A PS to the latest news.....
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Alison's quotes this month are just so apt!  July is fast approaching, so we hope for a big change in weather up here - but the met office has us swathed in cloud while most of Britain is sweltering, with sun beating down.... 
Maybe tomorrow......  July 1st  ...onwards.....

Have a look at the latest picture of Ruah, on her own page - thanks Alison.
You see, all I do with this marvellous site www.heronsflight.org is email thoughts and photos to Australia, write the blog and see to the yearly payment.
 The hard work was and is done by Alison, my Scottish - loving Australian sister-in-law!
Best wishes
Ann

Mid Summer in Plockton

June 22, 2015

The day after the longest day, northern hemisphere, and we in Plockton still wait for summer, though, as I write in the early afternoon, the sun has come out!  But it has been the worst June in 43 years.  The east and south have fared much better, so we hope to catch up with them in the next few months!  I am very relieved that my holidays in Australia with Ian and Alison, then the Canary Islands with Moira, Catriona, Sean and Daniel are to be remembered with great pleasure, for the wonderful company and the glorious warmth!

My guests are ever cheerful and always prepared to get on with the sight-seeing, often having to imagine what the tops of the mountains really look like!  So far, a dry day is a bonus, a gentle breeze wonderful and a glimpse of the sun talked about a great deal in the evening!

 I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all to date and Ruah has loved you!  Thank you Janet and Terry for the recent photo o Ruah attempting to finish your crossword, while relaxing on your bed! And Paula and Frank for introducing me to Delaware Blue Hens!! Bob and Barry, I enjoyed chipping in on occasion to your conversations. Graeme, your marvellous painting of Ruah arrived in today’s post. I was expecting a PC size and now I have a precious 30cm X 20+ cm painting, mounted and framed.  You are all very kind…..

Hopefully I’ll get the entire garden tidied up soon.  The lawns, hedges and pot “plant pot holder” are more or less under control, but there are so many corners that do not seem to know the rule that weeds do not grow in cold weather…..lots of corners……

Moira and the family have an addition to the house animals.  Duncan is an adorable eight week old Shih-Tzu pup – black and white and ridiculously tiny compared to big gentle four year old Ryan, the black lab.  Photos will follow!

I am looking forward to having a flying visit to Edinburgh soon.  Sam passed his exams and   immediately flew off to Portugal with other happy classmates.  He graduates at the beginning of next month and hopefully will come north before beginning his first year of hospital work. We are all delighted that, at age twenty two, Sam is Doctor MacKenzie.

After my brief visit to Edinburgh, I hope to have some of the rest of the family here, off and on.  I shall also welcome guests who have booked to visit and maybe you, if you are passing? 

Best wishes

 Ann