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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 
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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: grow
the tale of the strawberries
Once upon a time a princess planted 3 tiny strawberry plants in her garden. They began to grow. Then, despite being guarded by a beady eyed and brave fox, they were eaten down to the quick by saucy young rabbits who were very numerous throughout that kingdom. Over the summer one of the plants recovered and produced [...]
how does your garden grow?
Wildly. Freely. Abundantly. Rather similarly to Cat‘s I see this morning! Sadly my courgettes are nowhere near as far on as Penny‘s or Cat’s (I’m hoping they’re late developers ). Some very early pics from before the sun was properly up this morning: the small toms are ones I took out of an organic tomato and just [...]
strawberries
a big bowl each Related posts:sheep, a candle, a cake and the skya toolbox of lettucea day of trains, mountains and friends
Posted in food, garden, raw
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Silmarils
Listening to an audiobook of The Silmarillion just now while browsing the Atlas of Middle Earth. This follows on from our epic watching of the extended versions of all three Lord of the Rings films in preparation and inspiration for our own mountain quest. Nice to be back in Middle Earth other jewels: smoothie and [...]
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 friendship, mountain, Scotland, trees, views, walk, wildlife
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rhubarb, tweets and elderflowers
We have a veritable forest of rhubarb so into jam some of it went yesterday! recipe over on frugal where there is also a twitter competition detailed on the front page to win my copy of The Moneyless Man (who is vegan by the way, don’t think I mentioned that before) Gathered some elderflowers in the wood [...]
green soup and juice, raw chocolate pud
recipe up here been drinking wheatgrass juice with friends Raw chocolate pudding teamed up with Swedish Glace (booja booja stuff in a tub is raw if you prefer). Pudding was made thus: grind up some raw chocolate nibs (could use cocoa though of course not raw) then blend with a large avocado and 2 ripe bananas with a squirt [...]
fruitful flowers and summer reading
It’s wonderfully warm here just now. In between all the cycling, walking, climbing and meeting badgers in the woods were loving the cool of the pool and reading in the sun Fiction being perused: Mariana, a gentle tale of reincarnation and time slipping and the latest Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White – very impressed [...]
mellow
a very mellow listen: Deltadream - based on the ancient lost Solfeggio frequency “Ut”, a tone linked with releasing guilt and fear, the shorter track there is a free download. mellow and cooling eat: minted noodle soup books weve been mellowing out to in the sun: Named of the Dragon, a gentle mystery, writers, Arthurian and Tudor [...]
