Monthly Archives: May 2016

Washing and drying along the river bank

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

As it trickled through the recent days of heat our ‘Red River’ reddened, becoming shallower, its music softer. The Abhain Dearg took on the colour of old blood and its stones and pebbles shone in rust and bronze. Some of the … Continue reading →

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Spring-Summer-heat

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Heat. Real heat. Not the usual Highland snatch of sunny warmth and hazy dampness where we still need to seek a secluded spot to shelter from a cool sea breeze, but authentic summer-hot, dust-dry heat. It arrived almost instantaneously, within … Continue reading →

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May Day and the icy end of April

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

May blew in last night from the south. Around midnight windows rattled and doors banged as winds slewed about the croft house. So much raucous energy needing space; and here by the coast it tumbled and shouted and threw buckets … Continue reading →

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