Summer Storms
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Courses | No Comments »A day of blustery showers and strong winds and it feels like Islay again! We've had such a beautiful year so far but the rain was very welcome - green everywhere, heavy sea. The seals have been celebrating summer basking ...
Early Spring on Islay
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in Courses | No Comments »Longer days already and a bit of wind and rain tonight breaking the run of clear frosty weather. Enjoyed an energetic afternoon yesterday digging my potato patch and adding a big pile of seaweed. Dog has developed a taste for the stuff ...
Autumn blasts on Islay
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »Several weeks of gales and heavy rain ensure none of us here on Islay have missed the change of season. Ist November is the start of the Celtic year and it's certainly come in with a blast. Rainbows, wind, full ...
September
Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »The rains have passed leaving us with beautiful early autumn sunshine. Time to harvest the last crops from the garden - a hen has taken up residence, leaving her eggs under a bush and our dog very surprised. Islay Jazz Festival this weekend, ...
All Summer Long on Islay
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »So many lovely days here on Islay this summer. Met a couple of holidaymakers in the village this morning. They'd been warned that there was 'nothing there' if they came to visit Portnahaven - 'but it's beautiful!' they said. And they're ...
Flaming June
Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »What a beautiful month here on Islay - days and days of sunshine, wild orchids and yellow iris everywhere. Looking forward to the long, light summer: if you're on Islay and want to practice some Alexander Technique while you're here, let ...
Daylight!
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »End of May and the hours of daylight extending it seems by hours! Sunsets at Portnahaven are well known, and it's wonderful to watch the changing position of the sun on the horizon as summer grows. One of the great things about ...
Wild and windy May!
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »Unusually for this time of year here May so far has given us fierce winds and lots of rain - today lots of blustery showers, sunshine lovely in between. As May progresses the days just get longer and longer, and with the ...
Spring!
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »What beautiful days here on Islay this week. Lots of light and big blue skies, boxing hare already, birds everywhere and gardening season started. Discovering the joys of digging so think I'm hooked already! Thoughts on courses for Spring and Summer ...
Happy New Year from Islay
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in Courses | No Comments »The New Year finds us cold and dry on Islay. Amazing how even a couple of weeks on from mid winter there's a perceptible change in the length of the days. Bulbs pushing up now, deer in the garden. Resolutions prevail at ...