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Living in the North of Scotland, vegan, home educating, dancing, cake eating, writing, 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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things we like
Salt of the Earth deodorant
totally natural and awesome!
from Amazon.co.uk
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Beautifully pure laundry nuts... better for the planet and your skin... works out cheap too.
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The greatest blender ever...
The Vitamix!
Used daily by us :)
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very powerful for it's size
smaller price than Vitamix
great containers too
The Tribest Personal Blender
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Coconut oil is a youth enhancing, beautiful smelling moisturiser, a healthy cooking oil and a hair conditioner...
from amazon.co.ukor Amazon.com
books
Detox Your World: Quick and Lasting Results for a Beautiful Mind, Body and Spirit. A fabulous guide to optimal healthy living.
Buy UK or Buy US
A great little guide to Britain's wild foods
Amazon.co.uk
How to Grow Your Own Food: A Week-by-week Guide to Wild Life Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Gardening - actually a very good, humorous read too. Full of practical advice for getting the most food out of your garden.
Amazon.co.uk
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Popular Posts
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gourmet raw brownies and crisps posted on January 17, 2012 
Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake posted on December 22, 2011 
sunshine, sky and yellow leaves posted on October 28, 2011 
Scottish macaroons posted on January 24, 2010 
graze posted on October 13, 2010 
birthday posted on December 16, 2007 
piano metaphor posted on April 24, 2007
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These creamy white buttons make the most amazing white hot chocolate! See Cat's recipe on The Modern Housewife blog.
Tag Archives: boys
a card, a chocolate log and two boys
A card for all our readers I know it’s the same one we sent you two years ago but it’s our favourite and good fun!! Chocolate Yule Log (recipe): Related posts:house, apples, Romansbooks and chestnutssquash and snuggles
veranda
Tis finished – wow, who would have thought new decking would make such a difference, feels all posh!! Related posts:Halloweencake and wood2 Churchyards
guinea pigs, gardens, castle, stones
At Nicola’s: Kildrummy Gardens, beautiful, beautiful – had a picnic there: Kildrummy Castle, evocative ruin in the mist: Grampian Transport Museum, always good: Whitehill Stone Circle – we had to walk miles up a hill… me in totally unsuitable footwear… but it was worth it, very peaceful up there: Related posts:first ever blog [...]
Posted in ancient stones, friends, garden, home educational bits, trips
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Brodie
We stayed at Brodie Castle for 10 days looking after things for my friend Lynda (property manager). A great experience for the kids, learning about the inner workings of a place like this. They had good fun with Michaela, Lynda’s daughter, also. I did not write up our daily activities at the time so [...]
transport and the boys :)
A much needed day with old friends. Went to visit Nicola and we all had great fun running around on her 18 acres – mmm… next house will have bit of land… Nicola and I have been friends since we were 11 or 12 so have known each others children all their lives. She was noting how [...]
