My plant pot holder and the "Waverley" with Kyleakin village behind.
June 9th, 2012
May beganwell, weather-wise, with Angela and Richard enjoying their usual good walkingconditions. They were lucky again! I have, only today, put out the remainder ofthe white freesias– they have been amazing! A fortnight ago I trimmed them to half size and added a few purple convolvulus and that gave them a new lease of life – byfar my favourite cut flower……..
Then theweather deteriorated and it was so, so cold. I felt we were all shrinking!
On May 15 Ianswered the door to a well wrapt-up lady who was grinning and asking if I knewher. “Give me a clue” I answered. Well, after some clues I knew it was BerthaMollison, a very good friend at college. We had last seen each other fifty three years ago, at our graduationfrom “Dunf.” P.E. College in Aberdeen!
Then I hadtwo cards. One was from Whitstable fromDavid and Pat, the other from Pat and Noel, from Arran. Thank you. Arran seemed to be as cold as here. One day the snow was down at the roadside on the way from Inverness toKyle – crazy in May.
Suddenly summer arrived and for two glorious weeks we have had temperatures ashigh as 31.3C. Iain and Pat came back tostay and I thank you for the shortbread and plumbing skills!
Elizabethand Uta came for eleven nights and they walked their boots down to theground! Each day they had a plan andeach day it worked – two amazing ladies from northern Germany, here without acar – and they did not need one! Thankyou for coming and leaving behind so many little gifts. Your begonia is looking healthy. Thank you too for the two CDs recounting yourvisit and the antics of Ruah and her Collie friend Molly. Both Mairi and I will have a lot of pleasurereplaying them.
We had agarden open day in the village recently, so everything was spruced up, I admit! The hardest bit was keeping all the areas ofthe garden thoroughly watered – the boat plant pot holder especially! The day was a success, with many peoplewandering along the main street, admiring the many different styles in theshore gardens and coming into gardens, such as this one, off the street.
On June 2ndI ran up to the station to meet the noon train and say a brief hello to Geert,who was passing through en route to another wilderness challenge, having justspent a night above Loch Coruisk on Skye. Geert and his family, from Belgium, stayed here for a week lastyear. Anna, hello too!
It was backto the station at 2.30 to meet cousins, on a special day’s outing from Perth. Anne and Sheila and many others chose toalight at Plockton, for a couple of hours, rather than going on the few extramiles to Kyle. We had lunch and caughtup on all the family news before the train returned at 4.30pm. I shall daily use the robin hot stand andremember with relish the Blairgowrie strawberries!
I’m nowcontinuing on June 9th and, believe it or not, our fabulous weatheris still with us! Lindsay and Ian Dick lefttoday, having had two lovely days out on the “Waverley” – the world’s lastsea-going paddle steamer, usually based in the Clyde near Glasgow, but in thisarea only for this week, for her yearly trip north.
Our forecastcontinues to be good, so the hose will be in constant use again next week. This little corner is having the bestweather, while Wales swims after torrential rain storms and the first test didnot begin till day three! What a funnylittle island we live in!
Plockton is very busy as usual, as is Heron’s Flight. Ihope you may come to visit me sometime soon……
Ann
