Nell ate a lot of kelp yesterday evening. A LOT.

So, Nell drank a lot of water last night. A LOT.

So, that meant that Nell got me up bright and early this morning in order to empty her bladder.

So, I got to see this magnificent sunrise.

It’s a glorious good-to-be-alive day. One of those Orcadian days that make all the wet and wind worthwhile. I would love to be out and about with my camera. Unfortunately I need to be at my desk, with my book project. Only… things haven’t panned out very well…

Nell’s in the news! Well, not quite, but she is in the Your Pictures part of the BBC’s Scotland news site. Thanks to SpinningGill  for alerting us to Nell’s fame.

I had made a dozen mince pies. I took great care with them, to make them as good as possible under the circumstances. But tragedy befell! …

Set of photographs of the dogs at the beach on Dec 25th, 2008. The deep/dark colours are due to my forgetting that I had a polariser fitted. In most cases, I don’t mind at all. There’s something deep and rich and lovely about these images – they remind me in some ways of oil paintings… like they already have the patina of age, somehow – just vague memories already.

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Today I had cause to mull upon the emetic effects of kelp ingestion…

Mr L Life partner: geek, soul-mate, and provider of funds for fibre purchases. Willing wearer of hand-knitted goods and appreciator of baked items. Third time lucky. Nothing would be the same without him. Lulu Feline: Bengal cross cat acquired in the year 2000. Striped, spotted, and a mean killing machine. Tolerates people, loves dogs, hate [...]