Freedom!

Today, I decided to drive the car.  I had a shot yesterday and found it didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would and yes, I could do an emergency stop.  So, off I drove.  The weather has been very curate’s egg – good, bad and very very fast.  It changes in minutes.

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I love driving around.  Even the local routes have much to see.

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The neighbour’s ponies were being unforgiveable.  I hate it when they do this to the fences.  I usually set BeAnne onto mine but I didn’t have her in the car. I also didn’t think it would be “a good thing” to set Her Maj onto someone else’s ponies!

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I met up with some friends for lunch (yes, I am Café society) in the local church.  They make the best soup, bacon rolls and cake!  Hmmmm….. whoever made that Victoria sponge can live in my kitchen.

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Then I made the most of my freedom and drove about looking for good waves.  A normal Shetland day, Gale Force something.

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I saw a strange coloured wild bunny.  This are a few of them about and I suspect pet rabbits have made it into the local population.  We also have Myxomatosis, which is horrible.

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My neighbour’s Shetland ponies looked amazing against the background of the stormy sea.

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I drove to Dale Beach where Foula sits bang in the middle.  Did you know that down in this sea is the sister ship to the Titanic – RMS Oceanic – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Oceanic_(1899) – it went down on 8 September 1914?

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And then I became obsessed with waves.  Where did the blue colour hide?  The sea was grey and stormy. I took many photos just to capture that magical ocean blue.

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I sat in my little car and watched the sea for a while.  It was incredible.  All that enormous force.

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And then I drove home again.

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Golly, it is good to be out.

6 thoughts on “Freedom!

  1. Celeste

    Hurrah! So glad to hear you can drive. Not the same as riding but sure beats laying around. Those photos are fantastic! I am knitting a vest with colors of the Shetland sea and coast and these inspire me. Gorgeous! Bad weather can also be beautiful.

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  2. Michelle

    We have good storms, rocks and waves on the Oregon (USA) coast as well. We’re not quite as close to it as you are to yours, though; thanks for the fix!

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  3. Linda

    Well done Frances! It’s very thought-provoking seeing the gray, gray ocean with the beautiful teal color in the cresting waves. Love these photos and the ones from today too. Does everyone in Shetland have a requisite dozen dwarfs – I mean ponies?? xoxo

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