging from the soil, better than watching paint dry.
and to smell the sea-salt-scent of sheets blowing in the sunshine
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For any of you in lockdown who feels that by now you should have cleaned and decorated the whole house, redesigned the garden, learnt to play the piano and written that book, just remember ....
(courtesy of Ecological Consciousness Facebook page)
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Poem of the month
Earth teach me quiet ~
as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~
as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~
as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~
as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~
as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~
as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~
as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~
as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~
as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~
as dry fields weep with rain.
A Ute Prayer
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Farewell tribute
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This month my lovely Aunt Chris died at the age of 88, she always loved family gatherings and always up for a laugh !
Thanks for being a lovely auntie xxxx
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Considering not much has happened this past month I'm surprised that I have any photos for the blog !
Wishing you all a peaceful, safe month of May,
from Malcolm and June
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