Bernie's Blog

Coming Up To Christmas In Kirkwall…… A Big Subject…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 07 December 2024

The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition 2024

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 06 December 2024

What The Trees Can Tell Us…...The Balfour Gasometer!.....

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 05 December 2024

Down the hill to Hinderayre…… From Orkney.com ….

by Bernie Bell - 08:44 on 04 December 2024

Post-Excavation Work…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….. From ‘Whale & Dolphin Conservation’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 03 December 2024

The Wellpark Garden Centre Christmas Extravaganza!....Auskerry….

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 02 December 2024

Advent Jolliness..….‘The Backpack’……Footprints….

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 01 December 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland….. From Talbot Rice Gallery….. The Oceans….

by Bernie Bell - 09:36 on 30 November 2024

Kraak The Heron….

by Bernie Bell - 10:36 on 29 November 2024

Eday Industrial Heritage…..A Maes Howe Day?.......

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 28 November 2024

Trench J…… From Herstmonceux Observatory….

by Bernie Bell - 08:29 on 27 November 2024

From the RSPB…..Fireworks……From Kilmorack Gallery

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 26 November 2024

From ‘Whale & Dolphin Conservation’……Ness Finds….

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 25 November 2024

Archaeoacoustics……The Blue Lagoon….

by Bernie Bell - 10:05 on 24 November 2024

Being Wakeful……..BBC Pics of Scotland…...From ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:13 on 23 November 2024

Clestrain Possibilities…... From Kilmorack Gallery….. Steve Drury’s Views On Carbon Capture & Storage…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 22 November 2024

From ‘War On Want’……From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 21 November 2024

Sheila Fleet Gets Festive….. And Steve Drury….

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 20 November 2024

Hall of Clestrain News…...From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…...‘May They Cleave, And Rot Together’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 19 November 2024

Pre-historic Finstown…… And Auskerry....

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 18 November 2024

The Dog In The Drain…. From Talbot Rice Gallery…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 17 November 2024

‘The Spell of the Sensuous’…….From ‘Free Tibet’…… BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:27 on 16 November 2024

Ness Of Brodgar Newsletter 44….

by Bernie Bell - 07:18 on 15 November 2024

From Robert MacFarlane..…From ‘Right to Roam’….

by Bernie Bell - 13:30 on 14 November 2024

‘They’ll Say They Didn’t Know’..….From Kilmorack Gallery…...Geological Time…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 13 November 2024

The People of Pompeii….. From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:44 on 12 November 2024

The Essence Of Facebook…...From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 11 November 2024

From The RSPB…..Hedgehogs…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:34 on 10 November 2024

Quoyness…… From Herstmonceux….BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 09 November 2024

America….. Swandro ‘25…

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 08 November 2024

Please Sign…. From the RSPB…… Self-reporting….

by Bernie Bell - 08:15 on 07 November 2024

From ‘Free Tibet’……From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 06 November 2024

‘Flint’…… Trench T….. The Ness Cairn….

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 05 November 2024

This Happened….From Orkney.com…...From The RSPB….

by Bernie Bell - 08:41 on 04 November 2024

Chiropteran Sonnet……From ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’….BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 03 November 2024

‘Song of the Cedars’…..’Heartwood’….. Life…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 02 November 2024

Funeral Rites….From Historium Press…... And From UHI Archaeology Institute…

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 01 November 2024

Samhain…..Labradorite…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 31 October 2024

Dawning…..Ness of Brodgar - 2007…..Impacts…

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 30 October 2024

Of Birds & Frogs….Riversong…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:03 on 29 October 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland…..Earth’s Magnetic Field…..Remembering Earth Time….

by Bernie Bell - 08:36 on 28 October 2024

Clocks.....Domes….. Rivers….And The Ness…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:35 on 27 October 2024

A Mixed Bag About All Hallow’s Eve….

by Bernie Bell - 07:42 on 26 October 2024

From ‘Right To Roam’…...From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 25 October 2024

World Polio Day……Broching On…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:39 on 24 October 2024

Trench Z..….From The John Rae Society…..From Kilmorack Gallery…...

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 23 October 2024

The Swandro Autumn Newsletter…….Life Returns…

by Bernie Bell - 10:20 on 22 October 2024

We Return To Maes Howe...

by Bernie Bell - 09:08 on 21 October 2024

The Key-Holders…..News From The Orkney Archaeology Society…. AND…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:04 on 20 October 2024

From Kilmartin Museum….From ‘War On Want’…..BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 19 October 2024

Some Thoughts About Time….

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 18 October 2024

‘Don’t Forget’…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..Comedy Wildlife Photos…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 17 October 2024

Think Hedgehog…..Maes Howe….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 16 October 2024

‘Earthbound Orkney’…..Energy…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 15 October 2024

Glaciers Melting….Archaeology & Plastic…From ‘Right to Roam’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 14 October 2024

The Birsay Antiques Emporium…..Anna Charlotta Gardiner….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 13 October 2024

From ‘Greenpeace’…… A ’Shoddy Annexe’…..BBC Pics of Scotland…….

by Bernie Bell - 07:26 on 12 October 2024

‘Exile’……Planting Trees….

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 11 October 2024

North Ronaldsay Bird Report 2023…...Ness of Brodgar Up-Date….Asteroid Impacts…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 10 October 2024

My Personal Ness of Brodgar ‘Calendar’…

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 09 October 2024

John Rae Society News….Covid…..From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 08 October 2024

From Campaign Against Arms Trade…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 07 October 2024

The Return Of Roookie…...‘Threading the Labyrinth’…..Birds….Something Strange….

by Bernie Bell - 08:18 on 06 October 2024

Newark Bay & The Dashing Deer

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 05 October 2024

Cup marks..….From Orkney.com …… From ‘Freedom From Torture’…

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 04 October 2024

Remembrance of Brochtobers Past…..From ‘Hillside’ Animal Sanctuary….

by Bernie Bell - 08:02 on 03 October 2024

The Ness Updates….Plus…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……From ‘Free Tibet’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 02 October 2024

Ancient Pottery……The Ness of Brodgar…..’Fraiku’……

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 01 October 2024

From Herstmonceux Observatory…..Meet The Ancestors….

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 30 September 2024

Changes At Hoxa Head……

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 29 September 2024

From ‘War On Want’…...From ‘Wild Justice’…... BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 09:27 on 28 September 2024

The People Of the Ness……The Ness Sleeps…. From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 27 September 2024

Slime Moulds…..Banned Books Week…...From ‘Wild Justice’……

by Bernie Bell - 08:45 on 26 September 2024

Delivering The Seeds…..Barclodiad Y Gawres…...Listen & Read….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:38 on 25 September 2024

Archaeology Is About People…Plus….And – The Ness……..

by Bernie Bell - 08:49 on 24 September 2024

Seeds…Plus….Observation…’Balanced’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 23 September 2024

Nine Little Figurines….From ‘Right to Roam’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 22 September 2024

Ancient Stone Bothering…...The Knowes O’ Trotty….BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:48 on 21 September 2024

Think Pink….Thankful……’Earthlogs’……

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 20 September 2024

An Orkney Autumn Morning…..The Geese Are Back….Bug Sex…..More Good News...

by Bernie Bell - 08:17 on 19 September 2024

Coming To Orkney…..Orkney In Kilmorack......Hoy’s Dark & Lofty Isle……

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 18 September 2024

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 17 September 2024

Clestrain Opens Its Doors….

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 16 September 2024

Beware Of Myths…….From Flint To Pitchstone…..GOOD NEWS!.....From ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 15 September 2024

This-Matters….. BBC Pics of Scotland…….From ‘Right to Roam’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:56 on 14 September 2024

Ship O’ Fools - Part Two…..’Flint’…...Hmmmm……

by Bernie Bell - 07:25 on 13 September 2024

‘Earthbound Orkney’……

by Bernie Bell - 07:24 on 12 September 2024

‘Babe’….From ‘Free Tibet’….More Updates…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 11 September 2024

The Rise of The Machines….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:36 on 10 September 2024

Season Of Mists & Mellow Fungusness…….The Pomona…...More On The Stonehenge Altar-Stone Controversy…

by Bernie Bell - 07:55 on 09 September 2024

Voting - Matters……Knock-on Effects…..The Binscarth Burn….

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 08 September 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland…..Off-Planet Pics….New Stone Circles Book……

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 07 September 2024

Our Ness Cairn….From One Set Of Sky-Watchers….AND…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 06 September 2024

The Lyking Urn…...The ‘Altar’ Stone…..‘Gaelic As Ecological Memory-Trove’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:53 on 05 September 2024

Trench Z….E.O.A.S.S.K……..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 04 September 2024

The Ness of Brodgar Exhibition….

by Bernie Bell - 07:20 on 03 September 2024

Still Chawing……Herstmonceux….. From ‘Orkney.com’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:05 on 02 September 2024

Moving……From Talbot-Rice Gallery…. BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 01 September 2024

Bogs In M’Blog…..…Extracts From North Ronaldsay Bird Obs. Newsletter…...

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 31 August 2024

Why Trench Z?....The Holm Cairn…...From OISF…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 30 August 2024

LIFE…..Ness of Brodgar Website Updates….You Don’t Say......

by Bernie Bell - 07:44 on 29 August 2024

A New Writer!.....Orkney Industrial Heritage…..The Eagle Cairn……

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 28 August 2024

What To Do With A Monstrous Cabbage!......Our Ness Cairn Grows….

by Bernie Bell - 07:11 on 27 August 2024

Condensation….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…...From C.A.A.T……

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 26 August 2024

Our Ness Cairn……Positive Wildlife News!.....Plus…....BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 25 August 2024

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT!.....Famous Person Adds To The Finds …..From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 09:04 on 24 August 2024

A Thought…..Bryn Celli Ddu……‘Sympathy‘ Cards….

by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 23 August 2024

Pre-history In The Stromness Museum……More About Stones……AND…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:39 on 22 August 2024

Matters Geological...

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 21 August 2024

LIFE!.....The FB Thought Police….

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 20 August 2024

Maybe?.....From Lotte Glob….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 19 August 2024

Glimps Holm & Polly Kettle…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 18 August 2024

Last Day Overview…. BBC Pics. of Scotland…. From ‘Unbound’……

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 17 August 2024

It’s The Last Day…..Orkney – Wiltshire?.......From ‘Free Tibet’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 16 August 2024

It’s Getting Nearer……‘Why I Dare Not Ask You Out’….. A Word About Ragwort…

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 15 August 2024

Stunning Finds At Skaill Farm….And The Ness…..’Hobbits’……’It’s Chriiiiistmaaaas!!!!’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 14 August 2024

Exceptional Images of Herstmonceux Domes….

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 13 August 2024

Fare-Well To The Ness…..News From the JRS….

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 12 August 2024

A Telling Tale…...A Timely Reminder….

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 11 August 2024

‘The Hogweed’……From Orkney International Science Festival…..BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 10 August 2024

THE NESS……From ‘Right To Roam’…..From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 09 August 2024

A Stunner…..And From The Ness….Climate Tipping Points….

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 08 August 2024

More Matters Archaeological…..’More Than Human’…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……

by Bernie Bell - 07:35 on 07 August 2024

Space/Time Continuum….From Kilmorack Gallery……

by Bernie Bell - 09:42 on 06 August 2024

Good Things At Heksmoar!....

by Bernie Bell - 08:05 on 05 August 2024

When Art Marries Science……Curiouser & Curiouser…...From Orkney.com……

by Bernie Bell - 08:32 on 04 August 2024

Water - Matters…..From ‘Free Tibet’…..BBC Pics. of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:58 on 03 August 2024

Pins & Points At Swandro…. The Ness Just Keeps On Giving….From C.A.A.T……

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 02 August 2024

Update on Herstmonceux Observatory....’Midnights’…..From ‘Right to Roam’……

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 01 August 2024

The Ness Of Brodgar…. From ‘Wild Justice’….A FREE BOOK!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:34 on 31 July 2024

Swandro Open Day!!! - Plus.... From the RSPB……More Good News….

