Morning Fall About
Posted: Tuesday, 02 January 2007 |
5 comments |
Have been taught more new Shetland words by my ever lovely neighbours - this time, "keegle ower". This was in relation to how many New Year celebration drinks we could share and enjoy from the mobile bonds being carried round the houses by all our Yell first foots before we all keegled ower!
It is usual anyway to keegle ower in Yell. My morning walk to the beach with the dogs involved the keegle ower wind blowing me about quite a bit, to the extent I swayed about a lot - so anyone seeing me would be thinking 'aye, a fair few consumed there!' (The New Year Day champagne yesterday was just wonderful - but was of a calibre that did not encourage a keegle ower)
Anyway, the beach was as ever, totally stunning. My dogs just love the rumpus the soft sand offers them and they charge about sniffing and searching for otter tracks (which they usually find). Today the dogs and I watched a perfect rainbow being formed across the Sound and as I stood there - being in the moment - I experienced one of those visual instances that stays within soul for evermore. One of those moments when at times of sadness or despair that very instance can be called upon again and helped to lift the spirit to a lighter place of being.
Posted on Northern Light at 13:19
Comments
Welcome to the world o island blogging. As I am currently in need o een o dem visual instances to lift my spirits mebbe you could tak a peedie camera wi dee on future walks and then blog it?
Ruthodanort from Unst
Happy 2007 to you Northern Light (although you are probably south of us here in Fetlar unless you are in Cullivoe). All 3 nort isles have blogs. Hooray!
Muness from Fetlar
Wonderful, I can almost feel the moment, I know just what you mean and the Northern Isles are so good with them.
Lerwick Trevor from L
even tho i am far from the northern isles, reading these comments transports me to a shetland beach.. i can hear the tide! I am currently ashore in east anglia . familiar landing of viking travellers long ago, they certainly left their mark! but i canna convince the council here about up hellya!
claire from norfolk. u.k.
completely fascinated by the northern isles, and often i've no idea what's being said, but I love the blogs. one day i hope to travel there, but for now i'm happy reading the posts.
catherine from north carolina, u.s.
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