Overnight rain clearing Shetland this morning, Orkney will be dry. Cloudy this afternoon with the chance of a few passing showers. Brisk south to southeasterly winds. Maximum temperature 14 °C.
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry
Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with showers. Windy
Rather cloudy with showers or occasionally longer spells of rain. The showers will be mostly over Orkney in the morning before spreading to Shetland in the afternoon. Fresh to strong south or southwest winds, slowly easing. Maximum temperature 14 °C.
‘Again it is September’
Again it is September! /It seems so strange that I who made no vows/Should sit here desolate this golden weather /And wistfully remember—
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry with light winds and sunny spells
A largely dry and bright day with some sunny spells, just a few well scattered showers, these mainly across Shetland in the morning. Light winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Summer Magic
Image by Rosie Hopkins, ‘Summer’ poem by Leslie Pinckney Hill . “Her nights were dreams of jeweled skies,/Her days were bowers rife with song,”
Weather Forecast: Rather cloudy but mainly dry on Tuesday with light winds
A rather cloudy day with scattered, mainly light showers around, the best of any brighter or sunnier spells likely across southern parts of Shetland and Orkney. Light northerly winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
‘The Grass Is Like Me’: #Pakistan poet Kishwar Naheed
14th of August is Pakistan’s independence day. This is a poem by Kishwar Naheed one of the best known feminist poets of Pakistan.
The Fly
“How large unto the tiny fly/Must little things appear!-“
‘The Garden’
“To weave the garlands of repose” Image by Rosie Hopkins
Weather Forecast: Dry Today with Light Winds
All parts will have a dry day with variable amounts of cloud and some bright or sunny intervals. Light to moderate west to northwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