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 30 July 2024

Why Not Renew The Lease?......Co-incidence?.....

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 29 July 2024

From ‘Freedom From Torture’….From The RSPB…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 28 July 2024

At The Ness…. Swandro Star Finds….From Kilmartin Museum…. BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 27 July 2024

Never Forget Yer’ Specs….From ‘Wild Justice’…..Gotta Larf Ain’t ‘Ya?...............

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 26 July 2024

From The Ness…..Quite A Few..…Steve Drury’s ‘Earthlogs’…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 25 July 2024

Skaill Open Day……From the RSPB….AND…….

by Bernie Bell - 07:36 on 24 July 2024

From Kilmorack Gallery…..From The Caithness Broch Project….More Archaeology…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:42 on 23 July 2024

Fungi…... A Recipe!!!......From Stromness Museum…

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 22 July 2024

Swandro……The Ness…..Hunterian Haiku…. From Talbot Rice Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 21 July 2024

Well, Well, Well…....’Wild Service’….. BBC Pics of Scotland….From C.A.A.T......

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 20 July 2024

From Oxfam……U.F.O. Over The Swandro Dig!.... Skaill Farm Open Day!....The Ness….

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 19 July 2024

The Ness Time Capsule….…Skaill Farm, Rousay……They Can’t Clone You!....

by Bernie Bell - 08:40 on 18 July 2024

The Ness Keeps On Giving ……More Swandro Stones….’The Rise Of Multi-celled Life’…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:55 on 17 July 2024

The Ness Of Brodgar 2024….

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 16 July 2024

‘Wild Service’……Archaeology Bit….

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 15 July 2024

Ramblin’ On About The Ness……Of The Earth – Again…...?.......

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 14 July 2024

Swandro Star Find!!..... The Governance of Britain…. It Can Be Done…..BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 13 July 2024

From The Orkney International Science Festival……More From the Ness….A Spot Of Dig Spotting…

by Bernie Bell - 08:27 on 12 July 2024

How to Build a Stone Circle……The Ness Dig Diary - Plus…...From The RSPB….

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 11 July 2024

From Swandro…. The Ness….From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:39 on 10 July 2024

‘Red Swallow’…..Reasons For Reading…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 09 July 2024

Kodiak Bears….Final Post From The Cairns…… From The RSPB…

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 08 July 2024

From The Ness..…’Wild Service’……BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 07 July 2024

The Cairns….A Mystery From Swandro…..On Being European…..From ‘Free Tibet’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 06 July 2024

An American In Pre-Historic Scotland..…And Historic Scotland Too…..’And I Think To Myself’…..And….

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 05 July 2024

Robinson R.R……What Jackie Morris Has Been Up To….From ‘Wild Justice’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 04 July 2024

The Cairns…..The Ness….And Swandro….. From Orkney.com …..

by Bernie Bell - 07:13 on 03 July 2024

From Swandro..…From Kilmorack Gallery….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 02 July 2024

Bartholomew’s Orkney Adventure….Exceptional Glass Found At The Cairns!....Earth logs….From C.A.A.T……

by Bernie Bell - 08:17 on 01 July 2024

The Scott Monument - Plus…..Swandro….The Ness Of Brodgar…..BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 30 June 2024

Travelling To Orkney…..From ’Wild Justice’….….’Wild Service’…. From The RSPB…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:20 on 29 June 2024

Rest In Peace….From ‘Unbound’….The Cairns…. And The Ness….

by Bernie Bell - 08:27 on 28 June 2024

Grain Earth House……Swandro….And……

by Bernie Bell - 07:00 on 27 June 2024

Carrot Dog!......The Cairns…..From The RSPB….

by Bernie Bell - 08:44 on 26 June 2024

‘Solstice’ ™ ……..John Rae Society Calendar!.....From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 25 June 2024

What To Do With Plastic Bottles…Special Guest At The Cairns….From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:37 on 24 June 2024

Of The Earth….BBC Pics Of Scotland…..From the RSPB…

by Bernie Bell - 07:23 on 23 June 2024

Boats…..Now Is The Time…...The Cairns….Swandro!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 22 June 2024

Fish Supper/Chippy Tea…..The Scottish Crannog Centre…..From ‘Free Tibet’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 21 June 2024

Bernie's Blog - supplemental.....

by Bernie Bell - 15:55 on 20 June 2024

We Get Out & About!...

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 20 June 2024

From ‘Money Rebellion’…. A NEW TRENCH AT THE NOB!....Rain Stopped Play….

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 19 June 2024

On Having a Heart….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….From ‘Wild Justice’…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:57 on 18 June 2024

Badges…. More Archaeology…. From ‘Unbound’……

by Bernie Bell - 09:36 on 17 June 2024

Italian Chapels – plural…...The Teulfelsberg…….From ‘Right To Roam’…..BBC Pics of Scotland…

by Bernie Bell - 08:27 on 16 June 2024

Trench T…..More Of Simon’s Holiday…..From The RSPB….The Cairns……

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 15 June 2024

Two Warnings!..... An Illuminating Schematic….The Cairns Dig Diary….

by Bernie Bell - 08:15 on 14 June 2024

A Short-eared Owl’s Tale….. More About ‘Wild Service’……A Warning!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 13 June 2024

Cotswold Memories…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:36 on 12 June 2024

The Fledgling’s Tale……Simon’s Summer Holiday….

by Bernie Bell - 08:23 on 11 June 2024

We Discover Lovage….. Click-mill Talk…...From The RSPB…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 10 June 2024

The Spectral Hand…...The Cairns…..From ‘Whale & Dolphin Conservation’…

by Bernie Bell - 09:08 on 09 June 2024

Simon’s Summer Holiday…..The Final ‘Rousay Tales’ Podcast….BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:52 on 08 June 2024

From ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’…..From The John Rae Society…..From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 07 June 2024

And I Think To Myself…..Connection….Emigration….

by Bernie Bell - 16:16 on 06 June 2024

North Ronaldsay Walks…..Skara Brae…..Corncrake…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:54 on 05 June 2024

Letting Go – Part One….Part Two

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 04 June 2024

For Folk Who Like Fungi….. Wild Service - Part Two…. From Orkney.com…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:42 on 03 June 2024

Pompeii…..‘Wild Service' - Part One….

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 02 June 2024

Ancient Grains…..Rousay Tales…...BBC Pics of Scotland…

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 01 June 2024

Happy Valley Bio-Blitz!....’Times And Tides’…..Visit Scotland!....

by Bernie Bell - 08:35 on 31 May 2024

From ‘Amnesty International’….. From the John Rae Society…...’Tombs of the Isles’ Report & Poster….

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 30 May 2024

Light & Dark…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:07 on 29 May 2024

Number 10…..Loyalty/Membership Cards….The Odin Stone….

by Bernie Bell - 07:10 on 28 May 2024

‘It Goes To My Heart’…..From Kilmorack Gallery…...From The RSPB….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 27 May 2024

The Stones of Stenness….. BBC Pics. of Scotland…...From ‘Right to Roam’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:06 on 26 May 2024

Rousay Tales Number Four….From ‘Wild Justice’……

by Bernie Bell - 07:25 on 25 May 2024

Will You Be Allowed To Vote?......Low-lights….

by Bernie Bell - 07:54 on 24 May 2024

VOTE!......‘Poetectomy’…...Loch of Wasdale….. Plant Folklore…

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 23 May 2024

Orkney Archaeology Society Review – 2024

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 22 May 2024

Neolithic Wood…...From The RSPB…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 21 May 2024

From ‘Freedom From Torture’…..’Travelling’…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 20 May 2024

Vernon Bradley’s Exhibition…..From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 09:42 on 19 May 2024

‘Excelsior’…...BBC Pics of Scotland…..Mainly For The Mini-pots…. Orkney Coastal Erosion….

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 18 May 2024

The ’Thalassa’…..From RSPB Scotland……From Talbot Rice Gallery…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 17 May 2024

It Happens…...Would You?.....’Earth-logs’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 16 May 2024

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….. From The John Rae Society….People Power…

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 15 May 2024

Some Random Thoughts…..Going On About Writing….. For Anyone Who’s Wondering…… On The Subject Of The Ness…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 14 May 2024

In the Garden……From CAAT....

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 13 May 2024

Just a Reminder……More About Birds - From The RSPB…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:08 on 12 May 2024

Alien Landscape?......BBC Pics of Scotland…….When Is A Henge, Not A Henge?.....

by Bernie Bell - 08:36 on 11 May 2024

Biology…..From ‘Unbound’……Rousay Tales - Part Two….

by Bernie Bell - 09:57 on 10 May 2024

A Touchy Subject….

by Bernie Bell - 13:53 on 09 May 2024

Ness of Brodgar Newsletter……The Dwarfie Stane……From ‘Wild Justice’…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:54 on 08 May 2024

Clestrain On Youtube!..... Orkney Industrial Heritage Update…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 07 May 2024

Waking To Absence….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:59 on 06 May 2024

Facebook Creeps….Our Near Relations……Take Action For Rivers….

by Bernie Bell - 09:05 on 05 May 2024

THE NESS OF BRODGAR EXHIBITION OPENS TODAY!!!.......Ziggy Stardust…..Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:27 on 04 May 2024

‘Poet Trees’……Found Sounds…… Excerpts From Orkney.com…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 03 May 2024

A Whole Lot More…..The Clue Is In The Title….. From The Talbot Rice Gallery…

by Bernie Bell - 07:53 on 02 May 2024

‘Dancing’ Planets……Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention….

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 01 May 2024

We Are Part Of Nature..….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…...

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 30 April 2024

In The Garden….From The RSPB…. On Hearing News….

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 29 April 2024

Tracked Packages…… BBC Pics of Scotland….Rousay Voices….

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 28 April 2024

Something Different In Stenness..…..Value?......In The Garden….

by Bernie Bell - 08:45 on 27 April 2024

One Thing Leading To Another…..And In An Interstellar Way…….And…….

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 26 April 2024

Mountains…. And Dwarfies….And Seagulls….

by Bernie Bell - 09:00 on 25 April 2024

The Howe of Hoxa……Still Saying ‘No’ To Rwanda….

by Bernie Bell - 07:10 on 24 April 2024

Spring in Bart-land…From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 09:16 on 23 April 2024

My Very Own Limerick!.....Matthew’s Thought For The Week…...From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 22 April 2024

69…….Neandertals In The Bathroom?......From Kilmorack Gallery…

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 21 April 2024

The Irish Connection….. BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 20 April 2024

We Recommend……The Ness T-shirt…..From ‘Right to Roam’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 19 April 2024

Skara Brae Documents…...The Digital Age…..From The RSPB……

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 18 April 2024

Forgotten Places…...I Want To Read This!.....From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 17 April 2024

In The Garden….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 16 April 2024

Our NHS …..Jackie Morris….Something Positive!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:23 on 15 April 2024

In the Garden…..From The RSPB…..From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 14 April 2024

BBC Pics. of Scotland…...From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 13 April 2024

William Blake…..New Finds….

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 12 April 2024

Where The Wild Things Are….News From Lotte …...Rwanda?.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 11 April 2024

Eclipse/Renewal

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 10 April 2024

The Ukraine…..Hawfinch!!!......The Earth….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 09 April 2024

Thanksgiving…...Life stirring…. News From The Ness…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:13 on 08 April 2024

These Monkeys Make No Sense….. The Loch of Wasdale…..BBC Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 07 April 2024

Still Looking…. C.A.A.T……

by Bernie Bell - 10:18 on 06 April 2024

Looking Again…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 05 April 2024

‘Afternoon Snack’….. Swandro Virtual Lecture….

