2nd June – Lockdown is finally getting to us! H has started seeing faces in seashore pebbles!
Seriously though, it’s just a flat stone with bit missing and presented an opportunity for a bit of fun.
3rd June – These three pics are from the Orkney Library. They show Porteus Brae in Stromness over the last century.
Not much has changed over the years. Normally the street would be teeming with visitors but, as it says, this is 2020 and things are very different.
6th June – A dreich morning here, a solitary jogger putting us to shame as we sit and look out of the window.
H has been busy making face masks for friends and family and has set up a little production line in the front bedroom.
8th June – In the absence of a Folk Festival, we have to make our own entertainment.
The recycled plastic vegetable garden is coming on nicely. These flat boxes have lettuce. carrots and spring onions in them. The creel cloches have various seedlings and cuttings sheltered from the elements. See the post on the 17th April for the first concept with the orange box.
We used a large blue fish bucket to plant some potatoes and they have come up beautifully.
During the cold weather they were “earthed up” using seaweed and they seem to thrive on that. We’re looking forward to a nice crop later in the year.
9th June – Harry the Lockdown Snake was started about ten days ago down at Ness Point and he is still going! People walking past are invited to add a stone or pebble at the end. Most are plain but many painted ones are included. This is a little video posted by Orkney Library.
H has painted a few stones recently and placed them in the snake. She did a couple of nice Harry Potters but they’ve been pinched. I suppose that should be taken as a compliment.
Here are some of the others:
12th June – Noticed this Northern Marsh Orchid growing in the shadow of a rusty anchor. It’s in the old boatyard nearby, as it’s hardly ever used the yard has dozens of orchids in flower at the moment.
13th June – Ralph Robinson and his wife Patty Boonstra are artists living on South Ronaldsay. We got to know them through exhibitions in Stromness and we have some of their work. They have a wild otter which visits them and is confident enough to enter their house. Here are a couple of Ralph’s short video clips.
16th June – Flaming June at last. A beautiful day. Families paddling and kite flying, and Meadow Lark in full voice over Netherton Road.
18th June – Here’s a couple of Puffin pics. It’s late in the season for them now and they’ll be heading out to sea soon. Sorry, the photos are a bit blurry due to distance.
21st June – It was summer solstice yeterday, the longest day. This photo, taken at midnight, is looking to the north, over the harbour, there is still quite a bit of light to the northwest.
25th June – Local composer, Erland Cooper, has made this little video to accompany his latest album. It sees Erland running up Alfred Street, Stromness, towards the Museum. He cuts down an alley, with the Museum on his right.
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