Tag Archives: friendship

polytunnels and taps

By Lucy | Published March 6, 2010

Weve had a few spring-like days now, causing me to dig over some ground for the little polytunnel and clean and set up the coldframe to let the ground warm up for salad seeds. Browsing Suttons trying to decide what to plant this year – will have more room with extra raised beds… this really [...]

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swan lake

By Lucy | Published February 6, 2010

There were swans on the loch yesterday

Had a lovely day with friends morphing into a very balletic afternoon which was great fun. It’s been wonderful rediscovering ballet being for enjoyment, rather than an eternal striving (not to mention starving) for perfection. Looked out the old class music etc. I have but it’s all on cassettes [...]

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a casserole and a cookbook

By Lucy | Published January 12, 2010

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 [...]

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swimming with the fish

By Lucy | Published July 1, 2009

not in a mafia style way but a ‘lovely hot day, need to be in the sea’ type way

a lovely jug of stuff from the garden, added OJ, avo, banana and hemp seeds to it

there’s a large section of the woods covered in these:

This morning we could tell it was going to [...]

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hot

By Lucy | Published June 2, 2009

The weather!! It’s just amazing… had a lovely, almost enchanted day yesterday doing bits around the house and woods with friends.

and here is the mint tyre (a big Jaguar one – thank you Ben   ), makes a good little raised bed for the applemint and garden mint there. More big beds yet to be built with [...]

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girls go up the mountain

By Lucy | Published April 22, 2009

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 climbing Bennachie [...]

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Gorgeous Graduation

By Lucy | Published December 8, 2008

Hopped off the train in Glasgow and trotted along to Stereo where I failed to take photos of much of the food and it was all so wonderful! The spicy potato soup is below but we also had a mezze platter, big breakfast, haggis fritters, chilli nachos, ice cream and sticky toffee pudding:

Over at Cat’s:

Fabulous food and [...]

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candles, bread, pie, soup and dogs

By Lucy | Published December 5, 2008

been some baking and candle making…

Had joiners here fitting some new doors and windows – they needed the outside lights on which makes everything look different:

nice weather for sheperdess pie

Nicola’s golden vegetable soup (a weightwatchers recipe):

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Halloween 2008

By Lucy | Published October 31, 2008

a gentle start to the day: 

getting costumed up:

then off to the party!!

Moonrabbit Lucy’s fabulous animatronic butler – speaks, breathes, turns head and eyes…

 
and a little education did happen too Daytime pics of graves as I, correctly, doubted my camera’s night-time abilities…

The witches walk took place in the dark with torches and some history about the [...]

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a day of trains, mountains and friends

By Lucy | Published October 23, 2008

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 colours just blow [...]

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