The first thing to note is that my second and third posts were set up as pages, not posts, so their titles–Sea Hames and Kirbister Farm and Beltane at the Ring of Brodgar–don’t show up in the list of posts and I haven’t been able to figure out how to reinstate them correctly.
Ahh… We have an update here. Yesterday Joanie brought over Reine, a knowledgeable young friend who came originally from Benin and visited us with her husband Zeke, originally from Belize, and she solved my blogging problem SO EASILY!! So all my entries now are posts, not pages. Thank you, Reine!!
And she bought a hat!
Meanwhile Zeke helped (immensely!) Bob get the tractor going again.
Mon, May 1st
Jason arrives in the morning with replacement parts for the sewer connection. The problem is fixed quickly and we suspect that this has been an ongoing problem along the main street as road construction has obviously been going on for some time. The street is closed immediately beyond us on the final portion of the main street which turns from South End to Ness Road just past our cottage.
Jill, Jen, Lynn and I head out to visit all our favorite shops along the street, the Quernstone and its sister shop across the street where we look at sweaters, Sutherland Pharmacy and Lynn and I visit the Pier Art Centre which has a show of contemporary Orcadian artists and a small collection of 20th century work.
After lunch we head out to follow the Craft Trail. It’s quite cool and windy and I am glad I bought a good sweater at a consignment shop back in Kirkwall last Saturday. Tomorrow we will be more organized and really begin to visit the various archaeological sites. I make a stir fry for dinner and then Michael, Lynn and I play Spite and Malice all evening.