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 04 April 2024

The Heart of a Daffodil…… Excerpts From Orkney.com…..Planets Inter-acting…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 03 April 2024

Ness of Brodgar Newsletter…..From The RSPB..….N. Ronaldsay’s Industrial Heritage….

by Bernie Bell - 08:40 on 02 April 2024

A Sunny Easter Sunday…...

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 01 April 2024

Full Moon….Marking Time....In The Garden…. A Hoot - or Two!.... The Broch of Gurness……

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 31 March 2024

Updates From The RSPB…...Neolithic Sanday - Part Two….BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 30 March 2024

Destiny……Another Link In The Chain….From Kilmartin Museum….

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 29 March 2024

Maps……Something’s Gotta Change….

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 28 March 2024

Bartholomew Barker…..Sky-watching……Earth-logs…..…

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 27 March 2024

Coming Up to Easter….. Remembering Lockdown…PS....

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 26 March 2024

Vernon Bradley’s Exhibition..….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:52 on 25 March 2024

Equinox….BBC Pics of Scotland….One Of Those Times…. Sisters Doing It For Themselves….

by Bernie Bell - 08:18 on 24 March 2024

They Care…... From **** To Multiple Wonders…..Orcadian Normans?....

by Bernie Bell - 09:41 on 23 March 2024

Ready For Spring & Summer Gardening…..GOOD THINGS……..From Kilmartin Museum…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 22 March 2024

‘Flint Book’……From Kilmorack Gallery…....’Farm’???.....

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 21 March 2024

Farewell To Stromness…….Chitting Tatties…..From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 20 March 2024

THIS THURSDAY!....‘The Living Mountain’……From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:01 on 19 March 2024

Sigh….From Orkney Skate Trust…….Via Mr. Mac….. From RSPB ‘Notes on Nature’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:36 on 18 March 2024

Health-Matters…..Fraiku: Audre Lorde…..I’ve Said It Before….PS....

by Bernie Bell - 09:25 on 17 March 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland…..‘I Think To Myself….’

by Bernie Bell - 08:35 on 16 March 2024

In The Garden…..Neolithic Sanday…...Rousay Fieldtrip….

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 15 March 2024

Delete The Creep…..A Whole New Angle On Re-cycling!......From The RSPB On-line News….

by Bernie Bell - 09:41 on 14 March 2024

Otter poo?......Worms…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 13 March 2024

Pier Arts Centre Exhibitions….

by Bernie Bell - 16:50 on 12 March 2024

Full Of GOOD THINGS….Learning…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 12 March 2024

Every Single One Of Us…. Fraiku…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 11 March 2024

Spider Shadow……Better Than The Telly…..Anthropocene?.......

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 10 March 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland……Shapinsay’s Industrial Heritage….From C.A.A.T…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:15 on 09 March 2024

Words Being Trixy Again….From ‘Right To Roam’…...A Bit Of Synchronicity…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 08 March 2024

Times They Are A’ Changin’…… From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:44 on 07 March 2024

A Dearth Of Frogs?…..Have You Heard The One About…..From Kilmorack Gallery…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:16 on 06 March 2024

Happy Valley Needs You!.... Fallen Fulmars…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:02 on 05 March 2024

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..From ’Campaign Against Arms Trade’…..Step Into The Groove….

by Bernie Bell - 09:30 on 04 March 2024

Fear of Covid…..Mascara – Then and Now…. Heeding Wise Words…..

by Bernie Bell - 14:44 on 03 March 2024

Multiplying Aubers?.....Words Are Trixy…..BBC Pics of Scotland…..Excerpts From Orkney.com…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:55 on 02 March 2024

‘The Cull of the Wild’……Sparrow-hawks….

by Bernie Bell - 10:17 on 01 March 2024

Cork…..Strong Stuff At Northlight….

by Bernie Bell - 10:34 on 29 February 2024

Ways of Seeing…..Mix Bitumen With Ochre…..Mix Waste With Water…

by Bernie Bell - 10:55 on 28 February 2024

‘Ain’t Too Proud To Beg…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Fading…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:41 on 27 February 2024

Books in Books – on-going again….Covid Is A Cruel Thing….

by Bernie Bell - 10:31 on 26 February 2024

THREE CHEERS FOR OUR TEAM!!!!........BBC Pics of Scotland…. Books in Books – on-going…. From Campaign Against Arms Trade….

by Bernie Bell - 10:22 on 25 February 2024

MAJOR NEWS OF THE NESS!!!...... Another FREE Archaeology Download…… From ‘Free Tibet’…...From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 11:11 on 24 February 2024

Bright Morning of the Mind……

by Bernie Bell - 11:05 on 24 February 2024

Losing Land……Stormy Weather……The Goat of Covid….

by Bernie Bell - 10:20 on 23 February 2024

Eday Industrial Heritage....

by Bernie Bell - 10:13 on 22 February 2024

The Huntscarth Clothing……The Fibonacci Sequence….It's Still With Us...

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 21 February 2024

Right To Roam…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 20 February 2024

A Roving Eye…...Help Save Windermere….

by Bernie Bell - 08:41 on 19 February 2024

The Troublesome Human Psyche…..Marwick Walk...

by Bernie Bell - 09:34 on 18 February 2024

Not Quite A Haiku….An Actual Fraiku…..Perrrrleeeeeaaaasssseeee…… BBC Pics. of Scotland…..C.A.A.T…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:35 on 17 February 2024

Billy Jolly…….‘Waterlog’ - Part Three…… Rousay & Papay Industrial Heritage…

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 16 February 2024

How Do They Do It?.....’Too Long Too Long’…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 15 February 2024

In The Garden….Books In Books - Part Two….. We Are Being Warned…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 14 February 2024

Orkney Needs An Abattoir….Bluetooth….Psychogeography…

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 13 February 2024

In The Garden……By The Bu….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 11:43 on 12 February 2024

‘In the Windows’……BBC Pics of Scotland…..It’s A Hoot….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 11 February 2024

From Kilmorack Gallery….Green & Pleasant Land?...... More Than Just A Poem……

by Bernie Bell - 08:59 on 10 February 2024

Downloadable Booklet!....Rope Making….PIZZA!!!

by Bernie Bell - 08:49 on 09 February 2024

A Skull For Valentine’s?….

by Bernie Bell - 10:19 on 08 February 2024

Taversoe Tuick Side-chamber…..The Talking Rivers Collective……..Science Pics……

by Bernie Bell - 09:51 on 07 February 2024

The Wonder of Fungi…..In the Garden - on-going…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:55 on 06 February 2024

Maybe?.....

by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 05 February 2024

What’s Real & What’s Not….. Sign of The Times…..BBC Pics. of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 04 February 2024

NEWS ABOUT THE NESS!.....Books In Books…..’Right to Roam’…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 03 February 2024

On How Planets Might Influence Each Other…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Extracts from Orkney.com ….

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 02 February 2024

In the Garden..….Casino Earth…..Kilmartin Museum….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 01 February 2024

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Sound In Taversoe Tuick…….From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:10 on 31 January 2024

Firth Community Park…...

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 30 January 2024

Weird Henges….Lentil Bake…..Orkney In 7 Minutes!..…In The Garden – Ongoing…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 29 January 2024

People Power…..A Different World?......‘Darwin’s Warm Little Pond’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 28 January 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland…...From ‘Free Tibet’….. Exactly What It Says On The Tin…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 27 January 2024

Worthy of Wodehouse……The Moon…..More on Taversoe Tuick…

by Bernie Bell - 10:04 on 26 January 2024

Roman Dodecahedrons + Waterloo!……Matthew Manning’s Healing Circles 2024…...South Uist Archaeology….

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 25 January 2024

Details In St. Magnus’ Cathedral….

by Bernie Bell - 10:24 on 24 January 2024

From the ‘John Rae Society’…..Just - Owls....

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 23 January 2024

Moss……Some Positive News…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 22 January 2024

In The Garden….From ‘Right to Roam’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 21 January 2024

BBC Pics of Scotland……From ‘Free Tibet’….. More About Taversoe Tuick…

by Bernie Bell - 10:29 on 20 January 2024

Tracks…...From Matthew Manning……’Dragon’s Teeth’?….

by Bernie Bell - 10:01 on 19 January 2024

Winter.…. Justice…...’And I Think To Myself……

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 18 January 2024

In The Garden - Plus……’Waterlog’….. From The Caithness Broch Project….

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 17 January 2024

Orkney Native Wildlife Project Talk…..Maes Howe – 1964!....From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 16 January 2024

Humanity….Taversoe Tuick… In the Garden - Ongoing….PS

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 15 January 2024

Mimicry…. Birds - Eggs……From Campaign Against Arms Trade….

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 14 January 2024

Bartholomew Barker…...‘The Ultimate Computer’….….BBC Pics. of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:18 on 13 January 2024

Sharing……SKULLS!.....From Talbot-Rice Gallery…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 12 January 2024

Everybody Knows…. From ‘Free Tibet’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 11 January 2024

Woodland Springs…….’When Giant Worms Roamed The Seas’……From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 10 January 2024

In the Garden…. Back In Time At Taversoe Tuick - Plus…… Sighthill Stone Circle….

by Bernie Bell - 08:49 on 09 January 2024

Winter Light…. Meandering Rivers…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 10:22 on 08 January 2024

From Hillside Animal Sanctuary……BBC Pics Of The Week – Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:02 on 07 January 2024

Dismantling Christmas…..A Little Bit Of Social History….There’s Always Somewhere New To Discover…

by Bernie Bell - 09:52 on 06 January 2024

‘Dawn’…..‘Memorious Land’……Post-excavation Work….

by Bernie Bell - 10:12 on 05 January 2024

Doves & Mazes…..The Difference Is Need…..Ways of Seeing…

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 04 January 2024

Symbols…..Grief….Excerpts From Orkney.com……

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 03 January 2024

Skara Brae Past Times…..Ten Good Things…. Stability…

by Bernie Bell - 10:09 on 02 January 2024

Matthew Manning’s Thought For The Week……Birds!......Could Orkney Learn From Venice?...... Stonehenge Tunnel - Again…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 01 January 2024

Past Times…...‘It’s A New Year’…… Stonehenge Tunnel…

by Bernie Bell - 11:43 on 31 December 2023

BBC Pics of Scotland…. How Perceptions Change….. A Round-up From CAAT….

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 30 December 2023

The Weather Approaches....Bones....

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 29 December 2023

Being Thankful…..On-going Stoatery…..What ‘Wild Justice’ Does….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 28 December 2023

Cats & Christmas Trees..…What Three Words?....

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 27 December 2023

From Peter Gabriel……‘Skara’….From ‘Emergence ’Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 10:20 on 26 December 2023

First Of All……Christmas Angel?.....What Happened To The Tea-pots?......From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 10:04 on 25 December 2023

Wave Action….An Alternative Anti-smoking Strategy!..... BBC Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 24 December 2023

An illuminating Piece….What Do You Call A Hedgehog……News & Review From Stromness Museum….

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 23 December 2023

Orkney Solstice Carol 2023…..Another Round-up…..A Very Good Idea….

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 22 December 2023

One In Spirit….From Hugh Warwick….Ness to Ness….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 21 December 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine’….Tombs of the Isles…..Well Worth Repeating…..A Resume of Talbot Rice Gallery 2023…

by Bernie Bell - 09:25 on 20 December 2023

From ‘Save Windermere’……Re-cycling……Sertraline…. From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 19 December 2023

‘Skara’…….From ‘Unbound’…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 08:56 on 18 December 2023

The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition….

by Bernie Bell - 10:55 on 17 December 2023

Midhowe Cairn….Hedgehogs!......Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:40 on 17 December 2023

Landslip…...’Wild Stone Heart’…. From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:20 on 16 December 2023

Remember.... Orkney…… Hmmmmmm….

