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Living in the North of Scotland, vegan, home educating, cake eating, woodland walking... no set subject matter here really though :)
The more ancient archives are the old home ed diary starting in June 2005 and evolving on from there.
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books of the moment
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!
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fabulous guide to foraging in Britain.
full version or pocket guide (both uk amazon)
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!
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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 Nineteen Minutes
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a great storehouse of food growing knowledge from Dirty Nails :)
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"Girls just wanna have... wanna have fun...", and we still are :)
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Popular Posts
sheep, a candle, a cake and the sky posted on September 5, 2010 
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first ever blog post posted on June 7, 2005 
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About posted on January 14, 2010 
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cup of tea, anyone? posted on July 17, 2010 
a flower, nice eats and beach posted on July 20, 2009 
a walk in the woods and ice cream posted on September 8, 2010
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Category Archives: ancient stones
girls go up the mountain
This was actually yesterday morning: Got to give a mention to Moonrabbits Cotton Comforts who were included in a two year study of reusable pads from around the world by Brunel University – they came 1st for value and were in the top 3 for being well made, comfy etc. Fab Now on to today and [...]
Also posted in friends, home educational bits, trips, vegan products, woods
Tagged friendship, mountain, trees, views
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a stone circling day
Loanhead of Daviot: Easter Aquorthies: Couldn’t access the stones at Castle Fraser as they were having stabalising work done on them… so we went to Broomend of Crichie to see the remains of a circle and henge – there were also avenues here in the past, only one stone remains of them. Day greatly enhanced [...]
Berrybrae stone circle
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Standing with Stones
This is a wonderful documentary about Britain and Ireland’s ancient sites. A very mellow and informative watch… inspires you to get out there and explore the ancient past in your own area. It includes the better known sites but also many lesser heard of ones with stories from local folklore, the presenter’s theories and observations… a [...]
a day of trains, mountains and friends
It’s the tattie holidays – we get to see more of our friends who go to school Starting off at the Strathspey railway on a steam train seen in ‘Monarch of the Glen’ as Glenbogle but it’s actually Broomhill station First sight of the train (there’s going to be a LOT of pictures) The autumn [...]
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Tagged friendship, mountain, trains
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archeaology
Home ed group trip to the Birnie archaeological dig. Archaeologist gave us a very interesting talk about the site and finds and then it was off to the trenches where 1st year archaeo students were excavating an iron-age burnt down roundhouse: We got to sieve the earth removed by diggers, quite a few things were found [...]
picnics
…lots of them. Had a lovely one with the home ed group after drama the other day. Then last night, all spontaneously we decided to go see Illyria’s Pinnochio, quite macabre, nothing like Disney So a small picnic went with that Came home and were hungry, so on with the citronella candles and noodles were prepared [...]
over the sea to
Skye! Had fab week with old friends, staying on the Northernmost tip of the island, generally having a good laugh and fun :) Had great views up there both back to the mainland and across to Lewis. Come back feeling all relaxed and refreshed… so photofest ahoy! (mouseovers) more on flickr… driving down sides of lochs: and [...]
Also posted in beach, books, friends, home educational bits, reviews, trips
Tagged castle, friendship, island, reading
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white horse on Mormond Hill
Mother’s Day trip up here with friends today: Related posts:a flower, nice eats and beacha stone circling daybits weve been up to
Culloden
Home ed group trip to Culloden Moor today – site of the last battle fought on British soil. They have just opened their new state of the art visitor centre and it was great. There is an amazing room called the immersion theatre where there’s cinema-type screens on four walls and you’re in the middle of the [...]
