I will be back in full posting mode soon, I hope – though life remains quite dull just now. The old paint has been fully stripped from the front part of the house and we are ready to re-paint when an extended period of dry weather looks likely. There is an old saying in Orkney: …
Tag archives: Island Life
Catching up
The blog has suffered a little in the last few weeks. There has been much going on, but little of any interest to post. A brief roundup – Mr L went off to Manchester to work for a week. I spent an intensive period working on the Sanday Spinner’s web site. There were Open Studio …
We’ll go no more a roving
Today I was planning on sharing with you some sumptuous roving that arrived in the post. Sadly, my photographic skills went missing and I did the fibre no justice at all. I shall attempt the feat again tomorrow. My singles are off the wheel. There would normally be rejoicing at this point but it is …
Something happened to the time-space continuum
It has been quiet around here hasn’t it? I don’t know what has been happening but I have a belief that somebody has stolen around 8 hours out of my every day. I have to confess that I am all behind and scatter-brained. I have lost track of what is reported and what is not. …
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Spoiling
I was in town yesterday, alongside the passengers of the 3,200 berth Caribbean Princess, the largest cruise liner ever to berth in Kirkwall. It was a monster, a floating town that dwarfed the dock. I cannot begin to imagine how horrible an experience it must be to holiday on one of those things. The main …
Saturday Morning
A large deposit at the bank this morning added to an already sizeable reserve – and provided my Blip for today. Popped across the road to Lady PO after divesting ourselves of three skiploads, and I posted two letters to the USA and one to Malaysia, picking up one of my favourite sizes of Really Useful Box …