Welcome everyone to our photos of November life on North Ronaldsay
Folk often ask me what I have been doing,
and sometimes I often wonder myself 😊
and then remember that one of my favourite pastimes is wave and sky watching,
not sure if there is a name for that ?
As you see, lately the sea has been truly too rough for wild swimming,
or am I just getting soft ?
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New skills ~
A wonderful day was had at the Community Centre learning a traditional Orcadian skill
A cubbie is a traditional Orcadian straw work basket made from oat straw
Thank you so much to Neil and Alex for organising such a fantastic day.
If you want to see Neil demonstrating how to make a cubbie you can watch his video,
in partnership with the
North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme:
🧺 "Cubbie making with Neil Leask" 🧺
a twenty one minute video, well worth watching if only to listen to Neil's divine, mesmerising Orcadian accent !!
Neil is custodian of Kirbuster and Corrigall Museums, Orkney Mainland
and through his work, hobbies and interests strives to celebrate Orcadian culture and heritage
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The island has received a lot of funding in recent months and £2 million is being spent on what is known as "Trebb".
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This month we've also seen two beautiful bird hides erected
and the Old Kirk, which houses the island's archive photographs and documents, was awarded £300,000 and is currently being restored.
Book of the month
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Around the croft
a lot of stones needed to be moved to make a level site for the field shelter for the ponies,
now what to do with this lot ?
well, I have a plan, it may take some time,
but I have a plan 😊
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rustic doors
and
tiny daisies still hanging on in there against the wall
the gentle, wild one 💛 Mr Blonde
the old Beacon
On a bright day we can look across from the croft and see Fair Isle, twenty eight miles away, you can almost see the ladies knitting their Fair Isle sweaters !
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Quote of the month
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Wilma will be celebrating her 16th birthday in
December !
I think it might be a quiet celebration 💖
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Wilma says
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Pause for thought
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Tilly says "take it easy"
Wishing you all a healthy, relaxed December
and may you find warmth and comfort in simple joys
and a time to remember those no longer with us who used to make the Season's celebrations so special 💖
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Malcolm and June
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