
Island Gardening

Image Wordless Wednesday – Blowin’ in the wind

Winter Visions

Let me a conjure a vision – a late December afternoon as the sunlight begins to fade and the shadows deepen, the trees are skeletal, an elegant tracery against the translucence of a winter sky. The wind swirls among the fallen leaves hustling them into corners to hide among the glowing stems of Cornus and
Winds of Change

Autumn in the Outer Isles can be somewhat blustery and at times storm lashed. Each year we get our share of violent storm force winds (Force 11 – winds over 64 mph) when it’s normally dinner by candle light and an early night with a hot water bottle. The winds can be very destructive and,

Image Wordless Wednesday – Mayflowers in October
