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Living in the North of Scotland: we dance and eat cake; write; read and study; walk in the woods and gaze at the moon...
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Tag Archives: friendship
Willow
Born Easter 1999, passed away Easter 2012. The most recent picture below shows her, as always, involved and interested in whatever we were doing (in this case photographing crocuses). If only I could be as elegant! Related posts:10 years on… and forest fruits…purple smoothie and igloopolytunnels and taps
summer
creamovita and chocolate buttons - recipe for sponge on this page colours from the garden – a smoothie to be (added avo, banana, and OJ) check out VegaNation, a new vegan online shop! Books of the moment: Ecstatic Beings - Shazzie and Kate Magic The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes Balletboyz - Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt Waldon [...]
finally… a blog post
Seem to be having some trouble prioritising blogging (the smiley denotes that I do not actually care about this in the slightest so do not expect it to change anytime soon ) So, instead, I will draw your attention to a new blog on the sidebar. It makes me giggle every morning as I swig nettle tea [...]
days of yore
A home ed trip as in bygone days Much hilarity ensued throughout… 2007 trip comparison links: The Findhorn Foundation and Pluscarden Abbey Related posts:DNA and teaching…writing and bookswoods, hands, feet, bread and soup…
Posted in art, friends, home educational bits, trips
Also tagged education, memories, Scotland
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amid the snow
Whoops, no blog posts for a bit! We were blocked in for two weeks, then ran madly around buying food and Christmas. I do prefer Yule, no purchase required In the midst of this we had a sad happening with the loss of Fantine. She was 20 years old and very frail but we all [...]
Transformation
Angel party playing The Transformation Game, a spookily accurate spiritual game devised at Findhorn. Wonderfully light humour pervades it. Related posts:Tap O Nothspeltmud clock and zooks
if the mountain defeats us…
but it didn’t, so we did not have to brave the mines of Moria, 3 times up and down Bennachie accomplished and quite a bit of money raised for the trees :) My legs hurt today! These new signs help to avoid confusion, there are even paths at the bottom linking different carparks so you can [...]
Posted in ancient stones, food, friends, trips, vegan products, woods
Also tagged grow, mountain, Scotland, trees, views, walk, wildlife
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sea, river, Balvenie, vikings
Had a wonderful afternoon with friends, sea swimming and boogie boarding – walking over dunes beforehand. Then another busy day yesterday at a home ed group viking re-enactment workshop (associated with the Dufftown Heritage Festival this weekend), also visiting Balvenie Castle and Banff Museum (which is exactly as I remember it as a child, slightly disturbing). Saw some [...]
Posted in ancient stones, beach, friends, home educational bits, trips, vegan products
Also tagged castle, education, history, memories, Scotland, swimming
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Tap o’ Noth and Dunnydeer
Practice triple climb of other hills! Tap O’ Noth first, then Dunnydeer twice. Related posts:puppets and castlecardsrabbit, shoes, bagels, bible
Posted in ancient stones, friends, trips
Also tagged castle, history, Scotland, views, walk
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Peregrines
Wonderful place this, great home ed group event there a few more pics in our home education set on flickr and a short video of the squirrels below, much topical talking in background… Related posts:Gatekeeperamid the snowit approaches… chocolate calendar time…
