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I was told the other day that I didn't blog much any more. I argued the point, but on reflection, it's probably a true enough statement. So now I have a spare moment I'll do a 'miscellaneous' blog. (Nuthin aboot anythin in particular, just a few bits and pieces.)

I work in the local school and this term is becoming busy. It always does, cos we try and squeeze all the activities we can into the 'summer' term in the hope that the weather will allow us to do them.

Last week I was helping out with a week of sailing, taking kids back and foreward from school for a session with an RYA instructor on sailing Picos. Picos are little moulded plastic dinghies that are great fun to learn sailing in, and are nearly indestructable. I had been scared to take my nice camera oot on the safety boat in case it got wet, so got permission to take a school one instead. I had been really careful, wrapping it in a plastic bag and keeping it in the peedie cubby hole on the boat. However, best laid plans and all that...... you know what happened. (It didn't end up in the drink, but it got dripped on while we were hauling someone into the boat, and now it doesn't work.)

In fact last week was hectic, as my sister, her 2 kids, and our parents came up for a visit. It was really great to see them all, and chaos reigned all week. They've all gone now, and my house is once more back to merely background levels of chaos.



Two caddie lambs added to the mayhem. I've got them till July, it's not much bother for me as they are in my back garden, so it just takes a minute or two to feed them. The local cats don't really know what to make of them.



For the last year I've been working on starting a small photography business. (and no, the lamb pic above is not indicitive of what they look like!) I sell them in a few Shetland shops, and am gradually working on getting a website going. On Saturday I had to get an early ferry as I was hanging some for exhibition in a cafe on the main street in Lerwick. It's all starting small, I do a lot of landscapes, and some corporate work, and 'fly-on-the-wall' wedding stuff. Don't think it'll make me a millionaire, but it's interesting, and nice to work at something I enjoy.

My oldest daugher starts at the Anderson High School in Lerwick tomorrow, and right now she is upstairs packing a few things to take for her stay in the hostel. I will miss having her around a lot, but it's really great to see her moving on and getting on with her life.

This week I also booked my ticket to Norway. This was really the highlight of my week, as the reason for going there in summer is to see my bloke, who I've not seen for months. (I feel a bit old now, at 37, to say I have a boyfriend, but I guess that must strictly speaking be the classification he falls into.) So if booking tickets to see him is so exciting, what WILL I be like when it comes time to actually go there? Now I feel like a teenager again!