Eday Solstice June '25…….Post Excavation Work…… A Garden In Pompeii…..
by Bernie Bell - 08:07 on 03 July 2025
Eday Solstice June '25
Sunshine
after Solstice storm
she has shown us
all her faces
soporific stillness
through longest daylight night
breath held
over flat silent sea
scarcely a midge stirring
only the curlews'
rippling trill
and oyster catchers'
beep beeping
sound track the silence
Solstice morning
brought boisterous wind
tumbling the land and
sea thrown jumble
into the deluge
rushing and gushing
down rooves and gullies
sky splitting flash and crash
till torrents subside
the gale dies
a splash of blue
breaks through grey cloud
to
calm
Wendy Alford June 2025
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Post Excavation Work……
….continues at Ness HQ….
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/pottery-triage-2/
And across the site……
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/time-teams-gpr/
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A Garden In Pompeii…..
This shows what can be learnt by examining the minutest details from an ancient site - as is happening now with the post-excavation work at The Ness of Brodgar and The Cairns – actual plant remains have been found at The Cairns….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=15972
I was fortunate enough to visit Pompei and Herculaneum…
https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/06/15/remembering-pompeii-and-herculaneum/
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