My Life and photography in the most Northerly Island in the UK.... Shetland

[Spidette]

Well I thought I would share with my crafty friends a bit of my island life here in Shetland. We are a tiny isolated group of islands ,the furthest northerly islands in the UK, with some of the most beautiful scenery I have the honor to see everyday. We are currently in our long long winter nights but the pay off is the long long summer days with almost no darkness. I hope you enjoy my photos comments are welcomed and appreciated.



The snow this weekend as viewed from my back porch


Our foot prints on the beach by our house


Looking over the beach towards my house


My baby boy in our living room window enjoying our view over the Voe


My Craft studio with this view that is art in itself, I am so so so lucky sometimes I feel I need to pinch myself 


Looking down over our tiny hamlet my house is somewhere down there


Sheep looking in one of the many old croft houses to explore


Sunset the other day


My pals the sheep in my garden enjoying the rain and the grass


Snow this friday again from my house


Sunset at the harbor


Lighthouse


Perwinkles on the beach... people eat these... not me tho lol!


The beautiful cliffs further north on the island


Thanks so much for looking I hope you enjoyed the small peak into my life here up North!

[QuiltersBlock]

Gorgeous photos! I am dead jealous of your getting to live there!! Someday, hopefully soon, we'll be up to visit. 

*sigh* seriously, I am in awe of the beauty that surrounds you.

QB

[bunsenhoneydew13]

Wow.  Thanks for the peek!!  So pretty.  You really are lucky.  I definitely don't get to see that stuff everyday, living in a gigantic metropolis 

[Pinky Yarn]

Sheep! It really is beautiful. I'm so jelous. You have a great eye for photography as well.

[Spidette]

Thanks so much for the comments!! Your all so sweet.

QB I hope you do get to visit here someday it is a beautiful place like no other and I realize how lucky I am to call it home, and if ever you do visit drop me a line, I am always happy to be tour guide.

Oh and the sheep out number the humans here, they roam free and are the biggest road hazard,lol,they cause more hold up than anything as traffic is a non issue here,lol Altho I can get cheap raw wool anytime too bad I havent learned to spin wool yet  I dont think I have the patience hehe
But thanks again for the kind comments I realize I am no professional photographer but with scenery like here its hard to take a bad picture I think.

[SewMamaLady]

These pictures are absolutely breathtaking.  You're very lucky. I can see another apartment building out my window. Bleh!  Beautiful pictures.

[Farnsworth]

You live in such a beautiful place, it's wonderful that you actually appreciate the surroundings you see everyday!
The photos are also beautifully taken. I really like the sheep looking through the old window picture.

[ineee]

Thank you for letting us see the very nice country/island of yours. I would love to go to Shetland one day ! It is not so fare from here though.

Hugs from a crafter in Norway.

[Spidette]

Thanks again so much for all the nice comments. I am very lucky to live here but I do sometimes forget that in all honesty, especially when the sun is only up for a few hours and its windy and cold,lol. But it always is stunning and as a nature lover it is pure raw nature here.

Ineee you certainly should come here to visit some time seeing as we are only a few hundred miles apart and Shetland shares alot of its heritage and culture with Norway  and I always am happy to welcome crafty travellers.

I will try and update this thread with pictures when I can there is always something I want to take a photo of lol

All the best to you my crafty friends and thanks again.

[Avian Flight]

wow, stunning location! a city girl like me can't even imagine how it would be like to live there. thanks for sharing.

[gamemom42]

You may not want to share those photos after all.  You'll be overrun with people wanting to live in the most enchanting place on earth.  I have certainly added Sheltand to my "must visit before I die" list.  Great photography!

[Spidette]

It really warms my heart to read all these lovely replies. And yes Shetland is enchanting but with less than 22,000 people in total here there is plenty of room for visitors and those who do end up moving here. I am going to try and get out today and take some more photos so I might have some more to share soon, I am so glad you all enjoy my photos, thanks again so much you wonderful craftsters for your comments!!
x

[JLMS]

You have given us a fabulous peek into your life. I love the pictures, and the peaceful setting you have chosen to show us.

[Spidette]

So the man and I just got back from a long walk on what we thought was going to be a sunny winters day....
But as soon as we got down the beach the wind and hail battered us but none the less I got a few more pictures to share. Even tho my face is still burning from the hail and the sand getting blown at me at force 1000 gales lol. Here they are I hope you enjoy them as well.

Just as the storm was coming in it looks beautiful but we werent expecting it, really we should know better the weather changes every few minutes here,lol


The man walking on the beach


The restored croft house with thatched roof... they hold knitting groups in there, its now a small community gathering place


The sun setting


The cliffs before the storm got us


The horses and somewhere hiding the shetland ponies at the cliffs


The beach looking towards my house


And the sheep with the bird on its back... it never fails to make me laugh


And last but not least the pic my man took of me getting battered with hail and sand at the beach


So there you have it some more pictures and another glimpse into my day today in Shetland.
Thanks again for looking and commenting it makes my day so much brighter!!

[doyouloveanapple]

Amazing photos. Thank you for sharing

I want to move to Shetland.

At least you have beautiful scenery, horses, beaches and sheep to off set your cold. I have a noisy city, and gross slush. The winter in Toronto is so bleak.

These pictures are absolutely breathtaking.  You're very lucky. I can see another apartment building out my window. Bleh!  Beautiful pictures.

I can only see another apartment building out my window

[CamOovas]

Oh I miss Scotland so much!!

Can I come over??  I'm only kind of kidding.

Please keep posting pictures, maybe it will keep me motivated to save up for that plane ticket!

[teargardenparty]

wow.  all i can say is wow even though the scenery and the pictures are worth a thousand wonderful words.

