Welcome to our July 2020 blog,
hope you enjoy the next three minutes
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Around the croft..
Wilma after a hard morning on the beach
Tilly blending in with the long grass
It's been lovely to have AJ and Snoopy on the croft
to eat some of our grass and a real treat for Zara.
The yellow-podded mange tout keeps on producing
plenty of strawberries and greenhouse-grown peaches
the trial oats are doing well, we've just got to decide how to process them
in spite of the wild winds and salty air
roses grow remarkably well
as do fuchsia bushes that the birds love to hide in
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Colours on the seashore
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Who would have thought it?
Growing and roasting coffee in the Highlands !
It's strong and delicious and available from
Farm and Garden Store in Gairloch
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Poem of the month
My Friend The Sea
Each day I like to touch the sea.
He comes, he goes, but he's always there for me.
He speaks to me.
"I wash the stones, I make the sand", he says
"I feed the fish, I edge the land", he says
"I run with the moon, come play with me."
"I'm blue-green-grey, frothy white and turquoise,
stand by me and feel the noise.
My healing powers are far from sight,
replaced with plastic my fish are dying.
Listen and you will hear me crying."
"I always will be here,
but you, my friend, you will disappear" he says
"Come, just play with me,
be wild and free with me"
he says.
June Purvis
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Book of the month
A truly lovely book, full of wisdom
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Website of the month
westerrosssings.weebly.com
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Wester Ross Sings is a song-learning website for people who live in Wester Ross and beyond, set up by our friend
Dorje Khandro Dawid,
a singing enthusiast who lives in Poolewe.
The idea is to learn a set of communal songs
and when we can get together, to share the joy of singing them together.
As Dorje says "good songs are a tool for life".
Thank you Dorje for setting this up and
for helping me overcome my fear of singing !
♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♬
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Film of the month
I love the short Green Renaissance films and this is no exception, for nine and a half minutes of calm and beauty have a look at :
greenrenaissance/videos/328503838550881
"Slowing Down"
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Quote of the month
This one is for Andries, hope you enjoyed your retreat
in the mountains
Book of the month
A truly lovely book, full of wisdom
📖 📖 📖 📖 📖
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Website of the month
westerrosssings.weebly.com
♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♬ ♫
Wester Ross Sings is a song-learning website for people who live in Wester Ross and beyond, set up by our friend
Dorje Khandro Dawid,
a singing enthusiast who lives in Poolewe.
The idea is to learn a set of communal songs
and when we can get together, to share the joy of singing them together.
As Dorje says "good songs are a tool for life".
Thank you Dorje for setting this up and
for helping me overcome my fear of singing !
♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♬
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Film of the month
I love the short Green Renaissance films and this is no exception, for nine and a half minutes of calm and beauty have a look at :
greenrenaissance/videos/328503838550881
"Slowing Down"
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Quote of the month
This one is for Andries, hope you enjoyed your retreat
in the mountains
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Pause for thought
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