Three bright yellow combines hard at work harvesting the pea fields. They started at 3:30 this morning. The farmers wife shows up at the front door with a box full of pea pods fresh from the vine. A small peace offering for having disturbed the calm of the wee hours. She's accompanied by the unholy trio of Jack Russells. The youngest rushes into the potato field and returns , proudly, with a raw potato in her jaws.
The lady with the Pomeranian is hard at work down by the dunes filling a trug with flowers. She's picking Soapwort. As we pass she looks up to tell us it makes wonderful soap. 'So much better than the products in the shops' . The Pomeranian has been to the groomers and is sporting a small red bow tie.
So starts a Wednesday morning in a small Scottish country village where seasonal routines still hold sway.
13 comments:
What a wonderful new work space.
All the pictures are lovely as always, but that lane; that's my kind of road. No cars.
I hope you're wrong about the cormorant but fear you are correct. Odd behaviour, indeed.
There is definitely HPAI in cormorants. Please don't touch (like you would!)
Hari OM
I, too, fear the Cormorant's aberrant behaviour does not bode well.
How wonderful to have some Soapwort local to you - I think it is not common in Scotland.
That windowed room would have me very distracted from any work intention! YAM xx
How lovely to receive a box of fresh peas.
I've never seen soapwort in my part of Scotland, or at least I'm not aware that I have, but I'll be looking for it now I know you have some in Fife.
Cheers, Gail.
How sad to think that so many beautiful birds have succumbed to avian flu - what a disaster. It's almost as though the cormorant is asking for your help.
Freshly picked peas - what rare treat.
So sad about the cormorant if indeed it is sick. They are fascinating birds - I used to watch them from my office window, fishing in the moat around the Imperial Palace. I never saw one on land, only in the water or perched somewhere to dry their wings, so it does seem strange. I am very jealous of the Font's new office!
The new office space is wonderful - I expect many photos of the changing weather from there.
3:30 AM, good thing the harvest is only once a year.
I too would be quite distracted by the view. Is "the cabin" another name for "the office" or is it perhaps like our "Florida rooms"..a lovely space meant for relaxed viewing of the elements?
Beautiful, beautiful, sad, beautiful...
Oh, the sunrise over the sea is spectacular! Prayers for the cormorant and its avian friends that the Flu does not overtake them. Looking forward to more pics from the Font's new lair.
It looks like you and the Font have landed in a wonderful place with great neighbors. The pups tickle me.
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