Welcome to our blog posting for May 2021, hope you enjoy the photos.

On and around the croft

The strawberries are everywhere, some for us, some for the birds and some for the geese and chickens !

they won't be long now

lots of colour everywhere

and the delicate flowers of the wild garlic are stunning

the greenhouse peaches are coming on a treat

one of my favourite spots on the croft, in the greenhouse

Although I like to grow food "gardening" is not really my thing, this is my sort of gardening !

and non-clipped edges, perhaps I'm just lazy.

meanwhile the furry creatures soak up the sunshine

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Quote of the month

" Our perfect companions

 never have fewer than four feet."

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 

French author  1873 - 1954

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A friend has just given us these seeds, never heard of them before but sound interesting, so we'll give them a go.

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Not being able to find a secondhand drum carder I finally decided to buy one, it's brilliant.

On the left hand side you feed in washed sheep fleece, turn the handle and out comes beautifully soft, fibre-aligned "batts" ready to be spun into yarn, or felted into almost anything, or peg-loomed into mats, rugs,wall hangings, whatever fires you up.

A budding cottage industry ? We'll see.

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colour along the shore

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Books of the month

We had a brilliant short break away in Orkney this month and stayed at probably one of the very best B&Bs in Orkney, run by Richard and Bev Clubley.

Richard is also an author and there is little that he does not know about Scottish islands !

These are two of his books, delightful reading and he has a third book coming out on 21st June.

The address of the b&b is Carlin Skerry, Orphir Orkney KW17 2RB

01856-811470

thank you Richard & Bev

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Pause for thought

                                   photo by Chase Andrew

from the Tao and Zen Facebook page

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and finally

( from Scottish Women's Institute Facebook Page )

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wishing you all a sunny, relaxed month of June

from Malcolm and June

on a Highland croft

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