Random ramblings from the Vegan Family House – recipes, photos, thoughts on life, food, education… no set parameters here!
The older archives are taken from our previous home ed diary starting in June 2005 and they gradually evolve into the present day blog.
Below are random photos spanning the time of the blog – you can click them to go directly to the posts from whence they came!!
painting the planets
stayed at Brodie 3 times in 2006
eating our way round Glasgow
on the roof of Drum Castle
we now live by magical woods
stealing a school bus... no, really
on Skye with friends
amazing Halloween party
Dunideer hillfort
smoothies and garden doings
scones
chocolate mint squares (recipe in comments here)
getting all medieval with the home ed group
fox in the snow
mellow in the garden
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 :)
I find your blog quite interesting. Love the recipes. Must say, I dream of a life as calm and surrounded by nature as you and your family have. Where in Scotland do you live? Blessings!
We are lucky to be in the woods here in Aberdeenshire.
I too crave a life like yours. I recently moved to university in a big city and although I enjoy the course and have lovely friends, I miss being out in the countryside….
We always wanted to live right out in the country – it is wonderful