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Our last full day on Fairisle. A beautiful, slow,

Our last full day on Fairisle. A beautiful, slow, sunny day. A picnic in the shelter of the lighthouse.

Each day that the shop is open, we have got supplies needed. It's been one of the vivid things here, that you have what you need and no more.

It's the end of the earth and there is resilience, community, strength. People seem to build one another up not take each other down. They are all here out of choice, living in houses that belong to the National Trust, who is deemed to be a decent landlord.

There is hope and a desire for the island to thrive. The RSPB staff and crofting volunteers mingle with the islanders, with gentle teasing about their work. Plans are afoot for land to be protected from sheep to see what grows and islanders have fought for Marine Protected Waters to allow fish numbers to grow again. Traditional skills of carpentry, knitting and crofting are actively passed on. It's a beautiful place.

Of course, inspiring for future art projects, but also hopeful for our planet's future.

We are very grateful for the funding making this possible and to our hosts.

Scroll to see my sketch for today. Can I keep up a sketch a day?

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A day in the life of artists in residence on Fairi

A day in the life of artists in residence on Fairisle. We walked from the South lighthouse just below our house, to the North lighthouse. We went via the wee shop for supplies, leaving some in the porch for collection on our way back, when the shop would be closed.

We were invited in to Neil's to see his pristine greenhouse (a feat of engineering here on Fairisle) and garden.

Then we met @fairislewithmarie who showed us her beautiful bothy studio and introduced us to some day old lambs. The colour wall was very eye catching. All the colours of Fairisle through the year. We are only seeing it at the beginning of Spring. Marie has one place available for a knitting (machine) course in June and we'd recommend it highly!

Then, on to the North end. It was a tough walk for me as I'm not used to such hikes. We walked for 5.5 hours in total, not including the delightful and much needed coffee and picnic breaks! However, that said, it was an experience of high cliffs, great skuas, snow buntings, gannets (how I love gannets), teeny funghi in the mosses. .. Sunshine, showers and hail..

I think I prefer the South end of the island, where there are people crofting, soft curves to the land, stone walls and stiles.. to the North end, which is wilder and bleaker.. We were however higher than the plane which we saw come in and take off..

Back 'home' to light the fire, heat up soup and put bread in the oven which had been rising for the day (all courtesy of Chris), then a nap on the sofa (me) while Chris put his more eloquent thoughts onto his blog - you can read more at www.thisfragiletent.com..

Then I stirred myself to keep up my daily challenge of a sketch a day. I've also been drawing the birds we've seen. I think we're at almost thirty varieties while we've been here, many pointed out to us yesterday as we walked with the RSPB warden.

Well, that's our day. Enjoy the snaps and the sketch!

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You're invited! Only two full days left here on F

You're invited!

Only two full days left here on Fairisle. I'll post some pictures this evening of what we've been up to.

When we're back, we'll be packing up and organising ready for our week in McGilps. We're looking forward to it! Will we see you there? Join us to chat, to browse, to talk poetry, to make pottery, to celebrate with us...
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