A great day -- felt like real summer

Hiya again
Today felt like a real summer's day. It was warm, with a lovely breeze, very sunny. People were out of doors, enjoying their gardens, the sea, the sun – perfect. Everyone agreed that we live in the most beautiful part of the world.
My day started early, seeing a friend off on the 8:11 train to Glasgow. The harbour was shrouded in fog. But by the time she had gone, the sun had nearly lapped it all up.
Housework included laundry and some garden work while the washing machine was churning upstairs. Lovely surprises today, one of which was this multiple tulip, tiny yellow plant – lovely!
This was Day Two of the first ever Marine Science Festival, organised by the Scottish Academy for Marine Science – SAMS. Lots of fascinating, fantastic events are on the programme, among them Open Days at the Lighthouse Boat, at the Lifeboat and at Oban Sailing Club.
So, when my chores were done, I cycled over to the Sailing Club and managed to catch a taster sail in Kerrera Sound, which was simply brilliant, with a good breeze and an expert skipper and crew. I also very much enjoyed the company of four wonderful kids with their dad (and I'm quite sure mum enjoyed a quiet afternoon).After a quick shower and change, a friend and I drove down to Ellenabeich on the Isle of Seil to enjoy a session of Songs of the Sea with geopoet Norrie Bissell, Mod Gold Medalist Mairi Mcinness, who sang songs both in Gaelic and English, and composer/pianist Mark Sheridan.
They presented the Atlantic Islands Suite, a Hebridean journey of self discovery in poems and music, which premiered last year on Luing and at the Belladrum Festival, and extracts from The Flight of the Arctic
Tern, which features an epic emigrant journey from Scotland to Australia by sailing ship.
It was a lovely event, a wonderful combination of poems, music and song – much too short, really. *)
This was the view when we arrived just after 7pm – the sun still quite high in the sky but already shrouded in a mist.
And this was the view that greeted us during the intermission: thick fog, and a much chillier air.
*) Norrie, Mairi and Mark will be playing again on Sunday, 23 May, at the Argyllshire Gathering Halls in Oban. Well worth it!