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 15 December 2023

Out & About In Kirkwall….. Beavers!.... From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….The Lucy Service….

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 14 December 2023

Strong Stuff……Gifts.....Gifts - Part Two…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:05 on 13 December 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Re. Polluted Water….From ‘Unbound’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 12 December 2023

From Campaign Against Arms Trade……Earthlogs Landslides….North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory….

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 11 December 2023

Warm Seas/Navigation/Cold Seas???.....

by Bernie Bell - 17:28 on 10 December 2023

Three Sound People….. BBC Pics. of Scotland….. A Thought…

by Bernie Bell - 10:32 on 10 December 2023

Krampus…... A Reminder…….

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 09 December 2023

‘Wasted Knowledge’…… Benjamin Zephaniah……From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 08 December 2023

RWANDA!!!....Wobbles the Wiener Dog…….. Doctor Who?......St. Mary’s - Stromness…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:04 on 07 December 2023

The Night Sky…..Ness of Brodgar Newsletter…..From Kilmorack Gallery….From Orkney.com….

by Bernie Bell - 08:05 on 06 December 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine’…….Dig Dates……’In Wine There Is Truth….’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:12 on 05 December 2023

Wearing Woollies….Contemporary Pagans….From Orkney.com…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:36 on 04 December 2023

BBC Pics. of Scotland……From ‘Unbound’…. From ‘Wild Justice’…….

by Bernie Bell - 10:41 on 03 December 2023

After - noon...

by Bernie Bell - 13:28 on 02 December 2023

Part Two....

by Bernie Bell - 11:27 on 02 December 2023

Venus…..Setting The Stove….‘Earth Logs’…..‘The Burning’……Vote! Vote! Vote!.....

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 02 December 2023

‘The Elgin Alibi’…..Role Playing…. From ‘Free Tibet’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 01 December 2023

Location – Location – Location!.....Exhibition – Exhibition – Exhibition!......Robinson R.R………Shane MacGowan...

by Bernie Bell - 09:05 on 30 November 2023

From Hugh Warwick……That’s The Way To Do It….From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 29 November 2023

PLEASE HELP THE NESS OF BRODGAR!!!!......From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Mr. Mac & Jackie M…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:34 on 28 November 2023

Fireworks……A Chiropractor's Christmas Tree!….. The Tomb Near Holm……Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:25 on 27 November 2023

The Old Photographs

by Bernie Bell - 09:12 on 26 November 2023

Glencoe…… Aftershocks…. From ‘Freedom From Torture’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 25 November 2023

Danse Macabre…..Facebook - Part Two…...Blackhammer Cairn…… From ‘Right to Roam’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 24 November 2023

Voleen!.....Sans Frontiers....From ‘Free Tibet’…. From ‘Unbound’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 23 November 2023

A Familiar Scenario…..Facebook….. Sea Eagles….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:32 on 22 November 2023

Jackie Morris’ Blog….. Meanwhile….Back To Birsay…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 21 November 2023

Matthew Manning’s Thought For The Week……OISF……

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 20 November 2023

From ‘Freedom From Torture’ - Tory Governance…..Gratitude…

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 19 November 2023

BIG NEWS FROM THE CAITHNESS BROCH PROJECT!!!!..... The Camera Never Lies?.....BBC Pics. Of Scotland…… From Change.org….

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 18 November 2023

Corn Dollies At ‘Northlight’……For Bart……Save The Darwin Oak ……

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 17 November 2023

From Change.org…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……From Hugh Warwick….

by Bernie Bell - 09:12 on 16 November 2023

Life - Connects….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..From ‘Wild Justice’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 15 November 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine… Being Creative With Leaves….NOB Newsletter….

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 14 November 2023

Many Groovy Gifts (?) From The NOB Shop!!!....... Life…

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 13 November 2023

Old News From The Ring of Brodgar….. BROCHTOBERFEST ‘23 - plus Remembrance of Brochtobers Past....

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 12 November 2023

BBC Pics of Scotland … Boudica’s Grave?.... A Very Good Idea….

by Bernie Bell - 10:45 on 11 November 2023

Dreaming Again….From Julie Doorne….AND…..Stronsay History/Archaeology….

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 10 November 2023

The Baddest Band In The Whole Damn Land……The Hedgehog Diaries…..‘Let’s Do The Time-warp Again’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:13 on 09 November 2023

Amnesty International…..Scrooged….

by Bernie Bell - 11:13 on 08 November 2023

The Small Red Dot…..The Ness…..Fireworks……

by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 07 November 2023

PLEASE!!!!.......‘A Brain Dump’…. Times They Are A‘ Changin’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 06 November 2023

BBC Pics of Scotland……Warbeth On A Sunny Day…. From Kilmorack Gallery….More About The Holm Tomb…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 05 November 2023

Think About The Birds…….Blood-red Aten….… Food For Thought…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 04 November 2023

Yukky Fungi….. Thoughts About Eating People - Plus…. Time-travel to Ramsay…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 03 November 2023

Grooved Ware…..Roscommon Halloween?.....Orkney.com…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 02 November 2023

Dunino Den….. Giving Blood On Halloween……

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 01 November 2023

All Hallow’s Eve…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:17 on 31 October 2023

‘By the Light of the Moon’……The Ness of Brodgar 2024…. From ‘Unbound’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 30 October 2023

A GOOD THING…..Just - Plain - Wrong….At Last…. Knowe of Yarso 1934……Pics of Scotland…Clocks Back….

by Bernie Bell - 07:42 on 29 October 2023

Fungal Fun….Go Jeanne!!!....The Return of Kraak.....There’s Always A Story…

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 28 October 2023

Haiku For Rosie…...‘How to Make Applejack’…... From Stromness Museum….. More Matters Historical…. And Archaeological….

by Bernie Bell - 09:10 on 27 October 2023

Namaste…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Plate Tectonics…. Hunger Stones?….

by Bernie Bell - 08:27 on 26 October 2023

When Is A Fungus – Not A Fungus?..... What A Place To Live….From ‘Freedom From Torture’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 25 October 2023

Scratch The Surface….. Mangroves…...’Portholes’….. From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 09:16 on 24 October 2023

BBC Pics of Scotland…..Just Because…. Ness of Brodgar Newsletter….

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 23 October 2023

From ‘Unbound’…..Blue Pumpkins…..White Sands…

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 22 October 2023

‘Wine into Wisdom’…. Sing Out!...... From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 10:05 on 21 October 2023

‘A Psalm for the Wild-built’….. From ‘Coal Action’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 20 October 2023

Coming Up To Halloween……You Might Remember This…. A Blast From The Past…..Geology Tells Tales…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 19 October 2023

‘Quantum Dance’……Venus….. From ‘Wild Justice’…… From Matthew Manning’s Facebook…

by Bernie Bell - 09:44 on 18 October 2023

A Poem by Wendy……Viva Zimbabwe….. Compassion…

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 17 October 2023

From Matthew Manning….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine… The Demise of HS2?…

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 16 October 2023

Artificial Intelligence - Hallucinates!.....BBC Pics of Scotland…. A Reminder…

by Bernie Bell - 09:44 on 15 October 2023

‘Walking On Snow’…… Footprints - And Handprints…. From Talbot Rice Gallery…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 14 October 2023

‘If It Wasna’ For The Farmers’…….From ‘Unbound’…... A Frog In The Broch!.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 13 October 2023

Peats & Tangles….. From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 12 October 2023

A Stonehenge Revelation…… The Bear - Knows….The Year Moves On….

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 11 October 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..We’re A Migratory Species….’Maps to the Haunted’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:42 on 10 October 2023

Pics Of Scotland….Watching Wildlife…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Of Ravens……

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 09 October 2023

The Good Doctor….. Every Halloween……Step Into the Magic…… Please….

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 08 October 2023

Big Thumbs Up To The Royal Mail!.... Something Of Interest….And – Something Else….Where Rivers Are Born…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:42 on 07 October 2023

Ban my Book, Please……Help Musicians!.....Happy Birthday NHS…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 06 October 2023

I’ve Been Thinking…. From Kilmorack Gallery…… A Prime Candidate For Boycotting…

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 05 October 2023

I Had A Dream….

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 04 October 2023

It’s Brochtober!.....Orkney Boreray Sheep….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 03 October 2023

The Sycamore Gap Tree….. October In Orkney…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 02 October 2023

Trees - Matter…… Ness of Brodgar Updates Continue…. From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 01 October 2023

From ‘Freedom From Torture’…....Worms - again….BBC Pics of Scotland…

by Bernie Bell - 10:18 on 30 September 2023

‘Tightrope’…..Art & Archaeology….. Just A Thought….

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 29 September 2023

Happening…

by Bernie Bell - 09:56 on 28 September 2023

Kilmartin Museum Update….From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 16:15 on 27 September 2023

Franklin Expedition Talk…...From ‘Wild Justice’…..Name That Fungi…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:57 on 26 September 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Think Hedgehog…

by Bernie Bell - 10:14 on 25 September 2023

The Orkney Blues Weekend….Climate Change…..Like He Says….…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:03 on 24 September 2023

Selkie Lore….The Wild Inside….BBC Pics Of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 23 September 2023

Equinox….Next Ness Of Brodgar Update…. And - Next ‘Tombs of the Isles’ Update…

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 22 September 2023

Eynhallow Stories & Memories….. Will This Make a Difference?.....PEEDIE CHIPPIE IS BACK!!!....

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 21 September 2023

From Bartholomew Barker…..From Kilmorack Gallery…. From ‘Right to Roam’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:22 on 20 September 2023

We Return To Howton/Houton….. Shapeshifting Jackie Morris…From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 19 September 2023

BBC Pics of Scotland….Seventeen Years Ago Today….

by Bernie Bell - 08:39 on 18 September 2023

Jeanne’s Paintings…. Steve Drury’s ‘Earthlogs’…..From ‘Unbound’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 17 September 2023

Tombs Of The Isles…. Father Brown Stories…Bumblebees!....

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 16 September 2023

Hackland Old Church….. A Major Undertaking…. From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:35 on 15 September 2023

This Matters….Does This?......

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 14 September 2023

John Rae’s Birthday Party…..North Ronaldsay Bird Report 2022…. An Evolutionary Bottleneck….

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 13 September 2023

Who’d A’ Thought It!.... A Song Of Hope….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 10:40 on 12 September 2023

Nature Notes…..Winter Vaccinations?..... ‘Senlac’……From Kilmorack Gallery…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 11 September 2023

Not As Grim As It Looks…. From ‘Unbound’….. From Campaign Against Arms Trade….

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 10 September 2023

Here Comes The Sun….. Smiley Faces…. BBC Pics. Of Scotland…

by Bernie Bell - 09:13 on 09 September 2023

‘Her Hand in Mine’…….Very Old Carved Stone Balls…. Graffiti …..

by Bernie Bell - 08:07 on 08 September 2023

Homecoming…. UHI In The South Pacific…..From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 07 September 2023

Marine Litter….. Addiction…. Tombs of the Isles Recorded Talks!.....

by Bernie Bell - 10:24 on 06 September 2023

‘Celestial Odyssey’ …..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. The Cairns & Swandro Book of Rhymes…….

by Bernie Bell - 10:14 on 05 September 2023

Pics. Of Scotland…. Viking Week!.... 'Ancient Stones on Old Postcards'…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:55 on 04 September 2023

New Exhibitions At Kilmorack Gallery…..A Sound Tweet…. Back to Archaeology….

by Bernie Bell - 08:35 on 03 September 2023

Ness Updates - Plus …….

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 02 September 2023

What The?????.....Trampolining Badgers!.....Freedom From Torture……

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 01 September 2023

Woodland Magic….. It Weren’t Blue….Meanwhile….

