I don't usually keep my mouth shut

Jings, I've kept my mouth shut for a couple of days. Sorry folks, but I'm still talking to you when the epilepsy leaves me alone.

I'm going into the big toon today and will have the camera at the ready. Of course, there may well be nothing of any interest, in which there will be no pictures to inflict upon you.

We'll see ;))

Damn, I missed it

Damn, I missed it. Two robins, fighting to get at their favourite perch on the feeder. I rushed for my mobile with the camera on it and when I got back there was one in place, smiling, and the other was sitting on the fence, waiting.

It makes me think when I see thing like that. It makes me think just how like them we are, fighting and shouting for whatever we want, not afraid to put our demands on the table or stand there and shout and bawl about it.

The only difference is, we can't fly.

The ferry

I have just had a look at how Northlink have been doing over the past few days and, more importantly, how they will be running the ferry tonight from Aberdeen up to Shetland because a friend is booked to be on it tonight. As usual he's on his motorbike and he'll be here until Sunday.

Fingers crossed that the boat sails fine and that we have a week of good weather. It's always a better visit if the sun is out and the wind is down. Then the walking boots go on and the camera can come out.

Hopefully, while he's here we'll get the chance to walk from here in Hillswick, up by Heylor, right along the voe, out to the Atlantic. It's easy to access from here where I live but I've never done it via the next voe up.

Fingers crossed, eh.

I've shown sense at last

I've done it, I've finally shown sense and done the right thing. If you remember, at Christmas I had my mobile phone stolen so I couldn't take any photo's to post because my camera didn't work either.

Well, I've had what seems to me to be somewhat akin to a mental breakdown, I've taken the camera in to be fixed. God only knows how much it will cost, probably won't have a meal for a fortnight but I will be able to go out in the sun and the rain and use the camera and not a bloomin' mobile phone.

It'll keep me entertained for ages, it's something that I do enjoy and it always surprises me when I find out new things - like the moonlight can be beautiful to take photo's in, or the storm that's going on can be shown with real feeling.

And Shetland provides so much to photograph that there won't be time for dinner.

Don't get excited though, it's not back, all fixed and working just yet.