The Ferry is Waiting!

A familiar sight last week on Iona....
Well, ....except for the day I tried to get to the island and there were no ferries due to the high winds! I had to spend the night on Fionnphort on Mull because the 'Thursday boat' never came!

Snow on the Hills!

Yes, it snowed on Mull and hail the size of peas on Iona!

Spring is Here!

A Week Back on Iona!

My favourite photo of the week!

I walked to the north beach before breakfast on a cold windy morning and marvelled at the beauty of the beach at the White Strand of the Monks.

How Now Brown Cow

Time for a hair cut maybe?

Heath Spotted Orchid

A hardy, yet delicate flower found many places on Iona.

Dactylorhiza maculata.

( Photo taken last June!)

Goodbye Iona

Over the Sea....

Looking over the sea to Labrador!

Willow Den

Leaves sprouting on the den built this spring!

A Taste of Summer

Even warmer than yesterday!

Fog Rolls In

The warmest day yet this year on Iona brought a rolling blanket of fog over the sea.

Abbey Ruins

Before the Abbey was rebuilt the chuch was open to the sky.

Morning Mist

Some days begin shrouded in mist and end the same way.

The Second Corncrake

There's a corncrake in there somewhere!

Hide and Seek for corncrakes! I can hear it, but have never seen it....

until yesterday I saw my first corncrake (rare brown bird) outside the village hall and then today I saw my second in the garden of the Columba Hotel!

North Beach

What a beautiful sight!

IKWIG

I Know Where I am Going...an old film with great scenes around Mull!

Cruising

Two cruise ships visiting Iona this morning!

The smaller ship is off to St. Kilda tomorrow...I am envious!

The Bridge

Bright sunshine moments before a Sunday afternoon shower.

Bird's-Foot Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Also called butter and eggs, this flower forms seed pods that resemble the foot of a bird.

The caterpillar of the common blue butterfly eats this plant.

Hermit's Cell

Perhaps this was the place St. Columba went to get away from the monastery?