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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 
flower and butterfly posted on September 1, 2010 
Spring pics posted on March 17, 2010 
first ever blog post posted on June 7, 2005 
mellow posted on June 6, 2010 
About posted on January 14, 2010 
cake posted on August 29, 2010 
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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Tag Archives: cooking
planting log, sitting, eating, stones and sea
I have just planted over 300 little leeks, lots of kale and purple sprouting brocolli seedlings, carrots, radish, garlic, basil, sunflowers and flat leaf parsley as an alternative to the madly (but wonderfully) continually self seeding curly The thinking of the planting this year is to grow things that both do well up here and that [...]
growth
Planted my berry bushes from Suttons yesterday, well protected there from the rabbits Potatoes are going in today… Dipping into the Anastasia series again to get truly inspired again with growing, so different from anything else I’ve ever read. Made wonderful leek, potato and wild garlic soup from the recipe on Cat’s blog Related posts:if [...]
of Russians and swans
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. Swans are still following us around – whooping ones fly over the garden and woods regularly just [...]
Spring pics
free veg seeds from the bbc here Related posts:walnut cake and sheepskoool and sooup 
whales woods cows
reflections and windows
The bridge did get finished: Now this may appear to be a blurry photo gone wrong – well, it is - but it is also a picture of trees reflected in chocolate so worthy of inclusion It is a montezuma’s very dark bar… Related posts:the meloncake and cannibalismvikings and sculptures
Posted in beach, food, only pics, vegan products, woods
Also tagged soup, sweet, trees, walk
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walnut cake and sheep
Vegan Easter has been updated Walnut cake with a tablespoon of Nocaf added to the mix. It is not coffeeish as had intended but is very nice: 1st of March tomorrow, so will it get more springlike? Related posts:herbishFebruary 2008chocolate brains
toast, Valentine cookies and a cheesecake
We do still favour green smoothies for breakfast but on a cold winter’s day sometimes only decadently topped toast will do Valentine cookies: made this basic dough and did half plain (some topped with coconut), a quarter of it with a little finely chopped fresh ginger and the other quarter with unwaxed lemon rind, beautiful flavours! Tried [...]
cheap
a frugal recipe again, basic pasties :) and bargains to be had – the book people are offering 10% off all orders until midnight tomorrow (Wed. 3rd Feb) – just enter WIN10 at checkout for offer. Related posts:toast, Valentine cookies and a cheesecakesunny workoh no, I’ve got to think of titles now? first post…
a casserole and a cookbook
We will have been married 20 years this year… which causes me to reflect how far weve come, how much the world has changed in that time and to note the two items above. They were given to us as a wedding present by friends who I used to babysit for and here they are still [...]
Posted in books, food, friends, garden, odd, reviews, vegan products
Also tagged friendship, herbs, memories, reading, time, vegan, vegetarian
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bloggage, food and snow
First off the Home Baked blog is having a monthly baking challenge – read about it here and see January’s theme here. I’m the guest judge this month – v exciting Then we have a new blog on the sidebar – Vegan Kid - lots of gorgeous looking food there too… Then, thanks to the Skint [...]
