Posts from ‘August, 2008’

Evangeline draws an Angel in the sand

Allowing ponies into our field has finally had the much anticipated and appreciated effect. The mushrooms have come.
What would we do without them? Since we animals can’t digest what’s left, thank goodness there are mushrooms to do it otherwise the world would be full of…

Westray cattle are a breed apart. I’m used to seeing docile unthinking beasts in Devon. Barely alive, seemingly semi-conscious, the Devon grass grazers are unaware of anything save a single ancestral flick of the eyes to register whether danger approaches. Westray beef steers, however, have a different life. Curious beyond normal measure, they race to [...]

Spectacular days and spectacular nights, with a breathtaking sunset inbetween. The days have taken on a eerie stillness and the seemingly everpresent wind drops in a strange lull. Wading birds call to one another as the light fades to crimson standing in the Bay of Tafts.