And then there were Four.......

Yipppee our forth and final member of the 2010 Resident team has arrived! Becky joined JOsef, Emily and Myself earlier this week to make the completed team.

We've been inducting, learning and joining together - and a lovely week to do so, we have had some days of Glorious sunshine and mornings of frosty glows on the moutains opposite... along with this however we have had NO wind, the turbine has been the lowest i have ever seen it - the battery power was down to 39% on tuesday (the emergency cut off being 20%). So this equalled 4 very smelly Camasites coming over to Iona yesterday, where we were sooned showered and fed, Yum was lovely sharing food with with Colleagues and friends.

Other interesting things that have happened this week - Emily and Josef went for a walk and spotted a very rare bird, i have forgotton the name of this bird but its quite impressive apparently - i will get EMily to update this!
My Marathon training has stalled a bit, after a sucessfull 8 mile run last weekend, a week with no running meant i struggled with a 6 mile - what should have been easy, run to Fionnphort and back :-( will try again tomorrow!
Pancake day - its seems Becky is the Pancake Master! We has delicious pancakes with Caramelised Bananas - Yummmmy, we have generally been eating well this week - food from the Garden, fresh fish from the sea its so nice having people to cook for again!

More updates to follow, and i'll make sure Becky and Josef get on here too,

Mary XX

Winter Camas

Josef arrived today :-) so we are now a team of 3 and looking forward to Becky coming soon to complete this year's resident staff team.

Camas is a very different place now from the busy summer season, it can be very dark and cold, especially when a north wind is blowing straight into the bay! But winter has its own beauty...navigating the track purely by starlight with the stars reflected in every puddle along the way...watching a huge full moon rise over the hill and light up the white wavecaps of a choppy sea...sitting on the island on a calm day listening to the swell and watching sunset light transform a grey cloudy day into purples, pinks and blues in the sky, rocks and sea as a seal swims past checking out what the humans are up to today...it's still an amazing place to call home! Wish you were here?

Emily

Welcome to the Camas Blog!

Happy New Year!


One of my New Years resolution is to try and get this Blog up and running, so we can keep you all updated on whats going on here at Camas...



So its been a quiet few months, with some sad goodbyes and warm hello's. Tim finished just before Christmas, and Emily returned just after New Year, refreshed and ready for the year ahead.



I have been here most of the time, enjoying the quiet and beautifulness of the winter scenary here... we had snow, it was wonderful! We had Ice, not so wonderful, my family visited for New Year and Loved it, and Camas continued just being Camas.... (just a very cold Camas!)



So we have an exciting year ahead, with lots to look forward to, and hopefully (with some dicipline!) we can blog about it here for you all to see.



If you sign up as a follower of this Blog an email will let you know each time a post has been published, follow us and spread the word - we're hoping this will be just one way to spread the Camas magic...



Best Wishes,



Mary XX
Camas Co-Ordinator

Turkadactyl and Camas on YouTube

For a glimpse into the world of Camas (or at least, one particular volunteer's view of the world) then check out YouTube user Turkadactyl's page - chock full of videos from Camas, around Mull and on Iona. Here you'll find the Full and Abbreviated Camas Tours, the Diary of a Cardboard Car, a collection entitled Baaaaaa! and finally, the answer to the life-long enigma, Can Sheep Swim? (you have to see this video to believe it...!)



http://www.youtube.com/user/Turkadactyl

Turkadactyl (aka Alex) was a volunteer here at Camas during the second half of the 2008 season - but we're not all this crazy (honest...)

Blog almost ready!

Hi Folks!

We're tweaking the blog to make it all official and in line with the Iona Community website - hence the colour change (required by the rulers - Sorry James!). So, there should be a few new posts coming up, and then we'll start advertising the blog link far and wide! Watch this space...

Sample

• Here, Camas staff will be able to write up the events of the week, within the guidelines set out.
• May include details of maintenance work, the garden, kitchen nightmares, what staff have done in their free time, etc.
  
• Upload photos/videos/audio recordings/recipes/poems/reflection ideas etc, etc.
• A weekly task allocated by rota, or updated informally by staff.