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Haiku ~ Mountain Hare

Mountain Hare moves first

Chooses direction later

Move and see what's coming...

I apologise in advance if this turns into a mish-mash of ideas and a ramble. I'm trying to tease the Who I Am Response out of the knotted tangle of Emotional Reactions of what I have seen over the past few days. I reject the idea that the riots that have dominated several English cities are simply a product of poverty, or race. I see people from all walks of life indulging in this behaviour - men and women, boys and girls of many ethnic backgrounds. They are not dressed in rags, they are in ... read more

RIP Gemma

You were perfect, even when you pinched the cat food ... read more

Meeting The Standing Stones of Stenness

It's a while since we journeyed to Orkney, but it's never too late to share snippets from the journey... Travelling along the main road (which by the by is two lanes - one in each direction) we saw a howe (hillock or knoll) in the middle of a field, and we stopped in by to make arrangements. Further along the road we saw the Barnhouse Stone, protected by fencing in the middle of farmland. As we travelled towards a narrow causeway between the Loch of Harray and the Loch of Stenness, we could ... read more

Red Tailed Bee Taks A Dram

I found this little fellow on my garden path looking a bit dazed and confused. He seemed to be trying to get somewhere, but unable to fly.

Our bees are precious and they are under threat and I tried to help by sending Himself inside to dilute some honey with water on a saucer. I nudged the bee off my finger onto the plate and he immediately began to drink. It took quite a while for him to get his fill, but then a bees tongue is a ... read more

Mester Assipattle and Mester Stoor Worm

It is said that once there was a great Sea Serpent who came down through time named The Stoor Worm. The Stoor Worm was so enormous that one woman could spend a lifetime travelling without seeing all of its great body. Many tales abound, or have been lost or forgotten but the tale that is spoken most often is the tale of Mester Assipattle and Mester Stoor Worm. The great Mester Stoor Worm held the people under a spell as it ... read more

Flying Solo

I gaze out at the hazy blue sky, relishing the bright sunshine after days of wind and rain. I am up early, getting things done, energised. A movement catches my eye and I am mesmerised by the sailing shape of a Buzzard. This is the front window that looks over the town to the Forth and I am used to watching Buzzards out the back windows. I relish this unusual sight.

Then a Crow flies into the ... read more

Butterfly Flutterby

I caught a segment of the BBC morning show this morning that left me disappointed and throwing my hands up in the air at what passes for "work" these days. The segment was supposed to be highlighting how gardeners can help to combat the decline in butterfly numbers by planting butterfly friendly plants. You can imagine my disappointment (and random mutterings) when the entire segment seemed to focus on "plant Buddleia and aren't ... read more

How To Create Change…

When I skimmed my RSS reader this morning, my eye was caught buy a post entitled How To Create Change: Don't Help People. I opened the post and, before I started reading, I made a few wee assumptions... I was going to read a timely reminder about saying No to time predators I was going to read something wholly inspiring and uplifting I was going to nod my head and agree with everything I read Although the timely reminder didn't materialise in the post itself, I was prompted to ... read more