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Browsing Archive: January, 2010

Thawed out - 17th Jan 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, In : Crofting 

Well, it's all melted and the ground's a soggy, sodden mess.
Everyone moaned at the time, life was made a bit trying, but before we forget entirely, some images of the last month.


frosty fork


snowy drive



frozen loch


glazed front garden [yard]

 

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Ducks....Done a Runner? - 16th Jan 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Saturday, January 16, 2010, In : Crofting 
Done a Runner?

I wish that were the case. The other morning, 13 January 2010, I found no Runner Ducks in their hut. None to be seen in the dim Winter’s light. Checked the croft, all their usual spots, and the surrounding area. Nothing. Back to the enclosure and closer inspection revealed straw pulled out of their home, mixed with a few feathers.



what’s left

In the improving light, I saw that one female was still tucked in the back of the housing. El Ultimo Pato? The last duck standing.

I feel...

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Out Walking - Panoramas - 4th Jan 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, In : Crofting 

E and I went for a hike 2 Jan in the afternoon. Having figured out how to use my Canon 'PhotoStitch' software I produced these images taken out on the common grazings behind the croft.

glow on the horizon



cairn on hill


wide angle setting


elizabeth


sheep pens & disused dip

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Cosmo-kaze - 2nd Jan 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Saturday, January 2, 2010, In : Cocktails 
Or is it . . .Kami-politan? You pick.

Tis the season for the ‘blue hour’, that is time for cocktails. I’ve returned the tomes that guided me over a decade ago. And in the spirit of invention, thought this worked nicely as tasty aperitif.

Juice of one lime
2 shots (or two parts) Grand Marnier
3 shots (or three parts) premium Vodka
Splash or 2 of Cranberry juice (juice not sweetened drink)

Shake with ice, strain into well-chilled 70-90 ml 'shot-style' glasses. Serve immediately.

cosmokaze ingr...

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 Colin Macleod - Local Lad + Landscapes:

Again in the music-videologue-of-Lewis-vein: this one features the rather frightfully handsome lad, Colin Macleod. Pal of Dotjr, apparently. New CD (on Geffen) due out soon.

 

 

About Me


Barry Shelby Barry Shelby, American-gone-native-Scotsperson, Journalist , Photographer, Author and....Crofter located now at Earshader on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Barry, based for years in Glasgow, is now with his wife Elizabeth on the Islands off the North-West Coast of Scotland.

Images 

 

Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas,  also Isle of Lewis) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides (an archipelago) of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is 683 square miles (1,770 km2).

Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of Lewis and Harris, with the other part, Harris, being more mountainous. The flatter, more fertile land means Lewis contains the only town, Stornoway and three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles. Beyond human habitation, the island's diverse habitats are home to an assortment of flora and fauna, such as the golden eagle, red deer and seals and are recognised in a number of conservation areas.

Lewis is of Presbyterian tradition with a rich history, having once been part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different to elsewhere in Scotland with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.

 

(source Wikipedia)

So where is Earshader?

 

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