they went that way

 

sailors

 

There was a tall ship from Danmark in the harbour in Stormoway recently In the midst of a 5 month cruise as part of the young crews intro to maritime careers. Met these three and after having a wee chatette, they kindly posed for a snap. Lovely peeps and their boat was pretty too.

new week

 

It's a new week and there are probably cruise ships in polluting Stornoway. And no doubt cruise tourists wandering round the town wondering why on earth the ship stopped there and why there's a half submerged fishing boat leaning against the dock. Meanwhile the other cruise-shippers will be on a double decker bus visiting the Stones [the visitor centre and cafe is closed atm] and hoping the wind doesn't pick up too much.

This was last week in the haar.

piggie

 

This creature does a grand job of destroying the grass. Currently, has hasn't got a chance to do that often.

The OM2n with hp5 [developed in FX39] captured them well i think.

eric

 

This is Eric . I rather like the fellow since he is of generally good nature. He's been around the croft down the road for quite a few years now although he has been known to take an illicit wander round the village - sometimes with an entourage.

weathered

 

While currently the weather here is fine and dry it isn't always like  that. The wind and the rain takes their toll on things metal - like this 'ere van down on the crofters croft.

this is how it was

savoury cream tea

 

it's that time of year where Eve makes cheese scones and we pop out to a pier somewhere local and have a wee picnic. cheese scones, cream cheese and chilli jam.

This is remembrance of my dear mother who we lost around this time fourteen years ago. It was lovely and sunny today too.

another holiday snap

 

prison

 

If my memory serves me correctly this was taken outside an old prison which now a really nice photographic museum.

snap

 

I went with the aim of taking some nice urban snaps as we were in a city. I'd taken a little film camera and believe it or not, a small digi cam. Neither proved much use with my incompetence and exhaustion.

This was my museum shot. 

I'm not sure why I'm bothering any more.

uw&s

 

Took one of my short frequent strolls down to see The [local] Crofter. A modern day crofter who makes teeth and has a petting herd of coows, sheeps, goat, pigs, geese, hamsters and ferrets. plus two dogs - one who hates me.

This is Top and Tail, two of the miniature goat who love me - when I have some food in my hand.

This the modern crofter in his splendor both snaps with the old, cheap and broken Vivitar UW&S camera.

holiday snap

 

We went here. Near there anyway.

Nice that there was no-one qt the particular spot but it wasn't aways the case so we had to escape the hoards on buses, trams, boats and trains. Only, the hoards had the same idea.

following on from......

 following on from Eyes as big as plates Riitta was over again doing a project around the notion of seaweed. Riitta had already given an excellent talk at out arts centre earlier in the week and had arranged fine weather for a day playing with sea and seaweed down at the lovely Reef beach.  Oh, and a sauna plus polaroids.

Eve and I were non participants but enjoyed the fun all the same and Eve managed a swim so she told me. I'd popped back to the car from something and when I got back Eve was drying herself down.

nice warm day if not a warm sea.

hedging my bets

 

her and him

 

Eve and Keith checking out the yard in the sunshine. Sunshine yes, we have had some.

I'm a tad creaky atm for some reason. Hopefully it will pass.

Bay

 

We took a walk the other day on the other side of the bay by the old church. yes we took and ate sandwiches -  as one does. 

I snapped with the Viv UW&S.