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MuLondon

By Lucy | Published December 19, 2008

A quick mention for these absolutely gorgeous new vegan organic moisturisers, no preservatives and no water so they’re concentrated making them nice and frugal too. Very pure ingredients. I am favouring the lavender one after a bath – I need all the help I can get to look less haggard this time of year Charlotte is [...]

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butternut soup and vampires

By Lucy | Published October 19, 2008

Lovely autumn soup, butternut squash – recipe: The beautiful old reading room and local history section in Strichen library – like stepping back in time… Were enjoying a deliciously Gothic pairing of Dracula books in the approach to Halloween. This paperback version has a wonderful collection of extra information about the book, Stoker writings, interviews etc. not to mention [...]

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over the sea to

By Lucy | Published March 28, 2008

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 [...]

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chocolate and castle

By admin | Published August 3, 2007

Well I now know the full glory of having a vegan website. Yes it’s nice that I’m a ‘registered to pay tax’ person again, yes it’s great to make contact with others and share ideas… but today – the ultimate thing, I received some chocolate for review on the site. Not the first time this has [...]

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curious minds

By Lucy | Published April 26, 2006

Thanks to Carolyn for sending us this amazing link: Curious Minds – can see that’s going to be a big temptation! Good prices too. Gorgeous sunny morning – we all sat out in the sun and finished the Triffids – now weve got the DVD of the BBC series from the 80s to watch. Hope [...]

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scrabble

By admin | Published February 24, 2006

Weve been starting the day with Nature meditations again all this week – today we were safe in a cave, earlier in the week weve been a tortoise (I like that one) and a tree and lain on warm golden sand on a beach (obviously not in Scotland at the moment) – all nice and [...]

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arty farty

By admin | Published November 7, 2005

The second part of the home education diary from the Telegraph here Bead bugs for Charlotte yesterday – very fiddly but fun: Love all these colours – Willow on lilac and beech leaves on riverbank: Had a very slobby day yesterday, getting up late and having cooked breakfast, reading novels and watching films – very restful [...]

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fun and games

By Lucy | Published August 9, 2005

The children are going through a phase of rediscovering all their board games. This may be because they have more time to use them now they are not at school but also that they are a bit older and have a better understanding and abilty for some of them. I have been quietly observing the [...]

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