Flooers, Strea, and a Reid Muin
Posted: Monday, 18 August 2008 |
Here at Barebraes things are ticking over nicely and we have had a little time to enjoy whats left of the Orkney Summer.
The Cathederal put on a lovely display of Floers and off we went to Kirkwall to savour the display. When I say we I mean yours truly and 13 Members of the Shapinsay Lunch Club. We all had Lunch at the Mart and then onwards to the Cathederal and afterwards just had to take in the ginormous selection of fancy cakes at the Garden Centre.
The lovely Summer weather has made the grass grow and our 2 acre field was lookin like something like out of Africa and we expected to see lions roaming around. Thankfully the nice man with his topper came along and cut turned and baled it into 14 round bales. Its the season for stookes and all around Shapinsay peedie wigwams of strae are appearing , and a few hay houses are being built.
Last night I ventured into the garden with the dog and found tht someone had coloured the muin a deep Reid colour.
Hooch couldnt be any less bothered if he tried
But the Muin made a very strange sight big and reid in the sky .
It made the roof look very strange
And even the willows that we planted a few years ago all looked eerie standing up tall and straight in the reidish glow
Another fine Orkney Summer has nearly past us all by again
The Cathederal put on a lovely display of Floers and off we went to Kirkwall to savour the display. When I say we I mean yours truly and 13 Members of the Shapinsay Lunch Club. We all had Lunch at the Mart and then onwards to the Cathederal and afterwards just had to take in the ginormous selection of fancy cakes at the Garden Centre.
The lovely Summer weather has made the grass grow and our 2 acre field was lookin like something like out of Africa and we expected to see lions roaming around. Thankfully the nice man with his topper came along and cut turned and baled it into 14 round bales. Its the season for stookes and all around Shapinsay peedie wigwams of strae are appearing , and a few hay houses are being built.
Last night I ventured into the garden with the dog and found tht someone had coloured the muin a deep Reid colour.
Hooch couldnt be any less bothered if he tried
But the Muin made a very strange sight big and reid in the sky .
It made the roof look very strange
And even the willows that we planted a few years ago all looked eerie standing up tall and straight in the reidish glow
Another fine Orkney Summer has nearly past us all by again
Comments
Lunch at the Mart AND cakes at the Garden Centre? Did they have to put on an extra ferry...
Flying Cat from Cheshire Grin
Lovely photos, Barebraes, but the spooky moon would worry me a bit :-) It left Hooch totally unmoved, though. What will you do with the bales? The flowers are gorgeous, aren't they? The cathedral is a good setting for them.
Jill from EK
The flower displays are nice, but there are no pics of the cakes. Were you able to buy whole ones to take home? Hooch looks mighty fine. The skylights look good.
mjc from IN, USA
The cakes were soo large mjc that you could only just about eat one slice. The flowers were exceptional too, One more trip to go and the waist line will be bulging :)
Barebraes from Shapinsay
Well, what's going on? Nobody fell off the roof and onto Hooch, I hope? Surely, you are not yet in hibernation?! Come on, Barebraes, give us a holler.
mjc from IN, USA
We moved here in September 05 and have met many good friends. What more could you want from life.
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