tree etc

 

When occasionally we drag ourselves off the rock, we may venture to Yorkshire to see family. Amazingly they have trees all over the place. and walls, horses and sheeps. Amazing

old and new

 

There's a little bit of construction been happening in the village of late. Not sure who owns them but I do hope they will be constantly lived in and not another holiday home.

I rather like this black house [not Black House] doon the road, It is rather lovely on the skyline. Here are some snaps taken by the old building some years ago. [2011].

The village is changing, older folks pass on and new faces appear. Old buildings often empty as yet insold while new large houses rise up on the crofts.

 I get older and creakier and get out and about less than I'd like. I have already decided where exactly i don't want to lie where I pass on. Yes, I feeling somewhat rough atm. My CFS is doing my head in, my back is still sore and I seem to have picked up a virus that is doing the rounds. Otherwise I am fine. If things carry on like this I may have to use the d*g*tal pixel catcher more.

love this road

 

Love this little road on an adjacent island on the way to a lovely but over visited beach.  I've snapped it up a few times before. I just cannot help myself. 

Apparently the cruise ship buses come this was too - or so I was told. Not sure how true that is since there's a point where I am sure they would ground. Anyway, a place best visited in winter.

and this was then

 

Back when somewhere in t'village. Another stove bits the dust.

took me while

 

Took me a while to figure out which way this snap was meant to be upwards let alone what it was. I think it is now properly orientated. I am sure you know where this was and who I was channeling at the time.

coffee

 

I don't often drink coffee these days on account of me feet. However, since I shot this with d*g*tal it doesn't count does it? And the pills, maybe I should have shares in the paracetamol factory as my back is still refusing to work properly without the oohs and ahhs. I think it went orff because someone mentioned Christmas in the near vicinity and shock was visceral [I looked up what that means and it fits perfectly.}.

We/I managed a little trip out yesterday and took a light lunch at the very lovely Hub cafe and had a fine conversation with the patron therein. Fair made my day.

secret

 

It's no secret that Eve and I have been off island this year. a trip to England and another to mainland Scotland. I can only image this was Leeds or somewhere like that and no, we not go in. I don't even like football.

I developed this roll of polypan the other day after finding it unfinished in the XA.

haircut

 

I hate having my hair trimmed despite having a nice haircutter in toon. My hair is long and I'll keep it that way thank you very much. However this lady seems to escaped the clutches of the good crofter and is going for the soay look. I know the crofter here has some soay sheeps but not sure they would be in this croft rather, they would probably be on display in his little petting farm.

crook

 I'm a bit crook [adj] staggering around bent over as my back has decided to haunt me. The muscles, such as they aren't are screaming at me. My spine is not playing either. I shall be back [!]

orses, orses orses

 

Since there is a pony trekking place in the wider village - up near Tom the artists lovely abode - their ponies / horses billeted in various crofts around here. I rather like the clip clop in the morning as they go off to work in the morn.

The Traigh Mhor Pony trekking has grown over the last few seasons and that's lovely to see. I might add I don't ride horses here or anywhere else although I do seem to recall riding a donkey in the dim distant past - probably in Weston super mud.

cats on a warm fibreglass roof

 

I may be slow uploading these days but that may be because I've recently passed three score years and ten.

Horsing about

 

free palestine

 

Of course we supported the free palestine gathering in Stornoway.

no blur

 

I must be off me 'ed since I didn't do the blur as with other of my wedding snaps. Still I did do a nice snap of the signing of the papers bit.