The calendar says it is May, and judging by the number of new lambs arriving each day I'm pretty sure it is May, but if it is May then what on earth is it doing snowing?   We set off for our Sunday Walk today in brilliant sunshine, but no sooner were we close to Lexie's Loch admiring the snow on the hilltops of Suilven and Quinag, than the wind turned suddenly chilly and snow started to fall.  It didn't settle, but it was proper flaky snow.

However we've been enjoying watching the arrival of new lambs on the croft, including this very cute one:



While out walking I noticed some rock formations which I've not noticed before, despite walking this way hundreds of times.  The first was this rock which had been wedged securely, presumably moved there through glacial movement?



And right next to this you can see the spiral pattern left by again what I presume was glacial movement:

 



I hope you'll forgive me for ending on a rather family oriented note, but this weekend my niece married her fiance in Towoomba, Australia.  By all accounts they had a wonderful day, and everyone looked absolutely gorgeous!  Congratulations Nic and Col.  I'm sorry we couldn't be there.  Nic looked stunning, Col looked proud, and apparently there wasn't a dry eye in the house during the exchange of vows - so the perfect wedding!

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Proud parents of the bride:

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