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

🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