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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.
recipe of the moment
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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
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moo free Easter egg posted on February 3, 2012 
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gourmet raw brownies and crisps posted on January 17, 2012 
Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake posted on December 22, 2011 
sunshine, sky and yellow leaves posted on October 28, 2011 
Scottish macaroons posted on January 24, 2010 
graze posted on October 13, 2010 
birthday posted on December 16, 2007 
piano metaphor posted on April 24, 2007
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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: reading
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 [...]
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Also tagged cake, cooking, friendship, Scotland, sweet, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife
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a green book giveaway
We have a beautiful paperback copy of Lynne Rickard’s new book , I Do Not Eat the Colour Green to give away. A lovely title which encourages healthy eating for kids. See our review of it up here To enter just comment on this post and tell us what your favourite green thing is. Interpret the word [...]
learn premium
This is a site we used quite a bit back at the more curriculified beginning of home education – a quick blog search reveals the first mention of it almost exactly 5 years ago! From the Guardian, it covers the whole national curriculum, primary and secondary and does have some really interesting bits and ways [...]
Autumn
The equinox occurs at 4.03am tomorrow morning. A time of balance and harvest. Here we have broccoli, kale, leeks, carrots, apples and even finally courgettes in great abundance. The peas and beans are still producing though more slowly and it’s time for brambles in the smoothies. I love how the sunflower heads get bigger and [...]
this morning
setting the above as my desktop (click for bigger image – creative commons so anyone can download) doing: 5 Tibetans listening: Gregorian Chant (CD bought on our visit to Pluscarden Abbey a couple of years ago) reading: The Abundance Book and The Wine of Angels off to pick almost the last of the blackcurrants for a smoothie [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
trees for life
Four of us girls (Charlotte, me and Lucy and Eleanor from moonrabbits) are doing a sponsored climb to raise money for trees for life, the wonderful charity that is replanting the Caledonian Forest. We intend climbing Bennachie 3 times in one day, taking all three routes to the Mither Tap in about a months time. [...]
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 [...]
faeryland
These cards remind me of the woods – a lovely story telling tool Other faery places: CD of ROC’s lectures UK and US, there is deep wisdom within, much before it’s time as concerns the environment. Related posts:sound of musicwoods, hands, feet, bread and soup…sea spaghetti and volleyball
