Hello everyone, welcome to our May blog, enjoy with a cuppa.
the beautiful colours of May on the croft
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The fireplace has now been redone
and Wilma is enjoying the new stove
The flimsy, draughty back door has been replaced,
so next winter we'll be much warmer
Around the island this month
blue skies over the foghorn
the mist and fog this month has meant that quite a few flights to and from the island have had to be cancelled
this is my latest swimming spot, my personal natural swimming pool a couple of hundred yards from my back door, love it !
the painted bands around the lighthouse are "day markers" to the passing shipping vessels
some cute visitors on a recent lighthouse tour !
flying the Northern Lighthouse Board flag
the old lighthouse keepers' cottages (and the communication mast that I usually try to avoid in my photographs)
a calm evening, looking towards the old beacon
a little bit of gruesome history on the common grazing
if you look very closely out on a walk at this time of year you will find this pretty little flower,
Spring Squill
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Quote of the month
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Books of the month
Thank you Maria & Serge for sending us this wonderful book ! we enjoyed it so much we're on our second readings !
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Our friend Anne has recently published a book "He's Behind You"
it's the seventeen North Ronaldsay Pantomines
that her late husband Sid wrote and were performed on the island,
please get in touch if you would like a copy
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Raindrops on Zara's tail
love these 💛
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it was a pleasure to meet Kat and Ian from Ontario and show them our cottage and croft as Ian's great, great grandfather used to live in our cottage.
Wishing you both happy travels
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Malcolm has been enjoying himself with his recent skill of stone carving
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In the greenhouse,
the beginnings of our first grapes
and the beginnings of our first peaches
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Pause for thought
his Icelandic name is Snjall, but is known as
Mr Blonde
more details and photographs in next month's blog !
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So from all of us on a sun-drenched island in the North Sea we wish you all a fabulous month of sunshine and blooms
June and Malolm
💛 🌷 🌸 🌹 🌺 🌻 🌼 💛
