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Renovating an old school on a remote island

Rolling in the clover - photograph (c) 2016 David Bailey (not the)

Let me sleep in a bed of clover

The white clover is beautiful. In many places in the world people are discouraged from growing it because it attracts bees which may sting people. Personally I’d rather have bees than lawyers.

5,000 quills

A strange beast of 5,000 quills has decided to pay us a visit.

Mice nibble knee protectors - photograph (c) 2016 David Bailey (not the)

The Church of Scotland

From the air, the Church of Scotland Kirk looks just as imposing as it does when on the road below. I can …

Bistort

Bistort in flower in the garden at Einar.

Water and ceilings

I think the rain may have been getting in, don’t you?

Einar from the air

What a thrill to see my house from the air.

Using my loaf

The secret to a rich semi-wholemeal loaf? A duck egg.

Life is full of little jobs I never finish

Woodlice in the lightshade

It’s been a long journey. To get to their final resting place, these Woodlice have had to get through the gaps between …

I’m not saying my house is damp but…

This used to be a screw. This is what happens to metal when it lives in a damp atmosphere.

Rusty metal buoy

I love beachcombing so I was delighted to find this metal buoy rusting on a beach; A beautiful find.

Glasgow, St Mungo and Midges

The toilet cisterns in Einar’s old school toilets say St Mungo on them. St Mungo is the patron saint of accused adulterers …

Emptying woodlice from the bread machine

I remembered to empty the woodlice from the toaster when I arrived. I forgot about the ones inside the bread machine. There’s …

Sunrise

Broad horizons. Breathtaking clouds. Constantly changing skies. That’s the view of Westray from my window.

6:43 am

I really must put the curtain pole back up with all this early sunshine directly into my eyes in the bedroom.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

Tread? More like trample all over. The horses have left their mark on my rhubarb.

Spider in the bath

It’s time for a bath and that means yet another spider to wash down the plug hole.

Lady’s Mane

Lady the Shetland Pony is ginger and blonde.

Petting Lady

Lady loves to be petted. She loves carrots more though.

Lady likes a carrot

Lady the ginger and blonde Shetland pony loves a carrot.

Rust and peeling paint are two of my favourite subjects to photograph, which is good because Einar has so much of it to choose from. So does the rest of the Island. Here is the door of the dilapidated mill near the Castle o’ Burrian.