Friday, November 11, 2022

The curtain of the stars


The Radio 4 breakfast broadcast says that this is set to be the warmest Scottish mid- November day on record. 17 degrees which is hardly tropical but a far cry from the knife like cold you expect on Armistice Day. Dog and master head out - the sun rising on one side of us. On the other a dinner plate moon descends towards the sea. Daybreak and sunset are spectacular here. We watch as the curtain of the stars fade away. Further down the farm track half a dozen deer watch us watching the stars.

This morning Sophie has her first real experience of windy weather. I mean WINDY weather. In France we would sometimes get 40 mph gusts. This morning we're well north of that. It's gusting 70 maybe 80 mph out here on the headland.  She is not entirely sure what to make of this. From time to time she turns and gives me her 'Is this alright ? ' look.  A quick ear tickle and she's reassured and off again. After twenty minutes her hair has had a thorough blow dry and is on the luxuriant side of silky and fluffy. I'm betting that come Christmas she will be well and truly used to northern gales.

The PONette discovers that even the puddles have ripples. How intriguing is that ? There is nothing but nothing like the water from a windswept puddle.


Facing head on into the gale Sophie sports a decidedly aerodynamic look. This morning we linger to savour scents that are being blown from far inland. Non-dog owners would rush to get indoors out of the wind. Dog owners take a more leisurely pace.


My companion is harnessed up for a walk on a nearby beach. She's on a harness because there are some dead seagulls in the seaweed. She heads straight to them.  I'm hoping that avian flu hasn't arrived here. Half a dozen teenagers are setting up their surfboards for an hours fun before school.  They are certainly enjoying this warm weather.


On the other side of the beach there's no seaweed, no dead gulls and lots of inlets to explore. This is PON heaven. 


Have you ever seen a more Swedish house than this ? :https://www.wrede.se/objekt/1660727/villa-faringso



7 comments:

WFT Nobby said...

Sophie is evidently learning there is reason behind the Scottish government's claim to have the best wind resource in Europe...

paphosmuseum said...

You certainly have avian flu. The gannetrt on the Bass Rock has been decimated. It's destruction is much worse than the classical one in ten, however.

Coppa's girl said...

Good to know that the Scottish government is using the wind to good effect.
Our "Gota Frias" (gales) are thankfully too infrequent to harness effectively. Presumably the very strong winds we get up here don't count.
At this moment we are having a huge storm. The first for a long time and heralding the onset of winter. Thunder and tremendous flashes of lightening right overhead and torrential rain. I'm watching how my new dog is reacting and she's trying to get under the desk as I type this. No walk for us today until it dries up!

Travel said...

A never ending exploration, enjoy

Anonymous said...

Love the water dripping from the chin in the 1st shot

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photos! The Swedish hotel is gorgeous. It’s quite chilly here but not stormy.

The Life of Riley said...

Your photo of your aerodynamic PON is wonderful!