Tag Archives: environment

Fire and fury (and cuckoos)

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

On Saturday morning a surprise landed on the lawn as I knelt gardening. A cuckoo, his livery as blue as the waters of the Inner Sound rippling with currents of platinum-grey and violet, his abdomen a striped T-shirt. His “Cu-ckoo” … Continue reading →

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Whale bones and wintry wilds

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Snow appeared on our mountain tops with the back-turning of clocks, just as it usually does, so now days are constricted, confined at each end by swift sunrises and swifter sunsets. Each incremental diurnal shortening can almost be tasted. To … Continue reading →

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Holidays, remote beaches and an unusual summer storm

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Summer (school) holidays are in full swing and it’s been raining. Of course it has; just when you want some dry warmth so children can run about and enjoy the freedom of hill and beach on their Highland holidays torrential … Continue reading →

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