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 31 August 2023

The Dangers of Discarded Fishing-line…….The Ness of Brodgar Book of Rhymes - Part Two…. Swartigill…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 30 August 2023

A Confused Plantain......Raining Snails!...... From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 07:46 on 29 August 2023

From ‘Unbound’……Views On Gambling….Mount Maesry….

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 28 August 2023

Old ‘Phone Boxes…. Franklin Expedition Daguerreotypes……

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 27 August 2023

The Ness of Brodgar Book of Rhymes – Part One…..Pics. of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 26 August 2023

Neolithic Pottery….. Yummy-Looking Recipe…. Because I Like Playing With Words… Masks….

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 25 August 2023

A Student’s View….. From Kilmorack Gallery….Oil…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:49 on 24 August 2023

Landscape Art….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 23 August 2023

St. Peter's, Kirkhouse…….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Cloud Hidden….

by Bernie Bell - 10:00 on 22 August 2023

Shared Heritage……In The Garden…..‘Under Milk Wood’…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 21 August 2023

Storm Betty…..He Doesn’t Sugar The Pill…. Campaign Against Arms Trade…. Cut The String…. The Clue Is In The Title…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 20 August 2023

Walt Whitman……The Task Ahead….. Goodness Me…. Pics. Of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:07 on 19 August 2023

Stromness Exhibitions…..Threeee Is A Magic Number….

by Bernie Bell - 08:28 on 18 August 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. From ‘Wild Justice’…. Wild-life….. Autumn…

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 17 August 2023

Olav’s Wood Being Cool…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 16 August 2023

The Towers Are Multiplying….. More Stones….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Viking Week!.... Well, Well, Well…

by Bernie Bell - 09:58 on 15 August 2023

Visiting Poet’s Graves….My Favourite River…. Return to Swartigill….

by Bernie Bell - 09:36 on 14 August 2023

Digging At The Ness…..Skaill Farm, Rousay…. From ‘Unbound’…..Another Fly-by Shiteing…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:36 on 13 August 2023

From ‘Free Tibet’…. Yet More Good Stuff From The Ness…. Plus Swandro Droning…Pics of Scotland…

by Bernie Bell - 08:28 on 12 August 2023

Between The Shows….Swandro……Tower When The Tide’s Out…..‘Ballerinas’ ….Exclusivity….

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 11 August 2023

A Plank…..Stile/Steps?……Brains…. Yikes!.... A Ray Of Hope….

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 10 August 2023

Butterflies At The Ness…… Building By The Bay….A Very Tempting Whisky Auction.....Recent Garden Birds - Plus…..From ‘Wild Justice’…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:03 on 09 August 2023

Remembering Eddie At Evie…. Either End Of Evie Sands…. Swandro…And The Ness….

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 08 August 2023

Art & Archaeology…. And There’s More….Hedgehog!!!...Steps At The Ness….

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 07 August 2023

‘Tang & Ware’…..Weather & Seasons…Pics. Of Scotland - Plus….

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 06 August 2023

The Abandoned Web….From Kilmorack Gallery….What - No Archaeology?......

by Bernie Bell - 09:37 on 05 August 2023

Thinking About The Builders…..Back to Swandro….‘New’ Stone Circle…

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 04 August 2023

From Orkney.com …. Ness Log Supplemental….‘The Atlantic’…. Just Because…

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 03 August 2023

The N.O.B. in ’23!

by Bernie Bell - 16:14 on 01 August 2023

People Power!!!..... Extra Info…..The Ness….

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 01 August 2023

H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N…..Sun-Shine-Open-Days……

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 31 July 2023

NESS OF BRODGAR OPEN DAY!!!!......Dreaming Again…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 30 July 2023

‘Right To Roam’…. Pics Of Scotland…..Just Because….‘Unbound’ …..

by Bernie Bell - 08:01 on 29 July 2023

Prepare…. Bistro Bell Bean Burgers…….A Reminder….

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 28 July 2023

Bookan – Trench T? Hmmmmm….. Swandro Steatite Cup!!!!..... Not Orkney – but Archaeology….From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 10:25 on 27 July 2023

Ness & Swandro & Skaill – Oh My!…….The Year Turns…

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 26 July 2023

‘Chasing Ice’….. Another Example Of ….From ‘Wild Justice’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 25 July 2023

Treasures From The Beach…. Stop – Look – Listen…..A Reminder….

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 24 July 2023

A Different Angle On The Ness Of Brodgar – Plus……Midden…. Pics. Of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 23 July 2023

Picture it…. Nick Card’s Pre-dig Talk !!! - Plus....Appreciating Illustration….

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 22 July 2023

TOMORROW! TOMORROW! TOMORROW!.....Swandro Close-ups…….‘The Corner of Loveliness’….. From ’Unbound’……

by Bernie Bell - 09:00 on 21 July 2023

Remembering Eddie Cummins…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:58 on 20 July 2023

Mostly Archaeological……Helping Wildlife….

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 19 July 2023

From The Orkney International Science Festival Team…..Double-yolkers…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 18 July 2023

‘The Best Laid Plans’…… Good Neighbours….Structure Twenty-seven…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 17 July 2023

Double Delights From The Ness…...‘Fraiku: That Song’…….Today’s Thought….

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 16 July 2023

‘Stone Me’…..Origins Of Words…. More From ‘Unbound’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 15 July 2023

Progress at The Ness of Brodgar……And Swandro Too…. The Beacon….. From ‘Unbound’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 14 July 2023

Hare? Here!......A Holy Tree…..‘The Winds of Mars’….. Sea-Urchin-Sun-Symbols – Part Two…

by Bernie Bell - 09:13 on 13 July 2023

From Kilmorack Gallery…...The Cairns….. Swandro Dig Diary….A Thought….

by Bernie Bell - 08:32 on 12 July 2023

The Ness - And Dowsing - At Tankerness House……Sun Circle In St. Magnus….

by Bernie Bell - 09:25 on 11 July 2023

JEANNE’S NEW EXHIBITION!!!.......Sighthill Stone Circle Update…. Skaill Farm, Rousay….’Ice Age Footprints’…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 10 July 2023

The Ness of Brodgar…..Pics of Scotland……Words Fail Me…..From ‘Unbound’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 09 July 2023

The Need to Be Grounded…… Stromness Reservoir Bioblitz…..Crowing…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 08 July 2023

Still Diggin’…..And Now For Something Completely Different…

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 07 July 2023

There’s Posh… All Sorts At The Cairns…

by Bernie Bell - 07:32 on 06 July 2023

Turning Points….. Sea-Urchin-Sun-Symbols…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. On Letting Go… The Clue Is In The Title…

by Bernie Bell - 08:28 on 05 July 2023

News from C.A.A.T…… And From the Glasgow School of Art….. Still In Glasgow…..‘Right To Roam’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 04 July 2023

The Ness…..Excerpts From Orkney.com..…The Rousay Vikings!....

by Bernie Bell - 08:40 on 03 July 2023

Matthew Manning’s Meditations…..Where Are The Ordinary Folk?......Say It Loud…. From Kilmorack Gallery….

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 02 July 2023

Another Mysterious Find…..‘A Land’ by Jacquetta Hawkes….Pics. of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 01 July 2023

Human Remains At The Ness Of Brodgar ….Past Ways Of Investigating The Past… The Cairns – on-going… Eukaryotes…

by Bernie Bell - 08:29 on 30 June 2023

The Cairns - South Ronaldsay – 2023….

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 29 June 2023

Orkney/Birsay Antiques Centre….‘Oh – Those Summer Nights’……Soapstone At Swandro…‘Freedom From Torture’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 28 June 2023

On Having The Right Amount Of Feck…. If You’d Like To Visit The Swandro Dig…..More Matters Archaeological…

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 27 June 2023

Summer In the Garden…. OPEN DAY!!!!....From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 08:55 on 26 June 2023

Pics. Of Scotland…. The Cairns – Day Ten…. Ness Newsletter….Aaaaand – Swandro!.....

by Bernie Bell - 10:00 on 25 June 2023

To Quote Kenny Brophy…. More From ‘Unbound’……A Short Story…. Picture It…

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 24 June 2023

Mr. Mac. Done Tremendous…. The Cairns – Day Eight – And Nine…. The JRS Takes More Long Strides…

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 23 June 2023

From ‘Unbound’……It’s A Human Thing To Do……‘Everybody Must Get Stoned’ - Bob Dylan……….

by Bernie Bell - 09:53 on 22 June 2023

Thoughts As The Year Tips Over….. A Clever Idea….

by Bernie Bell - 11:58 on 21 June 2023

OAS Calendar 2024!..... From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…… Soft Refreshing Rain…

by Bernie Bell - 11:03 on 20 June 2023

Hooligan Baby Starlings…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Once Again – The Clue Is In The Title…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:38 on 19 June 2023

News From Kilmartin Museum…. Mantles & Plumes With Steve Drury…. The Cairns - Continues….Nearly Forgot To Look….

by Bernie Bell - 08:33 on 18 June 2023

Retirement……Poppies…. The Cairns - Days Three & Four…. FYI…

by Bernie Bell - 09:05 on 16 June 2023

Alternative Island With Mysterious Stones…. The Cairns Dig – Day Two…. Grelda…F.Y.I…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 15 June 2023

Aquatic Appleby….. The Clue Is In The Title…‘Leaf Magic’……..

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 14 June 2023

Easing Up….From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….OAS CALENDAR!!!!!...

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 13 June 2023

The News…...But....Cottascarth Cuckoo...From 'Emergence'...

by Bernie Bell - 10:20 on 12 June 2023

Garden of Secrets…. It Can Happen…. Art and Archaeology Workshop…

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 11 June 2023

Canadian Connections…..Fungi…..Walking & Learning At The Ness Of Brodgar… Pics of Scotland…

by Bernie Bell - 09:30 on 10 June 2023

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……‘Colonialism and the European Mesolithic’….. Rock Art At Onziebist!....

by Bernie Bell - 09:50 on 09 June 2023

A Lot Of History In A Small Space…

by Bernie Bell - 08:45 on 08 June 2023

THE RETURN OF THE NESS!!!......From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Woolly Bear…. Steve Drury And the Moho Discontinuity….

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 07 June 2023

Dowsing for The Bronze Age….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 06 June 2023

Pics. Of Scotland….. Who Can You Turn To?....... From ‘Free Tibet’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:49 on 05 June 2023

Small World…. Extracts From Orkney.com For June…..More News From Kilmorack Gallery…

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 04 June 2023

‘So Far So Good’….‘Spinning Beauty’…..They’re Listening……And There’s GOOD STUFF Here Too…. A Bit Of a Lark….

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 03 June 2023

Bears Like Cupcakes….Freedom…. And Life…. Exactly What The Title Says It’s About…

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 02 June 2023

Dowsing At Tankerness House Museum…. More Matters Archaeological….Manhattanhenge…

by Bernie Bell - 07:08 on 01 June 2023

‘Oh – And It Makes Me Wonder’…. Archaeology In Action….‘Some Things Never Change’……

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 31 May 2023

Connections….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 30 May 2023

Betelgeuse….Kilmorack Gallery News…. A Hoot…

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 29 May 2023

To Quote Father Ted…..Pics. of Scotland…..‘You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone’…

by Bernie Bell - 09:30 on 28 May 2023

The Ness…..Nick Card Interview….

by Bernie Bell - 10:46 on 27 May 2023

Good News – Potentially…. The Flesh-eating Slug of Gorseness….‘You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone…’

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 26 May 2023

Please….Plus....

