The Soaplady

I don’t think I’ve ever been as glad to spend christmas at home, here in Breasclete, as I am this year …
My absence at family celebrations on the mainland was the result of a decision taken way before the weather became cold and the snow started to fall - more due to extraneous factors, and [...]

 
Well, it’s a lovely crisp fresh sunny day here in Breasclete, although the temperature is definitely cold, and the roads were suicidally icy this morning when Mindy and I went for our walk around Callanish …
 
I desperately feel that I should be doing something ‘outside-ish’, like hanging out the washing, or closing down the garden [...]

 
I should be working …
however, the need to express myself, properly, has brought me here, to my PC …
 
I am truly *glad* for all of those whose lives have been made easier by Sunday sailings - my own sister will be coming here on the sunday ferry soon, and I shall be so [...]

 
We have our first buddhist Minister on the island - she has just recently been ordained into the Western Buddhist Order, and her ordained name is Animisha, which in the Sanskrit language means ‘eyes wide open not blinking, vigilant’ …
She was ordained in Spain at the new women’s ordination retreat centre just northwest of Barcelona [...]

First comes nature …
 
 
And first, what seemed, to an amateur photographer anyhow, a rather artfully-photographed lily … I wanted to be able to see the teardrop clinging to the centre stamen, but this might not be possible with the size of the picture …
 
You can also see how my cream roses have opened …
 
Then comes [...]

 
That’s what the buddhists say anyhow … Readers of my previous blogs will already know how this ties in with ‘Starting where you are’, and how comforting I find that truth sometimes …
 
Me and life in general - we have a sort of upsey-downsey relationship …
Friends have told me I spend too much time navel-gazing [...]

  
The term ‘crepuscular’ describes beings that are primarily active during twilight - at dawn and at dusk.
It is derived from the latin word crepusculum, meaning ‘twilight’ .
 
Crepuscular mammals include the red panda, cat, dog, deer, moose, rabbit, chinchilla, ferret, guinea pig, hamster, common mouse, skunk, rat, and me …
 
I have always been a ‘night-person’ [...]

 
Just another lovely Lewis sunset … Taken at around 3.30pm today, Sunday …
It wasn’t as dark as the photo tells - the sky was still light prussian blue hues, and the redness of the sun was reflected in Loch Roag waters …
I have so many pictures of sunsets …
 
This is not a good season to [...]