July 2023

 

Hello everyone, time again for another blog, hope you are well, enjoy the photographs.

You can't beat a Sunday morning on a sandy beach with an old salty, seadog 💛

Lots of mist over the island this month

so not much of a view from the top of the lighthouse, where ordinarily you can see to the other end of the island.

a piece of North Ronaldsay lighthouse history

and it's 1854 engineering

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Books of the month

some fascinating reading

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Inspiration

I just like this

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Recently I was given the opportunity to use a 1940's box camera, to record some present day images of island life; here are some of the results.

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Quote of the month

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The 8th North Ronaldsay Sheep Festival

This year's sheep festival has been a wonderful success with almost 50 volunteers coming from far and wide to help rebuild the 13 mile long sheep dyke.

A big thank you to everyone who made it a wonderful week and organising all the events and the ceildh, no one wanted to go home !

If you think you might like to join in next year,

 here is a taster of what you can expect

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Pause for thought

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So from all of us here with sand 'tween our toes

we wish you fun and sunny days

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

June 2023

Welcome everyone. 

When the sun shines on North Ronaldsay, stop whatever you're doing, gather some friends, children and dogs and make for the beach with a picnic.

or simply find a peaceful spot in the veg patch

taking a lead from Tilly who certainly knows how to relax

Zara making new friends

and a new friend on the croft

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Pause for thought

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Dandelion heads, so amazing !

wonderful plants

loving them

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Quote of the month

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When we moved to North Ronaldsay Malcolm promised me my own "Junie Space"

and this was it !

I was not overly impressed but thought ok we can do something with this, so we did.

Malcolm , Andries and Billy put on a lovely new roof and I learnt new skills in lime mortaring and lime-washing

and 

now here we have a beautiful space !!!!!

Junie's space for felting, being creative, quiet? or whatever

Wilma is wondering where she is going to have her snoozing spot

and a space for dancing !

complete with disco light ! yeh love it !

You've probably guessed by now that I love coloured, twinkly lights

simply loving my "Junie Space",

entry by invitation only, haha !

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Around the island ....

on the calmest evening I have seen since being here

reflection of the sun on the clearest of waters

and a solitary seal 

Bewan pier

cygnets on the loch

patterns in the sand

fluffy skies

sanderlings on the shoreline

the old beacon

reflections inside the lighthouse

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Inspiration

see you all again next month,

be happy

malcolm & june

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