Red Sky In The Morning........

If you think it couldn't get any worse......ha I woke up to this the other day. Just blowing IN your mind.

Give it up to the shepherdess I reckon. Perchance to find one under the current financial crisis....Offers??

There wasn't a big storm but my scaffold took a bit of a hammering.......It moved three boards right off the scaffold.

I guess that's the least of my worries.

Look on the bright side I was offered a cat yesterday by Bridgette who lives in Blairich....I think its mentioned on the web somewhere...(Blairich...... not the cat!)....

Massive house and very lovely people.....I think the house has seven chimneys.....Oh yeah where was I?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4Wpychxh8

Ready for the storm.......I reckon........"Quote"

SnowRush

There is a sky after all. I was beginning to doubt it. We seem to have had so much snow, grey skies. What's going on?

I love the combination of colours here, I'm trying to be optimistic and appreciate that Spring will surface eventually.

Its tantalisingly close, just like the blue sky in the background.

"SnowRush".........Slow down and observe.

West Langwell Sky Burst

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sky Burst one day over the Loch

A great big hole appeared

Would it consume us?

How did we know it was friendly?

Not the day to go fishing

Unless of course you are not scared of Sky Bursts

I'm scared of Sky Bursts

This kind of Sky Burst can mean many things

Most Sky Bursts are friendly.............

This one has that element of menace

The kind of menace that you meet on your way to the Loch

Just after lunch.

Meltdown

This is how I feel right now.

After the Xmas and New Year craziness, everywhere I go all I can see is mud.

The snow has melted, but there is still the memory of the uniformity of the snow flake embellished in the mud.

Here it is.

The memory of a snowflake in the mud....

Perhaps we should take a few moments to reflect on Haiti and all the people suffering over there, as so often happens after disasters like this, the Worlds media moves away and the focus is less and less.

I know from personal experience that this is so.

The World needs a "Heart of Gold"..........Neil Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE

SnowShadows

I took this in colour on my silly little mobile phone which actually has a fairly low resolution 2megs I think. I then converted it to greyscale on paintshop pro........By adjusting the brightness its actually turned into a half decent photo.#

Oh by the way

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We had loads of snow but not many photos I'm afraid.

My neighbour, Hughie was taken ill over the New Year and I had to 'phone 999...He was being violently sick and drifting in and out of consciousness....Almost thought I would have to take his teeth out and perform mouth to mouth....Didn't relish that.

There were blizzard conditions, in fact it went "whiteout" for a while. There was no way a helicopter could land or the ambulance get through the snow drifts, so I 'phoned Mackie who has the biggest tractor in the world and snow plough.

He made it and rescued Hughie....boy was I glad to see him and the tractor steaming through the drifts. Hughie has recovered and is now back at home.....Best place for him.

"One last breath" Creed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yY1Nrznh4I

Freefallin..............

My Fire

Its December, The "Fire" becomes central to my existance.

Wake up..... get out of bed....its the first thing on my mind. Get Warm.

Everything else takes a back seat.

Late at night when its quiet and I can hear the gas escaping from the coal.....I reflect on all my tasks, my challenges. What will tomorrow bring?.

Is it a City burning?

I'm sure I can see Darth Vader in there somewhere.

Or are they just Chinese lanterns cruising around my mobile home?................The delights.

As we draw to the end of another year, I feel that as a part of this great escapade, nations and different cultures really don't understand each other. Global warming conferences in Copenhagen, whatever next?... Perhaps we will see Global caring conferences in Hollywood.

Is there actually a problem at all?. Lets get real over this. We are at the tail end of an Ice Age. The world is warming up.......Actually my feet are just starting to fall off with frost bite........So thats a load of old bollocks then.

Just found this band on spotify and now on utube....watch it in high def and pump up the volume.

"Impossible Germany".......Wilco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPAbjNT7nQY&feature=related

Magic.........

Sheep

I've been working with sheep for nearly 6 years and usually check the flock at least once a day. From late September they can more or less be left alone.......In fact most Crofters take their annual holidays around this time.

There is plenty of grass for them to graze on. Prior to my dealings with sheep I considered them to be rather stupid creatures......Not true.

They are highly aware of their environment, in fact they can be an early warning for severe weather......

If they are huddled in a group...beware.....very bad weather is approaching....

It has taken me a very long time to capture the "flock" mentality......Here it is.

I'm not too sure what they are looking at, the really amazing thing that I have found is that they can rotate their ears nearly 300 degrees..........Once you have realised this and walk quietly through the flock observing their ears.........Very wierd.

Also I have found that I can approach them and get really close by avoiding eye contact...They obviously look at my eyes being a potential predator.

This brings me to another gem:

Hem......"The Fire Thief"........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJRbhM3myEU