After a night of heavy snow falls and strong winds, this was the scene that greeted us this morning. The croft was inundated with snow after 18 hours of unrelenting blizzards that closed roads and schools around the region. When the Other Half was returning with the Big Lad from his swimming lessons at Huntly […]
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Tag Archives: Nature
Winter sunset
17 January, 2010 
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As I was driving home from the feed merchant, I realised we were in for a magnificent sunset and wished I’d had the camera with me. All I could do was keep my fingers crossed that there’d still be something to see when I reached the croft. There was. I jumped from the truck, not […]
Read moreEver get the feeling you’re being watched?
15 July, 2009 11 Comments
I went out the shut the chickens up for the night, but as I was leaning into one of the cockerel boxes to slide the pophole shut I had the sudden feeling I was being watched. I slowly raised my head and looked around. As I swept my eyes across the mass of nettles beneath […]
Read moreBumble bees at work
16 June, 2009 16 Comments
We had a rare break in the weather today, with the sun breaking through the clouds and the rain easing. The warm, dry conditions brought the bumble bees out in force and, after a lot of patient stalking, I managed to get a few photos of two in action on the onion flowers.
Read moreThe ugly side of nature
23 February, 2009 38 Comments
I was carrying the first of the feed buckets through the byre and out to the pigs for their evening meal when I heard a piglet screaming at the top of the hill. I dropped the buckets and ran all the way to the top of the hill, expecting to find Doris sitting or lying […]
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