The Booth is the purple building with the pink shutters. The Scalloway castle is poking up from behind on the left.
I have had this trip planned for two years, booked in advance because that's how busy it is! Traveling here was epic, it's so far north it shares an altitude line with Norway. It was an overnight ferry from Aberdeen, Scotland.
This place is not what I expected it to be. I have travelled to remote parts of Scotland before, but as I am here for a longer stay I have time to take it in over the month I am here. The Booth itself is a one room building that sits right on the water. 
This is the spectacular view from my front window. I occasionally see a seal or two swimming over to the peer just to the left when the fishing boat comes in to the fish factory. This particular day has been one of sun and showers alternating between the two quite quickly. There is no "right" moment to be outdoors because they change so quickly. The majority of the time it is windy. It was a first to see the water so calm after nine days of being here.
The views are stunning, the place is water, land and sky, it is a beautiful and treacherous place. As I look in the distance I can see the horizon, where land, sea and sky meet but as I stand on the shore I feel the land stretch below the water and I feel the sky blowing the waves toward the shore. I think of these elements as seperate things but they are touching at all times, moving and co-exsisting as I trollop along in my very insignificant way.
These two pictures are from Paple beach and coast line. A short car journey slightly southwest of Scalloway. I take Mu on walks usually twice a day. We are getting out a lot.
I came to this residency to draw, write and experience the remoteness of this place. It is quiet and I can not escape myself. I try to be at ease with my daily routine of writing, walking the dog, eating, drawing and looking forward to my next meal shortly after the one I just had.
In the last year Adam and I moved from Glasgow, Scotland to Aspley Guise, England which was a massive transition for us both. It is much more a remote living situation for me as I no longer belong to an artist community. Coming to this Shetland breaks the routine and adds incredible drama as well as that element of confronting my own sense of being.
I came across this animal shelter made from an old boat. It is a portal to another world. I've walked into that unknown darkness and I am trying to hush the voice in my mind about doing and being by resisting accomplishing loads of tasks and and seeing everything there is to see. Exploring was part of the to do list but trying to quiet the images and voices of expectation is also part of the plan. It is such an intense solitude, the sounds are of waves, squaks from birds, the occasional boat and plane overhead.
I am enjoying exploring the island and will continue to go new places. I am drawing and I am writing. For now here are a few vistas for your viewing pleasure. I make pluck up the courage to add a few drawings but they are all new to me and I'm trying to see what they are.
Not to worry, we've made friends with the locals and they don't bite!