September 2023

 

Welcome to our September photos.

Moonshine over the old beacon at the north end of the island

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Even with Wilma's help the construction of the greenhouse is not going to plan...

Don't mention the greenhouse !!!!

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Quote of the month

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Around the croft,

intriguing carrot seed head

and this time we've remembered to save some of the seeds

amazing onion seed head

a wee friendly visitor on the croft

with beautiful spines

and where is the cat when you need her ?

fast asleep a few feet away !

A friend's new puppy has joined in the fun on our Saturday morning walks and already is bigger than our usual gang.

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It has been lovely to see Malcolm's sister again, over from Madeira

we found her lovely beaches

and seals for walking companions but not as much sunshine as she is used to.

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Book of the month

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Beautiful music up by the lighthouse in celebration of a retirement

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enjoy the coming of autumn and all that it brings

Malcolm and June

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August 2023

Welcome everyone to our August 2023 photo offerings, hope you enjoy

Around the croft

Zara's thinking: "what's she got a trike for when she's got me ?"

just loving pony whiskers in the sunshine

just loving alchemilla mollis after the rain

a linnet enjoying the thistle heads

wash and brush up time for the starlings

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Our visitors to the island this month,

 Karen and Gary and little Pops the dog,

 having a comfy seat in the North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory 

after the ferry journey

Wilma always loving a new friend to play with

and Gary showing me how to brave the water with no wetsuit

thank you both for being such great fun and cooking a delicious meal for us and our friends !

taking life seriously ....

just love this next photo that Karen took of the lens in the lighthouse

thank you Karen xx

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Our long awaited greenhouse being delivered, so a little project before the winter winds start getting up

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Quote of the month

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Around the island

This month has seen the annual rounding up of the North Ronaldsay sheep into the punds, ready for the shearing

taken from the balcony of the lighthouse

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North Ronaldsay was privileged to host a group of archaeologists, ecologist, artist and film maker for a  weekend of history, site walking, map making and art.

Brilliant and thank you to everyone who made it a successful weekend

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Next month we have some more fascinating folk coming to the island as part of the annual 

International Orkney Science Festival

Always something interesting to look forward to

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The "Blue Supermoon" on Wednesday 30th August shining over North Ronaldsay,

the second full moon of August,

hope you saw it wherever you were.

This celestial occurrence carries a unique vibrational frequency due to its alignment with the Pisces zodiac sign.

As the moon bathes us in its mystical light, it beckons us to shed old patterns, embrace change, and step into a new chapter of our lives.

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Go enjoy yourselves !

see you again next month

June & Malcolm

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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

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