Dusk and Dawn

Late yesterday afternoon we walked along the edge of Kilchoan Bay at the end of another perfect day.  The flock of greylag geese which had been feeding all day in the Ormsaigbeg fields took off for its evening flight....

 ....before they came back to fly along the shoreline and then settle for the night.  They've been here all winter, though only recently in the Ormsaigbeg fields.  They're fine birds, and it seems mean not to welcome them through the cold weather, but the crofters have a different and very understandable perspective - see the Craigard croft blog here.

At high tide a buzzard sat on a gatepost on the edge of waters stained by a sun dipping below Maol Buidhe.

A few minutes later a full moon rose above Ben Hiant, almost exactly at the point where we stood on Sunday and looked back over the village.  As it rose the land became almost as brightly lit as under the sun.  High spring tides come in the days that follow a full moon.

Dawn came this morning with a red sky, perhaps a warning that the fine weather can't last for ever - but it's been another sparkling day.  When people meet in the village they stand around talking, wondering what we've done to deserve this weather.