The Soaplady

 
Welcome to the duckling pleasuredrome …!
 
oh what fun we can have inside a roll of fencing wire, fortified with duckling mesh …!
 
My babies go out for an airing most afternoons, and come back in absolutely worn out … Most times they are watched over by the muscovy duck contingent, as in the picture …
 
But mostly, [...]

 
Feast your eyes on the latest additions to the Soaplady’s menagerie …
 
 
These are four of Fred’s black east indian ducklings … I believe their father was Mr Quack, and their mother was Crispy … They made the strange journey from Aird to Breasclete on Sunday afternoon, and are still settling into their sunny [...]

 
I had a really busy day in the shop today, and didn’t really feel like traipsing into town for shopping afterwards, so decided not to do shopping this week, which left me with the question of where to walk Mindy … It only took a small effort of will and a suppressing of the cost [...]

Hello All,
 
Everything is in bloom at the moment - buttercups everywhere, and tiny little pale blue flowers in the ditches … The cotton-flag flowers are flying in the wind too - of course they’re not called cotton-flag, but I don’t know their real name - they look like tiny puffs of cotton-wool on a stem [...]

 
Mindy and I went over to the Doune Carloway Broch a couple of days ago … as it was such a lovely day, here are some pictures:
 
First Mindy taking a look at the inside of the Broch … On this shot you can see the dual wall structure which has steps inside, presumably so that [...]

 
I was walking Mindy from the Callanish Sorting Office (having bartered for certain chocolatey items for the way - for me, not Mindy … :- ), off to the left, past the roaming cattle and the mad sheep dog who has worn his own track in his front garden, dashing manically to and fro, and [...]

 
I knew, this morning, that I had something to be happy about today, and I searched my recent memory to discover what it was - I re-discovered my Diary last night …
 
I was thinking about some event that had taken place many years ago, and couldn’t remember all the details, and I thought ’surely I would’ve [...]