March 2025

2nd March – Another cold and very windy day, but Sunday is a training day for the lifeboat and they go out regardless.

This is the local boat returning to it’s berth and, hopefully, a good and hot lunch for the crew.

6th March – We went along to the Pier Arts Centre to see an exhibition of work by Scottish artist Bet Low.

We were very impressed with her artwork and there were over one hundred pieces on display. Although based in Glasgow, Low spent a lot of time in the Highlands and Islands gaining inspiration. Here are a few examples of her work at different periods in her career.

Apologies for the appalling photography. Taken with my phone and skewed to try and avoid reflections.

The gallery was also showing an exhibition of works from the Orkney primary schools. The standard of work was breathtaking for the ages of the young artists. Here are two that we admired.

These wintry landscapes were created by pupils at Hope Primary. Top drawing P7 (11 yrs), lower drawing P5 (9 yrs).

This incredible flamingo was created by a 9 year old pupil at St Andrews Primary in Kirkwall.

14th March – An atmospheric night sky with the moon popping in and out of the whispy clouds.

15th March – We’ve had a spell of beautiful sunny weather and the inhabitants of the pond are making the most of it.

20th March – The sunny spell is continuing, so we had a run up to Birsay. Not too many tourists about yet so it’s nice and quiet. The waves are always impressive here.

29th March – We were hoping for a glimpse of the partial eclipse this morning but the cloud cover was too heavy, actually raining. However, my friend, Terry, in Dounby managed this hazy shot with his phone before the clouds closed in. Rather looks like a rendering in pastel.