A dark tortoiseshell cat glares at the camera. She is here to be taken to the vet and dressed before returning to her crofter owner. She was to go to another fosterer but now it looks as though I’m having her for her recovery.
My latest guest is not impressed. 🙀😻🐈⬛
A ginger kitten lies all cosy on cushions and a teddy bear.
A calico cat stretches across the duvet.
Lazy #Caturday 😻🐈🐈
The loch is dark under grey clouds.
A rock full of waders at North Ford.
Still blustery and the waves were sending spray over the causeway at high tide. #waders gathered on a rock, waiting for the tide to fall. #uist
Dark clouds low over the loch
Strong winds overnight, blustery this morning. #uist
The picture shows a needle made of bone, it resembles its modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures!
This sewing needle was made from animal bone some 13,000 years ago.
Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start
Length: 5.6 cm
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺
Daffodils and hyacinths in terracotta pots outside the sitting area window. Spot the wee face watching me. 🙀😻🐈
The clouds have gathered and the wind is blustery. I’ve spent 10 minutes planting a few things. #uist
The sun dazzles in the blue sky and a skein of geese flies across.
My friend R and I took a gentle walk in the wind and sun. The geese flew over and a skylark sang. #uist
The sun dazzles in a blue sky and glitters on the waters of the loch.
The road verges are golden with old grass and green with the new growth.
A glorious day #uist
North Norfolk peeps, I’m giving a fundraising talk for my friends at St Margaret’s in Ruins, Raynham, on 30th April. It’s on 100 years of Norfolk Wildlife Trust and features an amazing archive of paintings, photographs and stories.
Eriskay, 2021
#otd
A tabby cat lies curled up in an armchair, toes in the air and dead to the world.
The same cat on the stool in front of the window, totally relaxed with one front paw hanging over the edge.
I think #Brady #FosterKitten is finally feeling safe to sleep with abandon , after months on guard in the wild. 😻🐈
The western sky is bands of palest yellow, red, and blue, reflecting in the water in the ruts in the driveway.
#sunset #uist
There’s a single rain cloud in the west blocking the sun. Above it, blue sky and mackerel clouds.
Nips outside and retrieves the washing from the line. 😉 #uist
A tranquil moment
#PoseTonCiel
#Photography
#seatherapy
Two carpet samples, both a slightly heathered green, the top darker, the lower lighter. The lighter green is called Highland so I think we have a winner. 😉
Choosing new #carpet for the stairs and landing.
A bowl of blue hens’ eggs on a pine kitchen table.
A tabby cat asleep on a cushion on a golden chair.
#Eggs - the #hens are being productive. #Brady #FosterCat is not. 🤣😻🐈🐓🐓🐓🥚🥚🥚🥚
Pyjamas, towels, and underwear blowing in the wind on a washing line amid green fields.
Hazy sunshine and a hint of mackerel sky above the loch.
#WashingLine #uist while the sun lasts.
View from the hill above Bayhead with the sun breaking through a grey haze.
Looking north from the causeway, is the blue sky winning?
Sun in a hazy silver sky over a silver loch.
Surprisingly, the #sun is breaking through #uist
Looking over to the lochan. Dark clouds and rain.
A ginger kitten Claus sits on the stool in front of the window, prepared to repel all boarders.
I don’t know how but a tabby cat Brady is snoozing on the stool.
A blustery wet morning. There has been some competition for the stool. #uist 🙀😻🐈🐈
In the foreground, a dish containing a partially eaten salmon fish cake. Beyond it, a tabby cat seated on an armchair stares intently at the food.
Of course, there may be an element of cupboard love… 🤣😻🐈
She deals with the overlapping but different versions, and is also faithful to the mixture of past and present tenses in the original. So an easier read I expect.
A piece of red knitting in the round and a tape measure in a yarn bowl.
I am of course #knitting my #MeltTheIce hat while listening. 🧶
Who’s translation? Judith Jesch has published a new one and the extracts that she is reading seem excellent.
The poster for the Saga of the Earls of Orkney, illustrated by a picture of 4 Lewis chessmen.
#HistoryScotland webinar -The Saga of the Earls of #Orkney 🤩
The 2026 Viking Society for Northern Research student conference takes place at the University of Liverpool on 11 April. Includes student lectures, launch of the paperback 'Embers of the Hands' by Dr Eleanor Barraclough & plenary lecture by Prof Howard Williams @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social
Ben Kenneth and the hull of Stardust.
South Uist, 2020
#otd
A magnificent tabby cat sits on a golden chair like a king on his throne.
The tabby cat loafs on a stool, looking out of the window.
The tabby cat on the stool silhouetted against the window.
#Brady #FosterCat #ProdigalSon is astonishing - he is as tame as ever. I can’t stroke him yet but you’d think he never left. 😻🐈
Looking across the gleaming loch so a pale sun in a silver sky.
The sea channel from near the post bridge x under a silver gilt sun. There’s even a hint of blue.
South from the hill above Bayhead, there are big grey clouds gathering but the sun still shines pale.
Unexpected but welcome silvery sunlight. #uist
A ceiling of billowing dark clouds over the leaden loch.
Rather a dark morning after yesterday’s sunshine. #uist
In Dutch Kenau means a strong bossy woman, to some it's an insult, but not to me because I know the story behind the word.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you;
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
