Shetland Misfit: July 2011

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

A few more

A few more photos of the tall ships as they were leaving Lerwick on Monday

Saturday, 23 July 2011

A tourist for a day

And a good day was had by all, around the tall ships in Lerwick, I was going to go back tomorrow to see the 'parade of sail', but this has been postponed until Monday as it's too windy !

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

With a bit of an easterly airflow, at last mothing is starting to look a bit interesting again, a Double Square Spot trapped on the 6th (approx 3rd for Shetland), a Nutmeg, Magpie and Mother of Pearl on the 17th and a Bedstraw Hawk-moth and an Exile trapped last night. A week of northerlies is forecast, so that will probably be the end of it !

Bedstraw Hawk-moth

Magpie

Mother of Pearl

Sunday, 17 July 2011

Some Stuff

Now that it's the middle of July, and the patch is pretty crap, so here's some stuff from the past few weeks -

Great Northern Diver - at least 4 birds are summering around the patch

Wheatear - one of a few species that have had a good breeding season this year

Wren

Silver Y

Middle-barred Minor

Large White

Rhingia campestris

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

What the f*** ?

Nothing bird wise, but whilst looking through Shetlink the other day, I found this in the classifieds section, I assume it relates to Chickens of some kind, but this being Shetland, you never know !!!

About Me

Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out. And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out. It's like, I need time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going “hey Steve, you know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You need to maybe get away. And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better.” And I'm all like “oh, nah, it's ok, you know. I'll figure it out. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on it by myself.” And they go “well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know? And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. So why don't you talk about it?” I go “no, I don't want to! I'm ok. I'll figure it out myself!” But they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me, and it builds up inside.I was in my house and I was just like staring at the walls thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my wife came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “Steve, Steve !” And I go “what ? What's the matter ?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong” She’s all “don't tell me that ! You're on drugs !” I go “FFS, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “just get me a Pepsi ! Please, all I want is a Pepsi !” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi !I'm sitting in my house, when a couple of my mates came in. they pulled up a chair and they sat down. They go “Steve, we need to talk to you.” And I go “ok, what's the matter?” They go “we've noticed that lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going off on one for no reason, and we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid you're going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.” And I go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided ? MY best interests ? How do you know what MY best interest is ? How can you say what MY best interest is ? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy ? They say they're gonna fix my brain. Alleviate my suffering and my pain. But by the time they fix my head, Mentally I'll be dead. They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself !
Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyways !!!!