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 25 May 2023

Of ‘Pights’ and ‘Speerits’…..The Cairns…. So Cute….Now’s Your Chance…

by Bernie Bell - 09:45 on 24 May 2023

Eagle Blog Supplemental….Mayfly Love….

by Bernie Bell - 09:10 on 23 May 2023

Here Be Eagles!!!...... From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 22 May 2023

Pics of Scotland….Parenting…. You Can Tell A Lot…

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 21 May 2023

Aquatic Appleby’s Sea-Swim Blog!....Because…. Where Do We Go From Here?

by Bernie Bell - 09:51 on 20 May 2023

Patience…. Nature Notes…. To Find A Tree….‘Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery ‘- Part Two….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 19 May 2023

When The Earth Moves…. Arran…..While Being Pre-historical…. And Historical…

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 18 May 2023

‘Dwelling on Earth’……Something About Soil….. Orkney International Science Festival News.......Don’t Fancy Yours Much…

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 17 May 2023

The Crantit Trail…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Stop The Sewage!...

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 16 May 2023

‘The Secret Life of Pets’….. Pics of Scotland…. And A Film From Ireland….’In the Shifting Embrace of the Ganga’…. Face Masks..….

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 15 May 2023

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 14 May 2023

I’m Pleased…. Turning The Tables…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 13 May 2023

‘Shifting Landscapes’…… Music In The Land….Clestrain Drains!...

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 12 May 2023

The Birsay Whalebone….. Happy Valley – Buds Bursting & Bluebells…

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 11 May 2023

'One Fine Day'…..‘The Accursed Share’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 10 May 2023

An Alternative Allegiance Pledge…..Just Because…..Nature Notes….. From Kilmorack Gallery…

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 09 May 2023

The Orkney Archaeology Review 2023…

by Bernie Bell - 09:07 on 08 May 2023

Anniversaries…..The DNA Of Ancient People……Pics of Scotland….. Testing Cosmetics On Animals…

by Bernie Bell - 09:53 on 07 May 2023

Bread & Circuses….. Bacon Butties….Something Good About Gannets….

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 06 May 2023

My Friend Wendy…..Hedgehog Stories…… Mr. Potato Head….

by Bernie Bell - 09:27 on 05 May 2023

May In Orkney …. Gotta Larf Ain’t Ya?.... Or Maybe Not….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 04 May 2023

Listening At The Loons…..‘Another Kind of Time’ – Marking Time…. Clestrain News….

by Bernie Bell - 08:23 on 03 May 2023

Neolithic Colour….Loch of Wasdale ….. Litter….

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 02 May 2023

Beltane Friends - and Spirals…..People Connecting/Connecting People - Steps To Fame….

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 01 May 2023

Time Flies….….A Prickly Subject…. Whale & Dolphin Conservation News…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 30 April 2023

Art From Nature…… Pics of Scotland…..’Zan, Zendegi, Azadi’……. Hoy Warden - Ongoing…… Covid Is Still With Us….

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 29 April 2023

Simmer Dim…. A Picture Of Contentment…..There’s a Moose, Loose Aboot The Hoose….An Example Of….

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 28 April 2023

Athazagoraphobia…… Re-wiggling Rivers….Blasting The Sea-bed….

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 27 April 2023

Vestrafiold Quarry…… Inaccessible Beach Clean-ups…… We Learn Something New Every Day….Different Kinds Of Action….

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 26 April 2023

Starts Off Angry…. Gets Angry Again…. ‘The Forest Beyond’…..Hope….

by Bernie Bell - 09:30 on 25 April 2023

Bookan…. Tibet….. They’re At It Again….

by Bernie Bell - 10:28 on 24 April 2023

Bathing Beauties……Pics of Scotland…..Howe of Hoxa - Plus…..‘Do As You Would Be Done By’…….

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 23 April 2023

Plastic Lasts…..A Reminder…..More Eday Updates….More Garden Visitors…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 22 April 2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MEEEEE – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 21 April 2023

Go Walkabout In Kilmorack Gallery…..Or - Spiral Into Space!.....Experience Schrodinger’s Noise?…..Splash!

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 20 April 2023

The Tale of Ducks de Luxe…. More About Hydrogen… And More About Clestrain…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 19 April 2023

Hypertension……’Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery’….. Stop the Sewage….Bear Surprise!

by Bernie Bell - 09:00 on 18 April 2023

Stoat Funerals?......Hedgehog Awareness Week…..’Poisoned Beauty’……

by Bernie Bell - 10:01 on 17 April 2023

Let Life Live…..And Here….Cousins….. From ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’…

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 16 April 2023

Pics of Scotland…..What Have Joe Biden & Bernie Bell Got In Common?........

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 15 April 2023

Words & Images……‘My Luscious Long Hair’….. Just Because….Tombs of the Isles…

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 14 April 2023

The Time of Year….. Gorseness, April…… Geophysics Surveys…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:16 on 13 April 2023

A Woman In The Arctic…. More Good Things From Kilmorack Gallery…‘Trespass For Trees’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:21 on 12 April 2023

Easter Monday…..From The Horse’s Mouth - As it Were….. From The Neolithic To…..More From ‘Emergence’…

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 11 April 2023

‘Leaving The Loch’….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Re. All Water Being Connected….

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 10 April 2023

Pics of Scotland… And Now For Something Completely Different..…‘Buckie’…..Damn Seagulls!

by Bernie Bell - 10:14 on 09 April 2023

The Exploratree….. Palaeoecological investigations around the Ness of Brodgar….. More Matters Botanical…. And Archaeological…

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 08 April 2023

Paddling.….Interesting Symbolism…..The Ghost and Mrs. Muir….

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 07 April 2023

Hedgehogs…. New Ness Guidebook…. Skull/Sculpture/Stone?.......

by Bernie Bell - 09:42 on 06 April 2023

Connections…. More Matters Archaeological…. The Attitude Of Gratitude…. Bone…

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 05 April 2023

Easter…. April In Orkney…. ‘Waterline’ - From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Something Positive….A Taster…

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 04 April 2023

Maps…. A Tale Of Two Parts…

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 03 April 2023

UHI Students Field Trips…...Artificial Intelligence…..The Dark Is Rising - Boris Johnson’s Legacy…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:34 on 02 April 2023

Of Bears & Brochs….. Kind Of Brochy…..Left Me Speechless….Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 01 April 2023

Where’s Ian?.....Decline of Windermere Arctic Charr……Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Booklet….. That Footprint…

by Bernie Bell - 09:56 on 31 March 2023

Paul O’Grady…..Petition Against Octopus Farming….. Thinking About Bones - Again…..Bookan…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 30 March 2023

Monday Night….Tuesday Morning…. Report On Long Covid….Politics…..Nuts….

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 29 March 2023

Sky Graffiti On A Sunny Morning……..‘Monuments Upon the Tumultuous Earth’….. Stories Of the Fate Of Mounds….. On The Subject Of Monuments In the Landscape….Placing Bones….

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 28 March 2023

‘Homecoming’…….Flamin’ Nora!!!.... Machinery….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 27 March 2023

Pics Of Scotland…. The Aurora…. Free Tibet….Thought For The Day…

by Bernie Bell - 10:30 on 26 March 2023

Vinquoy Cairn...…’Shifting Landscapes’ From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……Glyphosate…...A Faray Reminder….

by Bernie Bell - 10:22 on 25 March 2023

Light.…..‘Don’t Go Near The Water’ - The Beach Boys…..Spring……C.A.A.T…….Thought for today….

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 24 March 2023

Ploughing……While We’re In Stenness…. And While We’re At The Ness…..From The Ness - Over to Hoy……

by Bernie Bell - 07:20 on 23 March 2023

The Power Of Positive And Negative Intent…

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 22 March 2023

A Scapa Surprise….Something About A Bear…. An Orkney Vole!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 21 March 2023

WHAT? …… Art - Forms…. John Rae Society President’s Sea Swim Blog 2…….Thought For The Day….

by Bernie Bell - 07:26 on 20 March 2023

The Call Of The Wild…..W&DC…..Skara Brae….Pics of Scotland …….

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 19 March 2023

Froggy Pond…..Free Bee-friendly Seeds…..Trees….

by Bernie Bell - 11:27 on 18 March 2023

In Memoriam….The Garden of Brodgar……The Picture Tells The Story…. We’re Doing It Again…

by Bernie Bell - 07:12 on 17 March 2023

Shikoku Pilgrimage…...Thank You Beverley!......C.A.A.T……

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 16 March 2023

Bonxies…..Origami Flowers ….. And Some Still Say….

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 15 March 2023

Another BBC Home-Goal…….From ’Emergence’…..’Beyond Hillshade’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 14 March 2023

The Lost Words….. Next Read….Seasonal Foods….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 13 March 2023

Water/Sewage……Eagle Cairn Artefacts….BBC Pics. Of Scotland….Thought For Today….

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 12 March 2023

The Ness of Brodgar + Exhibition!…. A Most Excellent Blog….. How, Who & When?...

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 11 March 2023

Bookan……Boris..….Glory Days… The Heroes of Harray…..Thought For Today….

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 10 March 2023

Hedgehogs….’A Forest Parable’….Pink Maerl….

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 09 March 2023

Coastal Erosion In Orkney….. Around Eynhallow Sound….Snow!.....OAS Events & Talks…

by Bernie Bell - 07:30 on 08 March 2023

A MAJOR POST-SCRIPT.…...A ‘Lost World’ In Wyoming….. BBC Pics of Scotland …. All Are One....

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 07 March 2023

‘Scrapbook’……Lotte Glob….Unstan/Onston….‘A Place Of Refuge’….’Sailing Into The Aurora’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:51 on 06 March 2023

Swandro – Spring Newsletter……

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 05 March 2023

‘Love’ Stories…. Megaliths…...Rwanda…..Voting……Tomatoes…

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 04 March 2023

The Ness of Brodgar…..‘Colour Coding Hydrogen’…. Murmuration….

by Bernie Bell - 07:35 on 03 March 2023

Paul Powlesland Takes Action Again….. Something Positive…..And Also….

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 02 March 2023

You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone……Collateral Damage…..Something A Bit More Cheery...

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 01 March 2023

Between The Barriers… Northern Lights….

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 28 February 2023

Messages….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Underland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 27 February 2023

Westray…… Which Would You Choose?.…. Pics. Of Scotland 17th - 24th February 2023….

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 26 February 2023

Wuthering Heights…. Shivering Andrew.... Ancient Balls….

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 25 February 2023

Wind People…. ‘Cannery Row’ Cocktail…. That’s The Way To Do It…

by Bernie Bell - 08:45 on 24 February 2023

Spring…..‘Tapes of Stones’…. Thought for Today….

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 23 February 2023

Double Standards….. Survivor Anger….. When Is A Wirk….

by Bernie Bell - 07:37 on 22 February 2023

Baby’s Smile…..Silence….. Connections With Famous Folk….

by Bernie Bell - 08:15 on 21 February 2023

The Pollinators of Slovenia….The Viking-age Reuse of Insular Metalwork From Northern Britain…….Something About Sewage….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 20 February 2023

Stormy Weather….. Night Storm….Pics Of Scotland…..News from ‘Whale & Dolphin Conservation’…...’Tombs of the Isles’ – Update & Backdate….

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 19 February 2023

Love….. Connections & Lost Worlds…. On The Subject Of ‘Lost’ Worlds…. The Eagle Cairn…

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 18 February 2023

An Odd Thing…..Gas….Pet Rabbits….Good Things From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……

by Bernie Bell - 07:32 on 17 February 2023

The Varied Use of Stone In Neolithic Orkney…. While We’re Being Pre-historical..…. SSSI’s…..‘Spin’…..‘The Dark Is Rising’ – All Posts……

by Bernie Bell - 07:51 on 16 February 2023

‘An Ethics of Wild Mind’……Focusing on Plants….Amphipods…..Skaill Farm Excavation……

by Bernie Bell - 07:56 on 15 February 2023

Woke Up This Morning….My ‘Nod’ To Valentine’s Day…..Bartholomew’s Poem Of Love….‘The Lost Land’….. Imagine Being There….

by Bernie Bell - 07:46 on 14 February 2023

Caerleon Time Travel…… For Nan Shepherd’s Birthday….Steve Drury Writes of ….Thought for The Day….

