Folklore all around us

The hatchlings and I enjoy taking walks any day the wind is not blowing too strong.

Meanwhile, I am currently writing a book on Orkney folklore, 

and since I started researching,

Orkney no longer looks the same.

Let me share with you,

some of the things we have seen along our adventures.

A house within a house.

That house is actually Clestrain Hall, where John Rae was born. 

(John Rae is the explorer credited with finding the northwest passage.)

Land trow?

A selkie on the shore.

St. George?

And a pipe band at the Lammas fayre.

A beautiful Monday

Let me introduce Mrs. Sheep, gosh, can she chat the day away.

And here are her beautiful babies.

A little boy picked bunches of flowers,

while hatchling no6 slept.

We stopped at the park,

and this guy

really likes to swing.

He makes me so happy.

And these two boys played football in the sun,

 and even shared the ball!

Hope your Monday was as happy and sunny as ours.

Sunday mornings are happy

Teddy and me,

Teddy and me,

we like to...

jump all the way to space on the big bed!

One very lucky teddy bear.

Weird things happen on cameras that disappear

I do not own any of the furniture items in this video.

Nor do I recognise them.

I am guessing, somewhere, someplace, one of the hatchlings must have filmed this.

Which is kind of neat, if you think about it.

Like a geocache video clue...

I expect I will spend the next few weeks going about looking at under table level to try to find out where this came from.

And just because I was flipping through old photos, here is one of hatchling no3, not impressed that I wanted her to sit with the pretty flowers, and not eat them, while I took a photo. 

Happy Easter!

Some fudgy brownies

and

lots of squares and cakes,

french toast for breakfast,

before a successful

egg hunt.

Marshmallows 

and ridiculous quantities of chocolate,

before painting

all the duck eggs we could find.

Then,

time for a lunch of sandwiches

and a good run around outside.

Happy Easter!

Back to Saturday activities

Saturday activities have started again for the term and make for an early morning routine.

This little lady is very cheerful today.

'Am I going too?'

'Yay!'

Now, off on an adventure!

Sunny day out

Getting ready.

To go to the park.

Little bit of swinging.

Sliding.

And climbing.

Happy sunny day.

He's photo bombing me, isn't he?

Is it easter yet?

Is it Easter yet?

How 'bout now?

How many more minutes?

How about now?

I've been waiting for - ev - er!

Hatchlings do not like to wait for holidays.

Remind you of anyone?

Not wanting to wait for the good stuff.

Today they made chocolate birds nests.

Somehow the chocolate fix wasn't enough.

At bedtime tonight...

'Is it Easter yet?'

Sigh.

At the end of a long day

a rainbow.

After this long day,

I am simply going to be thankful.

Thankful for the good health of my family.

Thankful for the future being full of opportunities.

And

Very thankful for such a generous community,

who rally around and go to great lengths to help

when life goes pear shaped and upside down.

We are very blessed.