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16 October 2014

Hermit Life


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Yippee For Summer!

Because it looks like it`s finally here at last on Sunny Sanday, all the whole week o` it!
Sun, heat, more sun, bring it on, love it!
This week saw oor roond bale o` straw turn up...aka...the target for oor archery practice. So oot I went wi` one o` me new bows, the very pretty one wi` the wooden riser, and got tae shooting, and it`s addictive! Only the wind drove me back indoors, no` that it was a gale or onything, just strong enough tae deflect the arrows.
It`s a big deal different frae shooting the crossbow...for one thing, ye need tae remember tae bend your arm holding the bow at the elbow. This is because if ye dinnae, ye get the maist painful "twang" o` the string across the inner elbow as it shoots the arrow.
So yours truly has twa o` the maist horrendous bruises there...and did it put me off? Och no, not one wee bit! I LOVE archery! And am utterly hooked.
Noo, if I could just persuade something other than a bale o` straw tae be a target.....(just kidding folks, honest!)
I hae some pictures tae put on here, me friend frae the sooth end o` Sanday took them wi` her digicam which is better than my ain, being as mine is still at me daughters and has nae zoom. So there is a pic o` the merganser and some o` me ducklings plus one wee wild one wha` managed tae get stuck in one o` the hens runs. No` very bright, ducks.....
And I am off intae toon tomorrow on the ferry, which might be a bonny day seeing as there is nae great wind forecast. So if a gale turns up tomorrow, I`ll ken something is just picking on me.....
And the first coat o` paint is on the room for the medieval feast, and me outfit is all ready for it, the recipes sorted oot...thankfully the same friend wi` the digicam, a lovely lassie, is helping me oot wi` the cookery there, and wi` only aroond three weeks tae go it`s a guid job tae!
All the beasts are doing just fine, the sun shines, and yours truly is happy. Keeping life simple is a guid recipe for that.....guid food, guid company, plenty o` sunshine and I would say the peace and quiet o` the countryside but the birds have been cheeping, chirrupping and whistling a` the day long....plus, I have seven cockerels still (including twa we are babysitting at the minute) and a wheen o` ducks and noisy geese so earplugs are sometimes a guid idea here....









Posted on Hermit Life at 19:39

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enjoy your trip,hope the journey will be smooth.enhoyed the pics, what is it in the second one?

carol from cupid draw back your bow


Howdy! I love the ducks!!! Did you ever get the email I sent you? My own email is hokey so I don't know if you replied or not - sometimes I never get emails that folks send. I set up a new email account and it froze up and hasn't worked since. I can't win!!

Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney


Very busy with work but just a quickie (apart from thanks for the photos, great stuff): the closer shot of your merganser makes me think it's not a merganser, it's a Mandarin Duck. Perhaps you could check him out again. If he is a mandarin, maybe that's why he's so bossy!

Jill from EK


Sorry about the wind Hermit, it was the Chilli that I had, it always does that to me, sorry again. As for target practise, I can think of many things, none of which are animal-friendly, so better not say....

Tws from Everywhere


My comment from yesterday hasn't appeared - it was just to say that I think your merganser is a mandarin duck!

Jill Williams from EK


Awwww...those two wee kitties all curled up together nearly melted my heart. That Merganser is amazing. He is very striking. Thanks for these pics. Blessings, Vera Nadine

Vera Nadine from www.veranadine.com


Your ducks are lovely, even the nest looks decorative - nice touch with the pink string!

alix from west midlands


Jill, is a mandarin one o` they ducks the Chinese serve up wi` thon orange sauce?! *looks again at the peedie duck and wonders how many it would feed* He`s also gaun bald!! Moulting, I think, he has lost a fair bit o` his crest. Still though, so long as there is nae thing wrong wi` him I`m mair than happy he is hanging aroond. Michelle, I did reply tae your email, did ye no` get it? *mutters at the vagaries o` the net* Tws, nane o` mine were animal friendly either...bearing in mind me dad is a poacher.....but the only poachable wildlife on Sanday are the rabbits, and it`s nae fun when the farmers are usually glad ye shoot them!

Hermit from Sanday


I think it's a Mandarin too. The green wingflash is wrong, and the red-breasted merganser has a dark green head. It is one of only two sawbills in the UK, the other is the goosander. Mandarins are exotics and usually kept in captivity.

Flying Cat from ReadersDigestBookOfBirds


Eh Hermit, I think the Chinese have a preference for Peking duck!! But then, that may well be a canard ...

mjc from NM,USA




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