So, when we lived in Preston we did everything to stay at home in the weekends when hubby was not working, as that was quite rare. If we had to go shopping we were both fed up, easily annoyed and tired after only a few hours out in town...
Since we got to Orkney things have changed massively. We have been out fishing, gone to Kirkwall to windowshop (not much money) and been to the county fair. This weekend just gone we went fishing on Saturday (NOT successful and VERY windy), and on Sunday we started with going to the sandy beach close by walking with Tara for around 90minutes (with hubby collecting cockles and looking for razor clams), then we went home, I took a shower and hubby prepared sandwiches for himself. Then I gave him a ride to St Mary's village to do fishing, turned around and went to St Margaret's Hope to an exhibition of embroidery and knitting. The exhibition showed pieces from two lovely and talented ladies. It was nice to see that women in Orkney do embroidery, as I have not been able to find anything like it previously. Most of the crafts here is pottery, tapestry, painting, felting, knitting and jewellery making. I love all of it, and will enjoy going around seeing it all, but it is not something I do myself.
After the exhibition I drove back to pick hubby up...of course he was not ready when I got there, gave me a rod and asked me to do some fishing myself...we ended up staying an extra hour before driving home. When we got home I sat down trying to get organised, but ended up bringing even more stuff down from the loftspace, making an even worse mess in the living room...I brought down things that I am highly likely to work with up until we move again. The rest is still upstairs.
Got some pictures to show you. One especially is of Tara lying in the trunk of the car...Sabeel was removing the rods from the car, and she was adamant that we would not go anywhere without her...she is adorable... Another pic is of Pearl as she was walking behind me as I was walking around in the "garden" taking pics of flowers...I walked through some high grass, and it bent right back so she could not follow me...she did a proper CRY complaining to me. I tried to clear it for her, but she refused to go any further...lol The rest is simply flowers and view from upper level of the "garden".
Since we got to Orkney things have changed massively. We have been out fishing, gone to Kirkwall to windowshop (not much money) and been to the county fair. This weekend just gone we went fishing on Saturday (NOT successful and VERY windy), and on Sunday we started with going to the sandy beach close by walking with Tara for around 90minutes (with hubby collecting cockles and looking for razor clams), then we went home, I took a shower and hubby prepared sandwiches for himself. Then I gave him a ride to St Mary's village to do fishing, turned around and went to St Margaret's Hope to an exhibition of embroidery and knitting. The exhibition showed pieces from two lovely and talented ladies. It was nice to see that women in Orkney do embroidery, as I have not been able to find anything like it previously. Most of the crafts here is pottery, tapestry, painting, felting, knitting and jewellery making. I love all of it, and will enjoy going around seeing it all, but it is not something I do myself.
After the exhibition I drove back to pick hubby up...of course he was not ready when I got there, gave me a rod and asked me to do some fishing myself...we ended up staying an extra hour before driving home. When we got home I sat down trying to get organised, but ended up bringing even more stuff down from the loftspace, making an even worse mess in the living room...I brought down things that I am highly likely to work with up until we move again. The rest is still upstairs.
Got some pictures to show you. One especially is of Tara lying in the trunk of the car...Sabeel was removing the rods from the car, and she was adamant that we would not go anywhere without her...she is adorable... Another pic is of Pearl as she was walking behind me as I was walking around in the "garden" taking pics of flowers...I walked through some high grass, and it bent right back so she could not follow me...she did a proper CRY complaining to me. I tried to clear it for her, but she refused to go any further...lol The rest is simply flowers and view from upper level of the "garden".
Awwww, Tara is such a pretty girl!!! They all look happy to be where they are. I hope Darwin is still feeling well, as there is no snap of him. Unless the first snap is of Darwin. For some reason, I'm picturing an orange tabby... Maybe I'm wrong, lol. I'm glad you're enjoying your new place, Ylva!! The piccys are just gorgeous!!! You have such a great view. I'd love it there except it's away from all the stores. I'm such a city dweller in some ways! Glad everyone is settling in well and you're enjoying yourself. You so deserve it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie:) I did post some pics of Darwin for you:) I do enjoy most of living here, but if I did not have the Internet to do shopping I would probably go bananas...need to decide on a project tomorrow...am going bonkers without embroidery...
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