http://www.thehallofeinar.com notes on a very small island Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:36:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Dog Whelk perches on a barnacle encrusted rock waiting for the moon to pull the sea back over it like a foamy blanket. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/dog-whelk/ The kitchen garden at Noltland is green and fertile as dawn  breaks over the ruin. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/vegetables-at-noltland/ A character face, I’d say, rather than a beautiful or handsome one. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/beauty-parade/ A landscape full of beautiful inquisitive cattle.  Wandering along the beach at Aikerness. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/cattle-panorama/ Krummi the Icelandic wonder-pony searches out another Polo mint. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/crummie/ The Lochs at Aikerness are empty, dry and dusty. There has been no proper rain for weeks. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/cracked-earth/ At this time of the year the ripening wheat takes on the colour of the sun on a seemingly endless summer day. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/wheat-and-sunshine/ Today the jellyfish came; hundreds were washed up on Westray’s beaches. Mostly they were clear with pale pink and lilac frills, a handful were deep inky purple.  Their alien life forms litter the shore. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/the-day-of-the-jellyfish/ Noup Head Lighthouse stands magnificent and alone on the cliffs; a brilliant shining warning of the skerries below. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/noup-head-lighthouse/ Noup Head, the RSPB reserve, is seabird city. Here is a Fulmar, crouching  ungainly on the cliffs, waiting to wheel into the air. ]]> http://www.thehallofeinar.com/2009/08/seabird-city/