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Well, I`ve never had an online journal before, and now I have one, me mind`s gone blank!
Well, I live on Sanday, have done for some years now, with my partner and my grown son. For a living, I hand tan sheepskins and cowhide. I love this island, warts and all, though maybe I`d already had a taste of what island life would be like afore I moved here as I lived on South Uist at one point, in the Hebrides.
We live in a wee hoose with some beasts, the much scorned goats, cats and a collie, geese and ducks and hens.
I`m a quiet kind of biddy, liking to keep meself to meself, don`t go out much (see now, I knew this would be boring, so am not surprised if no-one reads it!) and just getting on with life.
Like describing meself as a `hermit`, because with no social graces whatsoever I do get tongue tied around folks and so they think I`m an anti social wifie a`thegither...whereas, I`m just shy really...:D
Life on an island has it`s own pace...a quiet and steady one. That`s one of the attractive things for me. If I had to change only one thing, it`d be the weather, and sure I cannot be the only one saying that!
The winds howl and the rain makes the track muddy and fills the potholes and is death to car exhausts. Ever notice that no matter how many times you fill in the potholes, next time it rains heavy, the chippy stanes get flushed right back oot again!?
It`s a good job I`ve mair ducks than hens..they can swim at least, and they need to lately with the rain we had recently. :D

Been watching the news of this bird flu doon sooth. Am right glad it`s no up this way yet. Not because I`m feared o catching it, but for all the lockdown rules and regs that apply when it turns up. Given the amount of wild birds we get to the island I`m also surprised we haven`t had it yet, but am glad we haven`t.
There`s a wee pond at the side of oor track, it has swans on it every winter. I always watch oot for them coming in, and the other wild birds....I guess I should go on one o` they ranger walks, but with work and the state of me health maybe not...but I recognise one or two of the birds...the wild mallards, waders and curlews and plovers, though the group of herons that used to come to the pond are getting less every year, which is kind of sad.

They are sorting the road at the bottom of oor track this month too...every time we`d a gale the sea washed up rocks and weed and rubbish onto the road and the council have to get the big machinery oot to clear it awa` again.
So the road will be closed for aboot a month, and they`ll maybe be building some sea defences to stop the gales trying to build the Sanday coastline up wi` mair big rocks and seaweed!

Well, that`s aboot all I can think o`, for me first blog. Sorry if anyone reads this and goes tae sleep ower it! Hopefully next time I`ll have something mair interesting to write aboot. :D