View of blue clouds in sky looking across grassy garden.

So light at 8pm. Lovely. #Orkney

A popular beach in Orkney. #seals

View of bright blue sky and blue sea of Kirkwall Bay. A sunny light day.

Lunchtime view pretty good today in #Kirkwall

House History Workshop Ever wondered when your house was built, who lived there before you, or what other buildings used to be nearby?

Advance notice of a House History Workshop at St Ninians Library, Saint Ninians, Stirling, on Friday 21st November, 10am to 11.30am. Stirling Council Archives staff will guide you through #HouseHistory research in this hands-on workshop. Free, but booking essential. #OnePlaceWednesday

🤣🤣🤣 Excellent!

A row of Archive stacks with turning handles

In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing.

Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇

#WorldPhotographyDay #ChurchillBarriers #Orkney

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Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!

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Travel-ted is enjoying his new Orkney chair. Handmade by Billy Fotheringhame. #OrkneyChair #Travelted

Sometimes it is fun to have bad eyesight. I read this as "Fruit, plain or Chinese scones' and then spent a good 10 seconds wondering what Chinese scones are.

I think it is a lost cause.

A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

When I was wee, i constantly got my 'd's and my 'j's mixed up. This was a problem at tea parties with grannies and their friends, as i would shout, "pass the dam tarts!" across the table. #teaparty #jamtarts

None sadly.

Great set from #Saltfishforty tonight in #Rousay Left before the dancing bit, cos I'm an auld woman.

A night away...

Moor looks amazing just now. Like a fairyland. #Harray

Something wot i wrote... Really hope to find out how he got on with his travels after leaving Scotland. #CharlesMillot

A black and white photograph of three young children. One of them is standing beside a small goat which is pulling a cart with two children sitting aboard.

In Germany they had Volkswagen but in #Orkney we had Goatswagon. 🐐

4. You are forced to look at the land (since no sky) and see the beautiful heather moors.

3. Driving a single track road can be challenging, but most drivers go slower in fog.

2. Everything looms out of the mist like a Sherlock Holmes mystery

1. You don't have to feel guilty about not going outside in the sunshine.

View of bushes, a fence, and a view obscured by fog.

I really think warm fog is my new favourite #Orkney weather.

Been a bit down recently, but today was filled with fog, rain and an angry crow. Now I feel better.

#Orkney #IslandGames #Orkney2025

My well of good deeds was filled up today. Hopefully it'll last a few days. At least until i blurt out inappropriate information again.

But it makes inside more cosy.

What a dreich night

Disposition be Jaspert Flet
with consent of his wyff [Ursulla] and
[eldest] sone, [Robert] to Wm Covintrie
and his wyff off ane tene[men]t of land in Kirkwall, 1626.