woods and loch
Totally loving the gorgeous springness that is all around now 
Had some lovely wild garlic pesto yesterday and think may do same today. Seems to have less of a garlic hit when very young though still very good.
freshly picked wild garlic and the sky
Swans are still following us around – whooping ones fly over the garden and woods regularly just now and look – we have new swan taps on the bath following a water gushing disaster with the old very antiquated ones!
swan tap
fitted for us by a Russian plumber, first plumber to come here who didn’t make a soap opera-esque drama about getting the water on and off with our old system and was also gentle and kind to elderly cats and frenzied frogs! More Russian-ness in The Turning Point from the beautiful Misha and Grishko ballet shoes from here:
ballet shoe heel
sandy shore of the loch
The Artists Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self - an intensely powerful and synchronistic way of clearing blocks, old psychological patterns and dysfunctions of the past. Get doing your morning pages, they're amazing!
fabulous guide to foraging in Britain.
amazing Russian books these: spirituality; growing; living naturally; raising children with love and respect; quite magical. Release any preconceived ideas of how life should be (or books) and create your space of love!
A very well researched novel which, alongside Picoult's usual 'heading to a trial' plot, explores many facets of and perspectives on Asperger's Syndrome. The potential and common effects of AS on siblings is especially well documented here. As gripping and informative a book as 
a great storehouse of food growing knowledge from Dirty Nails :)
"Girls just wanna have... wanna have fun...", and we still are :)
The garlic pesto ‘spagetti’ is that courgetti? If so what did you use to create it. If not ignore me
Glad to see you’re plumber respected your kitties, my kitty is 16 years old and my family are always kick her out the way and push her off the sofa. Admittedly she’s young for her age, except that she’s three teeth away from getting dentures
You have to respect you’re elders, even if they are techincally younger. 
no it is cooked pasta there – though I do make courgetti sometimes with one of those spirulini? (something like that) things with a handle.
I know – we have a dignified 19 year old lady here
Is a spiralizer or whatever they called, worth the investment? I’ve been debating if I should buy one. I recently learnt I cant have gluten or wheat so I thought of veg pasta as a possible alternative.
I have used mine a lot over the years – it’s also nice to add noodles and spirals of things to salads.
Victory for Home Educators!
Balls’ and Badman’s draconian legislation threatening the future of home education in England is now consigned to the dustbin of history.
http://www.aspergersupport.org.uk/news/a23.html
It’s a lovely warm day today for the celebrations.
Yes, it is wonderful
– what a tale of intrigue and deception that was… there always seem to be lies told by those who dis home ed.
There are many questions that need answering about the whole sordid affair.
http://www.aspergersupport.org.uk/heforum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=193
indeed… good points in your post there.
Reading about your wild garlic pesto reminded me about this book (as it has a recipe for wild garlic pesto) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garden-Cottage-Diaries-Eighteenth-Century/dp/1887354662 and I thought you might enjoy it, although I got my copy from the book people using my points.
sounds a great book Claire – book people are great too