[TMommy]

It looks like a nice place! I love the ocean and your pictures of it are great! Very rustic, nice work.

[SunflowerSmiles]

ohhhh my.  you live there?  I would so love to live in a place like that.  soooo beautiful.  thanks for the pictures so us Urban peeps can dream of what it's like in a place like that.

[Trekky]

It looks gorgeous!

[McJulie-O]

Ineee you certainly should come here to visit some time seeing as we are only a few hundred miles apart ......

Oh my, I can go several hundred miles in any direction and I'm STILL in Texas!

But even though we each have favorite vistas and times of year wherever we are, you live in a breathtakingly awesome place...The beach scene you took just as the weather changed is achingly beautiful...Thanks so much for sharing!

[elmpixie]

How did you get to live in such a beautiful place? Were you born Irish? I've always wanted to live in the UK, particularly Ireland, I just don't see how I could get a visa and afford it and everything! so how???

[ineedart]

Such a beautiful place, and your pictures capture the wonderful qualities of it!

[thatbluesea]

I was wondering what one does in such a remote, BEAUTIFUL, and tiny place?

You pictures are stunning. I'm going to europe in may, maybe we'll make it to your country and your end of it, it is certainly amazing.

[Spidette]

Wow I am really blown away at the reaction to the scenery here, I guess I do take it for granted a bit lol. But you all are so amazing thanks for all the comments.

I also wanted to explain a bit about geographically where we are as it can be a bit confusing to those that havent been here. Shetland is part of Scotland it lies in the middle of the North Sea and the Atlantic. It is a 14 hour ferry journey from the mainland of Scotland to Shetland and it is very very isolated , but that being said Shetland has a thriving community,infact we just got voted as the Top place in Scotland for quality of life

I was wondering what one does in such a remote, BEAUTIFUL, and tiny place?

You pictures are stunning. I'm going to europe in may, maybe we'll make it to your country and your end of it, it is certainly amazing.

 I work in the Social Care Sector here and love my job and also sell my crafty creations occasionally. And if you do visit, as I always say PM me we always welcome visitors 

[SunflowerSmiles]

oh wow! your really out there!  I so hope you post more pictures...this is probably the only time I will ever see this beautiful, untouched place.  Just sooo beautiful...

[MissVelcro]

So lucky! And I must add that you have a talent !

[bella_domanie]

I want to live there!  That's georgous!  You're so lucky to live in such an amazing place.

[ineee]

Thank you so much for the invitatiom Spidette
I`m very interested in photographing myself, end it seems like you live  in the worlds very best invironments for that !
Thank you again for sharing Spidette, and I see forward to more pictures from you in the future. ( The bird on the sheep-back was cool, and I have never seen anything like that before ) 

[lee-lee ess.]

That looks like an amazing place to call home, and some amazing photos as well

[AnnieBowser]

Beautiful pictures!

I never knew before just how much Ireland looks like Newfoundland (that's where I live).  You've got a good eye; I'd like to see what you'd so with the scenery around here!

[bluwave06]

Great photos! I am sooo jealous, maybe someday I will get the chance to visit the UK, italy and IRELAND AND ALL THE PLACES IN BETWEEN.  Your pictures are just so stunning!

[Ninja_Poo]

That is so beautiful, and I am so jealous, I actually teared up a bit! The midnight sun (during the summer) and dark days during the winter remind me of growing up in Denmark - I'm getting a little nostalgic.

[Jolien]

Wanna swap houses? 

[Spidette]

Wow you all, thanks so much for the great comments and feedback!!! I just am blown away by all the response and kind comments  your all fab fab fab and have made me smile so much!

I also wanted to say I feel I have a bit of a duty to explain that where I live is not Ireland in fact I live over 700 miles away from Ireland. All my photos are of Shetland which is part of Scotland. We are actually nearer to Norway but none the less we are Scottish Anyway I will certainly add new photos to this thread when I can and again I thank you all.

[pinksparklyscot]

I haven't logged into craftster for quite some time, but saw your pic in the "hot new topics" and instantly though - that SO looks like somewhere round here. Not quite though I'm in the Western Isles

The boy worked on the ferry for a while, he's got some awesome pics from when he got ashore, I'd love to visit some time (when I've got time  )

I also wanted to say I feel I have a bit of a duty to explain that where I live is not Ireland in fact I live over 700 miles away from Ireland.

I don't think there'll ever be a time when I don't get asked if I'm Irish or Welsh, for some reason mainlanders always ask that.

Lovely photos though, it's tough to get pics as good as your's with the light and weather at the moment!

[llisaredd]

Very beautiful views indeed! And your photography captures it well I'd love to see your island someday. It's stunning!

[Ahoy Sailor!]

i am SOOOO ABSOLUTELY jealous of you!!!! you are so lucky to live in such a beautiful area. i would love to live in an area like this.

[JLMS]

I just took a second look at the new pics you added. You are a perfect person to gather visitors to your home. What beauty! We are all so lucky to have you post such a great slice of this lovely world. Keep posting. Love it!

[Smuckers9]

wow.
it is SO SO SO beautiful there!
i am so jealous!

[SillySlippers]

beautiful photos. That's my dream trip. an ancestrial visit to Ireland, Scotland, Norway. I'm in the US and only hear stories from the oldtimers. someday...

[Lufah]

Completely gorgeous!  It looks like a wonderful, lonely (in a good way), wild place to live.  And the sheepies are so cute!  Want to shnorgle them... 

[M-alina]

Those are so amazing and beautiful and crisp and bright and WOW!!  Can I come live with you?  It's just so pretty and to be surrounded by it all the time!  Just WOW!  You definitely just made my night!

[milly au lait]

I used to live in Sandwick!!