Tag Archives: swallows

Swallow-filled scents and a hidden beach

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Warm light has spread across us like butter melting on toast. A week ago winter splashed about and shrugged snow over the hills and now just a few white patches remain on the high peaks. As the ground warms here … 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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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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