Queen Eider and photo bombing gannet. The orange bill, position of the nostrils and the sails all indicate borealis. Bottom line is that my interest in eiders has been tricked.

Look up, see more stuff. Brightening up a dull day. Headed West then East, and all was New Year gloom. The ancient pulse of germ and birth was indeed shrunken hard and dry. The camera stayed at home because light was in short supply. Around the water treatment works were a string of monochrome cutouts, Redwings. Spooked out to just in fr.

Tales of mischief, woe and intrigue. well, not really, pretty much about birds and wildlife to be honest! Thursday, 16 October 2014. Shetland 2014 - Day 8 - The Lancy, the Rubythroat and a fond farewell til next year. Fred Fearn was with us and this w.

Wildlife, Images and Blog from 60 degrees North and the Island of Unst. Sunday, 26 April 2015. Anyway, enough of that, what about the last few months? Over the Christmas period, we had several couples staying in the cottage - here. Early in January, we one or two nice evenings with an almost f.

This is the blog for our little farm in Skagit county. Here we raise Shetland sheep, Nigerian Dwarf goats, and Satin Angora rabbits. In addition we have donkeys, llamas, cattle, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, peafowl and pheasants. The blog describes the weekly activities here. Is how I am feeling trying to keep up with the animals, garden and orchard with both of us working full-time. And here is 5 gallons of plum wine started.

Sunday, 22 March 2015. Saturday, 21 March 2015. Friday, 20 March 2015. For a change of habitat I decided to spend the day along the river at Rimbi, no surprises in what I saw, just birds typical of the area - 5 Plumbeous Water Redstarts, 1 Verditer Flycatcher, 1 Brown Dipper, 2 Crested Serpent Eagle, 2 Long-tailed Minivets, 2 Grey Treepie, 1 Mountain Tailorbird, 20 Himalayan Bulbul and a dozen or so Spangled Drongo. Thursday, 19 March 2015. Wednesday, 18 March 2015.

Catching up on recent otter encounters, a sequence from recent trip where we spent a couple of hours with this family. Although it was a howling gale, up to force nine at times, these two cubs, guided by their mother, carried on with their day none the less. It was a strange day to be out with otters with the battering wind and yet it was a beautiful blue sky day. Sunday, 29 March 2015. Otters in early morning Shetland spring light. A couple of images of an early morning encounter .

Shetland - Rain or shine, always beautiful! Shetland - sheep, fish, sun or storm, always beautiful! A gorgeous group of islands that I have the luck to live in. Friday, 21 June 2013. I never made it for simmer dim last night. Thursday, 20 June 2013.

Welcome to my wonderful world of handmade lampwork beads and handcrafted jewellery . I enjoy making handmade beads that are not mass produced and have that original feel and look. As my beads are not mass produced not every bead is the same and can vary ever so slightly . This is why I feel excitement each time I melt glass as each time is like the first time. Any imperfections are stated in my descriptions so buyer please be aware . Enjoy looking at my beads. Tuesday, 20 March 2012.