24 June 2013

Multitude Monday - 1000 Gifts: Traveling about Scotland Day THREE ~ our first glimpses of Shapinsay

We're on the road... the Encountering Jesus will return next week - I hope... 

Even as I post this, I'm sitting at a campground in the mountains in New Mexico... it is FREEZING and amazingly beautiful!

Enjoy these pictures from Shapinsay - and just a few of the many things I thanked God for during our time on the island ~

this week's gratitude list

(#'s 3938 - 3993)


another safe  albeit very cold ferry ride


boys photographing blowing flags


distant castles


motoring sailboats greeting from afar


lighthouses


girls braving the chilling wind with me


 first looks



closer views of the castle



cattle grazing on the field right by the castle

 

stone towers right on the beach




stone towers that look like maybe, once upon a time, they stood guard over the harbor


stone towers in misty spray with castles behind them



epic photos I'll probably never get the opportunity to shoot again


huddled horses
&
stories about a feisty, sometimes irritating Shetland named Duncan


father and son Shetland ponies


driveways with a view


bluebells lining stone fences


borrowed jackets... jumpers... or whatever they call them over there

learning and seeing so many new things


boys exploring


rocky, beautiful, windy beaches


big smiles and my favorite little boy sweater


watching new friendships blossom



painted stormy clouds as a backdrop to ancient architecture


wondering what THEY were talking about

seeing the power of the sea as evidenced by erosion


such color, even on an overcast day


discovering horses in the field



such beauty and variety, even in something as common as a beach pebble


enjoying the wind


discovering seashells


taking rambunctious, friendly puppies on walks

taking rambunctious, friendly kids on walks as well


realizing that even the horses needed their jackets on that day


watching her dream of someday... maybe...


bright blue skies peeking through, even if only for moments


really big horses


beautiful little girls



making a new equine friend




tide rolling out, exposing sand for our return hike


one of those unexpected photos that worked


thinking about warming up by the wood stove


so excited to share her beach treasures


looking at this photo later and realizing the actual moment I accidentally captured


cloudy blue and vivid green


waking up to this our mornings on the island


the stories written by the waves


the graceful beauty of seaweed


such history


sheep grazing


what I imagined the Orkney Islands would be like


looking for mama - this little guy was quite amusing


lambs



cows that came running, looking for their dinner, making me smile

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