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ROCKTOBER CONTINUES

on October 16, 2021

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Happy Days In the Life Of Skyelark, Our Scottie

Another glorious day on Fair Isle. Where? Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland. It is a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated in the Northern Atlantic, between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost part of Scotland and of the wider United Kingdom. And 24 miles from Shetland Mainland. It is Britian's most remote inhabited island--- Fair Isle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif)

Off The Island

Left Fair Isle with Skyelark today. Sarah will follow by Plane... I will ferry the little Scottie across to Aberdeen then drive down south for 12 hours! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif)

The Anthropology of Green- The Pastures, Silage and Moss Of Fair Isle

I, the land Now on Fair Isle, because of salt water, and clearings for sheep, there are no such things as trees on Fair Isle. The Life of wood, and how it shows growth death and rebirth, is just a soveneir. There is another kind of ecosystem here, and it works, a solitude but not lonlieness, and a general unwinding of the worlds we have known. The only thing to stand guard between the solitude of me is two defient rocky mountains in the distance, as I look out of our kitchen window . Yet these rocks rock! Love it here. In all its stark spledor. I have had this saying: I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list. Well, Fair Isle is North Of Everywhere. I was asked today, "Who is the most important person I ever met?" I answered: "That mountain." Gathering Moss Paying attention to life here at all scales, I obviously can see these big mountians but it is the little moss that grows on them that fascinates too. Mosses, to be sure, are scientifically imp

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