Archive - My Orkney Island Life

And so summer comes to an end

...although we live in hope of a few more sunny days

Sep 2 •

August 2024

No excuses - it's just Orkney!

Whatever will you do up there?!

Aug 16 •

April 2024

A bit of a breakthrough

but mine is not as big as some...

Apr 1 •

March 2024

Ringing the bell

Thirty-six hours in Orkney

Mar 18 •

December 2023

10 days to go and I haven't even made our cake

but my fountain pen now has green ink in it and I have written one card!

Dec 15, 2023 •

October 2023

Babet - but no feast

Stormy days on Orkney

Oct 21, 2023 •

June 2023

Skara Brae meets the Water of Life

A new tasting room inspired by our World Heritage Site Neolithic village

Jun 29, 2023 •

April 2023

And why I love our village shops

Apr 6, 2023 •

March 2023

Thursdays, dogs and a nice cup of tea

Why Thursdays simply are not going to be the same

Mar 10, 2023 •

February 2023

The February sunshine keeps feeding the urge and the need to garden - in between storms

Feb 21, 2023 •

January 2023

In the sky, at the Ceilidh and in my heart.

Jan 14, 2023 •

A New Year, the same cold and I still hate icing sugar

So here’s to 2023

Jan 6, 2023 •

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