Tag Archives: croft

Talks-walking, eye-blindings and wild spraintings

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

July is a month of flickering, in and out, up and down. Heat and searing light give way to cooler silvery days filled with midges and mists, the latter gently spreading diamonds on leaves and flowers, in and out, up … Continue reading →

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Wild meetings and mirages

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

A heron-grey early dawn. Through my open window wet scented air slipped in. It smelled wonderful. After days of heat that has bleached bog mosses and sucked moisture from soil, the rain was very welcome. Scents slicked over my tongue … Continue reading →

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Winter’s arrival and otters by the shore

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

I woke this morning after a dream about a Tru(i)mphant bloke with blond fly away hair. Actually there were hundreds of them, rather like the dream sequence in Disney’s Dumbo, where elephants dance and morph into strange shapes and then … Continue reading →

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Midsummer: inner sounds and outer colours

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Since the summer solstice sunshine and showers have been passing quickly across the croft, hills and sea. The bright warmth of recent weeks still clings to the North West Highlands and the air is filled with countless trillions of tiny … Continue reading →

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Easter Rising

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Winter, Spring, Winter, Spring, Summer, Winter, Spring. Three seasons, all within a few short weeks. Snow, sun, ice, heat, flood. The strange, turbulent and contrary weather continues causing puzzlement and concern. Yet the vernal equinox was blessed with a calm … Continue reading →

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Syrup-days, ink-skies and a belly-aching roar

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

We have skipped past the start of astrological autumn and the equinoctial balancing of night and day and danced into October. Everything has changed: light, sounds, smells, colours. And the heavens delighted us all recently with a mystic, blood-red, super-moon … Continue reading →

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A moonstone otter evening

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Years ago, my mother had a moonstone ring. A pale blue, perfectly smooth, oval stone set simply in old gold. No fancy swirls or filigree, just a thick band to grasp a finger and a sturdy setting to claim the … Continue reading →

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The comfort of hawthorn and song thrush

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

It is mid May, and the late evening sun sets below Hebridean island silhouettes and ocean waters, leaving a residue of light and brightness. Nights are thin and watery now. Winter deeps and darks and diamond encrusted, frosty midnights are … Continue reading →

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Pathering, poddling and clearing the mind

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Each morning I take a short walk across the croft, along a rough track and down the cliff, following a narrow trail by the shore and along to a nearby sandy beach. Dog dashes back and forth gathering bits of … Continue reading →

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