Winter blues
Posted: Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
Hello fellow bloggers
Its been ages since I have sat here and had time to write a few things down that have happened on Ward Hill.
The Winter seems to have gotten hold of all at Barebraes and apart from feeling like hibernating until the warmer months the work load has dwindled down to a mere trickle. No more building walls, raising trusses or felting and tiling the roof. Instead we have been busy on other less energetic pastimes. Committees, Functions and general work. Christmas and the New Year are all in the dim and distant past and every morning we look to the skies and wish for brighter weather.
Our first year in Shapinsay didn't slow us down but now we know what people mean when they talk about the winter blues.
Rising in the morning is getting later and later.
Lethargy sets in
and all you want to do is sleep eat and keep warm.
Poor Hooch enjoys his walks but can't quite get used to the fact that they look like puddles but have a slippery surface which stops you from drinking from them.
The hens have stopped laying and are walking around looking very tatty. Its Osigar apparently, even the chickens need more sunlight.
Well at least we have a new radio station to listen to and SUPER STATION ORKNEY has given us a few laughs.
The only consolation there is to Winter is that it makes you appreciate Summer more
Hope all you in blogland are tucked up warm in front of your fires. I know thats where I would rather be.
And as TWS would say "Cheery for now"
Its been ages since I have sat here and had time to write a few things down that have happened on Ward Hill.
The Winter seems to have gotten hold of all at Barebraes and apart from feeling like hibernating until the warmer months the work load has dwindled down to a mere trickle. No more building walls, raising trusses or felting and tiling the roof. Instead we have been busy on other less energetic pastimes. Committees, Functions and general work. Christmas and the New Year are all in the dim and distant past and every morning we look to the skies and wish for brighter weather.
Our first year in Shapinsay didn't slow us down but now we know what people mean when they talk about the winter blues.
Rising in the morning is getting later and later.
Lethargy sets in
and all you want to do is sleep eat and keep warm.
Poor Hooch enjoys his walks but can't quite get used to the fact that they look like puddles but have a slippery surface which stops you from drinking from them.
The hens have stopped laying and are walking around looking very tatty. Its Osigar apparently, even the chickens need more sunlight.
Well at least we have a new radio station to listen to and SUPER STATION ORKNEY has given us a few laughs.
The only consolation there is to Winter is that it makes you appreciate Summer more
Hope all you in blogland are tucked up warm in front of your fires. I know thats where I would rather be.
And as TWS would say "Cheery for now"
Posted on On Top Of Ward Hill at 20:45
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