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 13 February 2023

Caerleon…. The Music Of The Spheres….Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 12 February 2023

Of Goats & Smells & Alchemy…..‘Silver On The Tree’….‘Tombs of the Isles’ On Sanday….Nothing Against Pheasants – But…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 11 February 2023

Give A Dog A Bad Name…. Balance…. Stonehenge World Heritage Site…

by Bernie Bell - 07:30 on 10 February 2023

Geriatrock…..Clestrain News….The Price Of Power…. Well, Well, Well….

by Bernie Bell - 07:58 on 09 February 2023

Of Ravens…. Forgiveness….A Nice Round-up Of Swandro So Far - Plus…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:34 on 08 February 2023

‘The Grey King’….. ‘Overstory’ – That’s What It Is – The Over-story…..Taversoe Tuick Update…

by Bernie Bell - 07:37 on 07 February 2023

‘Greenwitch’……Slime Mould……Neanderthal Elephant Hunters……

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 06 February 2023

A Small Cairn….. Where Are We going?.... Fraiku….

by Bernie Bell - 10:16 on 05 February 2023

Water…..A Footprint…..More Question Marks....

by Bernie Bell - 10:03 on 04 February 2023

Beavers….Wood ……Sports-washing…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:35 on 03 February 2023

The Dark Is Rising - Sign of the Light…. Imbolc…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine - ‘From Dirt’….. Fear…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:01 on 02 February 2023

‘The Dark Is Rising’…… The Cowpea….Just Because….

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 01 February 2023

Susan Cooper.... More From ‘Emergence’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:05 on 31 January 2023

Beach Finds…. A Series Of Pieces From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…….What’s Next?.....

by Bernie Bell - 07:39 on 30 January 2023

‘Over Sea, Under Stone’ …… Archaic Vegetables…...Fraiku: 90 seconds to Midnight …

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 29 January 2023

Forgotten Heroes of the Covid Frontline…….. There’s Something About Cornwall…...Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:37 on 28 January 2023

Orkney International Science Festival!!!......Darkness Is The Absence Of Light….. Thought For the Day…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:41 on 27 January 2023

Fear…. Free Tibet…. On Keeping A Light Shining…

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 26 January 2023

“We be of one blood, ye and I”……The Cairns….Pollution Event….A Petition….

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 25 January 2023

Thinking Too Much….. Patterns of Extraction…… Eh?...

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 24 January 2023

Otter – Stone – Water – Life..…Stone Circling…. Do Viruses Stay In Your System?.....Thought For The Day…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 23 January 2023

Whale & Dolphin Conservation News…..Publication To Download For FREE…..Another Good Read….Clestrain….. A Couple Of Observations On Environmental Protection….

by Bernie Bell - 11:00 on 22 January 2023

Dave Crosby……On-line Archaeology Seminar…..Curiosity….Pics of Scotland….A Petition…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:32 on 21 January 2023

It’s The Same Mind-set…… Fake News….

by Bernie Bell - 11:30 on 20 January 2023

Not In My Back-yard…...I’m Concerned….

by Bernie Bell - 08:02 on 19 January 2023

Observing Roookie….Jackie’s Sparrer…..Right To Roam….

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 18 January 2023

Exactly What It Says It Is….. I Likes Fungi….From ‘Emergence’ On-line Magazine.… From Life-enhancing - To Life-destroying….

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 17 January 2023

The ‘Death Café’ Again…...Connections…..Snow!

by Bernie Bell - 07:58 on 16 January 2023

Pics. Of Scotland….Masks….That’s Cats For Ya’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:58 on 15 January 2023

Bog People…. Natural Sacred Places….Cruella……

by Bernie Bell - 10:25 on 14 January 2023

Jeff Beck…..Another Response Re. Faray Windfarm….. Potato Heads…..Marine Litter…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:36 on 13 January 2023

Art & Archaeology……‘Living with the Unknown’: Soundtrack…… A Heart-felt Plea…….Watching….

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 12 January 2023

Words & Images….‘Utuqaq’…..Iain Robertson’s Rambles……

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 11 January 2023

Plastic Tableware…… Further Responses Re. Faray Windfarm…..My Name Is Beauty……

by Bernie Bell - 08:42 on 10 January 2023

Time Capsules…. Yoga is A Good Thing…..’War on the Air’……….

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 09 January 2023

‘Coming Home to the Cove’…..Well, well, well…. While On The Subject Of Death…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:51 on 08 January 2023

Ness of Brodgar Top 10 for 2022…….Noiseless Messengers……Photos of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:14 on 07 January 2023

Christmas Cards In The Ditches……. Polar Wander..….‘Where the Horses Sing’…..More Covid Musings…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 06 January 2023

Right Round Mull Head…. He Knows, You Know…..‘Beyond the Horizon’…..

by Bernie Bell - 12:45 on 05 January 2023

‘Navigating The Mysteries’…..Twenty Years At The Ness of Brodgar….’Take A Hike’…….Catching the wave......Faray Windfarm – on-going…

by Bernie Bell - 10:35 on 04 January 2023

Dawn……Back To ‘Emergence’ Pieces From Last Year……Earthlogs….Next In The Ness Top 10…Waste not….

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 03 January 2023

Life Goes On….. Kittiwakes….Bartholomew Barker’s Poem For The New Year……..Poetry For The New Year From ‘Emergence’…..What’s it for…?

by Bernie Bell - 10:53 on 02 January 2023

Kirkhouse Kirkyard….New Year's Day......From ‘Emergence’ – On Beings……Next Ness Top 10 For 2022…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:02 on 01 January 2023

‘On Death and Love’…….Small Is Beautiful at The Ness…..Photos of Scotland 23-30th December 2022…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:49 on 31 December 2022

by Bernie Bell - 10:34 on 30 December 2022

The Ness of Brodgar Top 10 of 2022 – ongoing…...The Hardy Tree…..More From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 10:11 on 29 December 2022

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 28 December 2022

Just - Well - Just….A Selection From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….. Happy Hannukah…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 27 December 2022

Weapons Of Mass Destruction….. Brochy Tales….. Call Me Madam….Hypothermic Animals….

by Bernie Bell - 10:19 on 26 December 2022

In Praise Of The Humble Rennie……Scotland’s Christmas Trees…..We Meet A Selkie-Woman....

by Bernie Bell - 09:50 on 25 December 2022

Why Cats Don’t Like Christmas….. Urban Pre-history……Photos of Scotland…..Whales & Dolphins….The Night Before Christmas.....

by Bernie Bell - 10:09 on 24 December 2022

Solstice Thoughts…. Ness of Brodgar 2022 Top 10…ongoing…..The Glasgow Mela 2022….Ecology/Economy?...

by Bernie Bell - 10:16 on 23 December 2022

Sun Return……The Return Of Life…..Nature’s Art-Works……..Human Craftsmanship…

by Bernie Bell - 09:56 on 22 December 2022

The Return Of Light…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:32 on 21 December 2022

Earth-logs Compilation.…’Derry Girls’….F.A.C.T.S………

by Bernie Bell - 10:33 on 20 December 2022

Ness of Brodgar 2022 Top 10 – ongoing.….Emergence……Choices……

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 19 December 2022

The Ness of Brodgar Top 10 for 2022…..Pictures of Scotland 9th - 16th December 2022…..Klingon With A Cold……This Beggars Belief…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 18 December 2022

Happy Snakes….Icey Pancakes…..More Creel Trees….Jackie Morris Is A Bloody Marvel…..And…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:35 on 17 December 2022

First Orkney Snow.......‘Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time’……Sweet Dreams…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 16 December 2022

Susurrations of the Sea…..Wildcat Pawprints In The Snow…….Work…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 15 December 2022

All Out Of Darkness We Have Light…..OAS Review Back-numbers To Download…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 14 December 2022

Beware Of Ice….Helping Wild Birds….. And We Think It’s Cold Here….

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 13 December 2022

Foraging…..The Last Time….

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 12 December 2022

Winter…..The Lion/Man…….The Passing Of Ruth Madoc......

by Bernie Bell - 11:30 on 11 December 2022

FREE BOOK TO DOWNLOAD……. Kilmartin Museum On-line Talks….Prehistoric Deer…..A New Coal Mine???.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 10 December 2022

The Power Of Words….Emergence….Bartholomew Barker Gets Frisky With Molly Malone…Meet The Ancestors….

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 09 December 2022

Marks of Devotion in St. Magnus Cathedral….Thinking of Ireland….A Memory & A Meditation…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:12 on 08 December 2022

Tauroctony……Gerard Manley Hopkins….The Ice Queen…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:53 on 07 December 2022

Trees & Walls….Badger & Hedgehog…..Cats & Alpacas…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 06 December 2022

Respect…..Skaill House…. Please Help Palestine....World Soil Day....

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 05 December 2022

The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition!!!

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 04 December 2022

A Good Read…. Blimey…..Approaching The Holidays…..Avian ‘Flu……

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 03 December 2022

Goals…….Rain…….

by Bernie Bell - 07:42 on 02 December 2022

It’s The Time Of Year……Lucy….The Cairns Bowl - Again…..Swifts….

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 01 December 2022

‘Museum Without Walls’…..Inward Migration….

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 30 November 2022

Ursine Connections….

by Bernie Bell - 07:57 on 29 November 2022

Stromness Necropolis To Warebeth Beach….Matters Archaeological.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 28 November 2022

Bones etc.….. Steve Drury Presents….Limiting Life In Britain….

by Bernie Bell - 10:11 on 27 November 2022

Thanksgiving…. Swartigill….Men On The Moon…. Back to Earth….

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 26 November 2022

Just Because…. A Short Witter About AI….. There’s Always Some Archaeology….or…nearly always….

by Bernie Bell - 08:42 on 25 November 2022

Food Glorious Food!......One Of A Kind…...Where Now For Independence For Scotland?.....

by Bernie Bell - 07:34 on 24 November 2022

Coastal Erosion….. Fire Bucket Installation?.... Naming….Fibonacci....Independence For Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:20 on 23 November 2022

Mutton Chops At The NOB?.....And I Think To Myself…..Moths…..Joe Lycett’s At It Again…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 22 November 2022

Whale Remains …….Moomins…..Sighthill Stone Circle....

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 21 November 2022

‘Bad Habits’…..Catch Them If You Can …Fare-well To Julie Gibson…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 20 November 2022

Whale & Dolphin News…..Hedgehogs…… A Very Real Christmas Gift….

by Bernie Bell - 10:36 on 19 November 2022

When Life-forms Get Out Of Balance…..Wise Dog….Stormy Weather…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 18 November 2022

Vaccination – Matters…..The Cairns!!!... Just Stop Oil….

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 17 November 2022

Eday Remembrance….Ness of Brodgar Dates…. Bird Crime…. Wild Justice….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 16 November 2022

Joe Lycett…..Bartholomew Experiments….

by Bernie Bell - 14:18 on 15 November 2022

Books….Shelter Box….Orkney Archaeology Society…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:48 on 14 November 2022

What Happened To Integrity – Personal or Political?......Nurses….

by Bernie Bell - 10:59 on 13 November 2022

Orkney Otters……. Save Windermere…..Holy Moly….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 12 November 2022

Hedgehogs and Small Islands….. If You Don’t Ask – You Can’t Get…..St. Magnus Graffiti Project…Remembering

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 11 November 2022

Politics….Walking For Wildlife…….CARVED STONE BALLS!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 10 November 2022

In Vino Veritas…. Gobblers, Toms & Hens &..…Bookan……

by Bernie Bell - 07:29 on 09 November 2022

Whales & Dolphins…..The Orkney Vole…….A Spell…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 08 November 2022

A Different Kind Of Remember Remember…. Eve’s Broch Re-visited….Neolithic November……If……

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 07 November 2022

Around The Bay…..Fireworks…..The Rock….. Unusual Interpretations….

