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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!
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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...
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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
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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.
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Popular Posts
red dragon pie posted on January 9, 2012 
moo free Easter egg posted on February 3, 2012 
About posted on January 14, 2010 
gourmet raw brownies and crisps posted on January 17, 2012 
Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake posted on December 22, 2011 
Scottish macaroons posted on January 24, 2010 
sunshine, sky and yellow leaves posted on October 28, 2011 
piano metaphor posted on April 24, 2007 
first ever blog post posted on June 7, 2005 
graze posted on October 13, 2010
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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: friendship
a day of trains, mountains and friends
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 [...]
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over the sea to
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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white horse on Mormond Hill
Mother’s Day trip up here with friends today: Related posts:first ever blog postbeachHE at Brodie
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February 2008
totally lost the archives for this month but they exist in photographic form on flickr if you want to take a peek There was a fab trip to stay with Cat in Glasgow, paper making with HE group, solar powered boat, chinese food, snow and DS English and Maths… little bits below Related posts:penguins and seitanalas [...]
loud chat and mountains
Got the bulk of the kitchen decorating done yesterday… just some little touches to add, but we’ll do that together in the week sometime. Had a great day out today with friends. Davie decided to stay at home and complete some more DIY jobs around the house after he heard we intended going shopping and [...]
Cairngorm
Went up the Cairngorm Mountain with friends today – one of our favourite places Bought girls and boys books in shop – great success, if rather hilarity producing! Look like they’re going to have some interesting projects in them… and in other events, Davie got his photo in the paper in an article about [...]
the sacking of deer abbey
There’s nothing like a good pillage among friends really is there? Sorry, I mean serious study of the reformation. The monks at this abbey were known as white monks because of their white habits so Moonrabbit Lucy sorted that for the girls and ebay fitted out Martin Luther ;) Started with the pinning of his 95 [...]
troup head
Been trying some new recipes with my new dehydrator Visited Troup Head with friends, saw gannets, guillemots, fulmars, kittiwakes, herring gulls, black backed gulls and razerbills. The clouds and light conditions were amazing throughout our visit and then the sun shone on us brightly Related posts:hogmany21 yearsstripey sky and flapjacks
holidaytime
Weve been having a lovely holiday time with Cat for the last few days. Weve had wonderful chats, good food, late night singing, film watching, book reading (Cat brought down some fantastic medical books for us), beach and loch walking, herb gathering and preparation, swimming in rain (no photos – be glad), toy and book shopping… [...]
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:tatties and cookiespicnicssave [...]
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