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All of you bloggers you will know that Hooch has been a part of this and the BBC blogs since it started way back when. Unfortunately we had to take him to the vets on Thursday and it was decided that there was nothing we could do for him.
He has been with us for over 6 years and [...]
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As I sit here I find it hard to beleive that my last post was over 3 months ago. Shame on me !!!
Well what has been going on here, to be honest I couldnt honestly tell you, Old Father Time has stolen last year from us and we are hurridly hurtling into 2010 without our [...]
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Yesterday the phone rang at Barebraes and upon answering it I was reliably informed that the Barge bound for the Fair Isles laden with pods for the bird observatory was leaving Hatsons Pier. After a short while I took the binoculars and peered over towards Kirkwall and there it was, lead by the pilot boat [...]
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Well I am not practicing for a tongue twister competition just trying to keep you up to speed on the past few weeks in Shapinsay.
As mentioned in the previous post it was the Shapinsay Horticultural Show.
What a turnout.
Despite the weather being far too dry for the veg the folk of Shapinsay did us proud. The [...]
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Well This year I have eventually got round to growing a few Veggies, not that we will need a lot just for the two of us but its a start.
Its been a bit hit and miss as the lovely Cabbages were demolished overnight by a swarm (not sure if this is the correct terminology) of [...]
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My how time flies…. here we are past the longest day and heading back into shorter days.
Shapinsay has been turned into a patchwork of Greens and Golds, silage stipes and Hay bales are everywhere. They say its been an exceptional year for the Silage, plenty of dry weather and most of the farms all stocked [...]
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Well Day Two and the Tea Cosy was kindly invited to a Jaunt at Haughland House. There was a spinning weekend and yours truly and the Cosy decided that we needed to learn the art of spinning and plying.
So off we went
We arrived at Haughland in time for Tea and Biscuits and were shown the fine [...]
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Yes Its Here !!!!
The very Nice DragonLady sent me ‘The Tea Cosy’ and now I am in possesion of a very fine peice of craftiness.
As you can see the natives have been very interested by the new edition to Barebraes and have taken no time in making the Tea Cosy feel at home.
I intend to [...]
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Well things have been ticking over but to be honest since my last blog I cant understand that were nearly into April and I have no news or pretty pictures of any significance whatsoever.
Life seems to have sucked Barebraes into a huge big black hole and days pass by without any excitement or catastrophe.
This is the [...]
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The residents of Shapinsay had a poll over the last few weeks to raise money for the Comic Relief cause.
On Saturday 2 poor chaps had their legs waxed for charity due to popular demand. you could hear the screams from here
What did you do or have done for charity ?
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