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 06 November 2022

Sewage…… Just Because…..Stepping Back in time…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 05 November 2022

Hedgehogs…..More About Magic……A Timely ‘Gift’…… Neolithic November….News From Kilmartin Museum….Lady Godiva?

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 04 November 2022

A Room Of One’s Own….Granny Kempock Meets The Urban Pre-historian….Pets Not Bets…..Celebrity???...

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 03 November 2022

Imagine…...‘Tis The Season….On-line Charity Auction…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 02 November 2022

Old Bones….The Invasion Of The Hattifatteners!.....Chocolate Ba’s……

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 01 November 2022

Face Your Fear…..’The Stone Speaks’…..Look Up…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 31 October 2022

Jerry Lee Lewis…..A Spectacular Slime Mould……

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 30 October 2022

The Time That’s In It……Black Cat…...A Different Aspect Of This Time…

by Bernie Bell - 10:37 on 29 October 2022

Kilmartin Glen…….Taxes….Dawn….

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 28 October 2022

Familiar Neanderthals….On Politicians Being Nuts….Diwali Joy….

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 27 October 2022

Coming Up To Halloween…Halloween Television…...Hunting With Dogs…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 26 October 2022

Livestock - Of Various Kinds….

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 25 October 2022

Charlie Meets Harray Potter!……The BBC……

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 24 October 2022

Voting - Matters…..Sheep & Other Livestock….. Robinson RR….

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 23 October 2022

Chaos……An Autumn Day At Cottascarth…..The Bay of Firth in the Neolithic…..Swandro!!!

by Bernie Bell - 09:37 on 22 October 2022

General Election…. CAAT…… Freedom - Matters…..Larry For PM…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 21 October 2022

C.S. Lewis Meets Squirrel Nutkin….

by Bernie Bell - 12:08 on 20 October 2022

Three Herons!!!.....Working the Polls…… Death By Stoning…….

by Bernie Bell - 10:18 on 19 October 2022

The Cairns Comes To Stromness Museum……..

by Bernie Bell - 20:10 on 18 October 2022

Help Musicians…. V. Expensive Bird Nuts….There Have Always Been Migrants…..Pasta Day Post-script

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 17 October 2022

An Egg…...Political Ads……Bloody – Bloody – Bloody…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 16 October 2022

Mostly Matters Archaeological…

by Bernie Bell - 10:33 on 15 October 2022

Tiles – Ancient & Modern…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 14 October 2022

The Shelf-life Of A Lettuce…..Practical Action….. Halloween…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:51 on 13 October 2022

Bearded Ladies….. Respect…. Bartholomew Barker Does It Again…..Un-earthing The Past…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 12 October 2022

They’re Back…..Remember Remember…. An Alternative Approach To Garden Gnomes….A Stunner….

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 11 October 2022

Seeing Things……Seeing A Different Kind Of Ting…. Ode To A ‘Stanley’ Flask…

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 10 October 2022

Making Archaeology Come To Life…….’The Lost Words’………Timing…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 09 October 2022

Seamus Heaney…..Brochtober-Fest…..Coca-Cola…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 08 October 2022

Direct Action….. Seek And You Shall Find….Orkney Blues Fest 2022……The Peedie Chippie!!!!!

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 07 October 2022

Kilmartin Museum…..It’s National Poetry Day!….The Royal Mail No More….

by Bernie Bell - 07:36 on 06 October 2022

National Poetry Day……Water Matters….. Suella/Cruella…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 05 October 2022

Bartholomew Barker……Caithness Skies…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:55 on 04 October 2022

Stormy Weather & What It Produced…..Eday……

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 03 October 2022

‘Chicken’ Stew……

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 02 October 2022

Practical Presents….The Oldest Building At The Ness Of Brodgar….. Our Life Here……………..

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 01 October 2022

Missus MacInnes…..Talbot Rice Gallery……Gas Leaks?…...Words Fail Me……

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 30 September 2022

I Am Proud To Know This Woman…. Connecting With Japan…..The Marks We Leave…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 29 September 2022

A GOOD THING.….The JRS At The Peedie Cubby!.......Henry VIII Powers?.....Brochin’ On…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 28 September 2022

Which King - Whose King?......Another Memory….. Feeding t’birds…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:23 on 27 September 2022

Fracking……The Orkney Bird Report 2021 …..Stonehenge…...Putin…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 26 September 2022

Nature Note….Arcadia Park….The Ness…..Freedom….

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 25 September 2022

Pies & Memories…. Whales & Dolphins….Hebridean Bones……Help Tibet…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 24 September 2022

Equinox….. John Rae’s Birthday…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:41 on 23 September 2022

‘The Secret Life Of Waves’…A Plump Little Trout…A Recipe….Robinson R R….

by Bernie Bell - 07:48 on 22 September 2022

Rousay…….Hedgehogs…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 21 September 2022

An Antidote…..What We Did On 19th Sept. 2022………..

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 20 September 2022

An Interlude Of Sanity……..Funerals….

by Bernie Bell - 10:23 on 19 September 2022

Discover Rendall!!!......Corgis….

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 18 September 2022

Money, money, money…..Merry Dancers……More Cosmic Doings….CAAT…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 17 September 2022

The Past…….Cosmic Event...“My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair - But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows…”

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 16 September 2022

Bartholomew’s Barker Does It Again…..Paul Powlesland……Metaphorical Pies…..Thought Police 2022…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:27 on 15 September 2022

The Return Of The Vax….And The Vikings……

by Bernie Bell - 07:55 on 14 September 2022

Corncrakes…. Pomp & Circumstance…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:30 on 13 September 2022

Autumn In Orkney…… Covenanter’s Memorial To The Gloup…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 12 September 2022

Today’s Date….

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 11 September 2022

The Queen of England…..Crawick Multiverse….. Fracking….

by Bernie Bell - 10:01 on 10 September 2022

Good Reads…….Hair Pins?.......

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 09 September 2022

More Stony Stuff…..Pareidolia?......Brad Magic…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 08 September 2022

An After-thought……On Folk Being Fear-full…..Tombs of the Isles…. Recording Things…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:19 on 07 September 2022

‘Tomorrow’………Beach Towers – Part Two…… Abandonment

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 06 September 2022

The Blob Has Gone!.......The Meaning of Truss…….Rwanda Flights…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:23 on 05 September 2022

Stingrays/Escher/Prof. Penrose……….The Future?

by Bernie Bell - 11:02 on 04 September 2022

Tsunami……When Food Gets Sprouty….

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 03 September 2022

On An Orkney Beach…..Help Pakistan – Please…….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 02 September 2022

A Tale For Our Times…. News From Kilmartin Museum ….To Eat Or Not to Eat?

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 01 September 2022

‘Once’……Mikhail Gorbachev...

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 31 August 2022

Orkney International Science Festival…..‘Notes From An Island’……Xavi Bou…

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 30 August 2022

UPDATE ON VIKING WEEK!......Scottish Archaeology Month....Hoxa Head…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 29 August 2022

Blue Shift/Red Shift…..Brochs!......A Beauty of a Moth…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:13 on 28 August 2022

Hogweed……The Walls of Brodgar…….Ape/Man?……John Rae Whisky…….

by Bernie Bell - 10:42 on 27 August 2022

‘After Orcadia’……Scottish Geology Festival…..About Whales – And Octopuses…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 26 August 2022

Starry Starry Sky……’Till Birnam Forest Come To Dunsinane’.…..Rwanda…….

by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 25 August 2022

A Dish Of Water……. Eday Wind Turbines?……Vesuvius….TRANSLUCENT BEAD!!!!!

by Bernie Bell - 12:30 on 24 August 2022

Maggie Ann's Lament…..Faray……

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 23 August 2022

Drought 2…..North Ronaldsay Bird Obs…..

by Bernie Bell - 14:11 on 22 August 2022

Drought….The Inimitable Fergal Sharkey….Set-aside…..

by Bernie Bell - 15:25 on 21 August 2022

‘Crawls’……Liners……The Ness…..The Bears…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 20 August 2022

Yew Tree Needle-work…..Impacts.....W&DC......

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 19 August 2022

The Dig At The NOB……1984…..An Antidote…..Or Two…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:16 on 18 August 2022

Brexit…..Archaeological Mysticism…..An Autumn Recipe….

by Bernie Bell - 11:44 on 17 August 2022

Freya The Walrus..….OISF….Spatulate Tool….

by Bernie Bell - 08:32 on 16 August 2022

The Neolithic Heart of Orkney….

by Bernie Bell - 07:39 on 15 August 2022

Viking Week!!! & Covenanters Memorial…..

by Bernie Bell - 17:32 on 14 August 2022

Night Sounds….Roookie…..

by Bernie Bell - 16:16 on 13 August 2022

Beginning Grim….Getting Better….Then….

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 12 August 2022

The Summer of ’76……Swandro Wraps Up…Two Worlds….

by Bernie Bell - 08:44 on 11 August 2022

Lord Creator Sings Of Referendum….Old Kirks of Orkney – Re-visited…..Just Because……

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 10 August 2022

Leila Thomson

by Bernie Bell - 11:13 on 09 August 2022

Visiting Graves…….Earth’s Core…….The Ness – again…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:44 on 09 August 2022

Frog’s Swimming Pool…..’Tis The Season To See Fungi……

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 08 August 2022

Words…..Crannogs…..Bartholomew Barker…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 07 August 2022

Signs of the Times…….Painting on Stone…..Orion over Brodgar….

by Bernie Bell - 11:04 on 06 August 2022

Gridlock…. More matters archaeological……

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 05 August 2022

Crete…..and goats….

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 04 August 2022

Monterey Memory…Bartholomew Barker….Neolithic Steps?

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 03 August 2022

Ness & Stooks & Linnets…Oh My!

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 02 August 2022

Mostly Yorkshire.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:45 on 01 August 2022

Successful Swandro Open Day +….C.A.A.T… Sands O’Wright/Dam of Hoxa…Rolling Boulders...

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 01 August 2022

A Bit of Me…..A poem by Bartholomew Barker…. A lot about Whales & Dolphins…..Plus……..

by Bernie Bell - 16:28 on 30 July 2022

Fossils….Fossil fuel replacement?..... Brochs……& Summer Grub…

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 30 July 2022

Of Fred…and chaos…and creation….and…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:52 on 29 July 2022

Open Days and Saving the Hay…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 28 July 2022

The Ness…Mars…Earth…Sky…

by Bernie Bell - 10:45 on 27 July 2022

The Ness of Brodgar 2022

by Bernie Bell - 17:10 on 26 July 2022

Migration?...More archaeology...More from Timothy the Tortoise...

by Bernie Bell - 11:57 on 25 July 2022

Of Birds & Dogs & Archaeology......

by Bernie Bell - 15:27 on 23 July 2022

A bit of a grumble ...plus......

by Bernie Bell - 11:35 on 22 July 2022

A Chair & Some Stones

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 21 July 2022

I see rainbows in the evening.....

by Bernie Bell - 11:59 on 20 July 2022

Timothy's Book

by Bernie Bell - 14:16 on 19 July 2022

Connecting With Ancient Architecture

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 19 July 2022

Orkney Seabirds & Island Life &…..

by Bernie Bell - 17:31 on 17 July 2022

The Importance of Water - and Words

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 16 July 2022

Getting Excited......

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 15 July 2022

Mostly About Critters

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 15 July 2022

Places, People and Politics.....

by Bernie Bell - 14:56 on 14 July 2022

West Cork For Starters......

by Bernie Bell - 08:23 on 14 July 2022

Bits & Pieces

by Bernie Bell - 11:52 on 13 July 2022

Swandro ...Plus.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 13 July 2022

Wheels within wheels

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 13 July 2022

Broons, Brodgar & Paulo

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 12 July 2022