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It’s been a glorious day.  Total calm and the sun has shone.

I am trying to be organised because I leave for London tomorrow.  If I see something I should take, I grab it as I go past and quickly put it by my bags before I forget again. Carpe diem because in the next second I will have forgotten.

Pepper has assured me she will behave and not go ...


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To town again for lunch with an old school friend who was visiting Shetland.

This was the view from our table at Fjarå Café Bar.  Not too shoddy at all. We were looking over Breiwick Bay to Bressay with The Knab on our left.

We nattered for hours about everyone and everything and were eventually told our table was needed for others so had to leave.  How ...


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It’s been a very blowy day – the sort of day you could lose your car door if you’re not careful.   So I was careful.

Flossie (who is home to look after the animals when I go away) and I fought our way round serving breakfast in the low buckets that rarely blow away.

Afterwards, I drove to Lerwick for a hair appointment. I want to try at least to look a l...


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I can see the sheep field from the bathroom window. I find that it is a very good way to keep an eye on them to see whether they’ve gone out or not.

Today, Lambie hadn’t moved from the spot where I left him – the concrete step outside the wee shed.  Yes, two hours later and he was still standing there.

Sighing, I put on my waterproofs (the weather was vi...


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It is definitely Autumn now. It smells like Autumn. It feels like Autumn and the garden has quickly departed from it’s hanging-onto-the-last-of-summer mode and moved swiftly to Autumn. There will soon be dead leaves everywhere too.

I used to say Autumn was my most favourite month in Shetland but I think I am changing my mind. These days I prefer Spring.

In


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