Tag Archives: Scotland

ice, a pie and Burn’s Night

By Lucy | Published January 21, 2012

sage and onion potato pie vegan haggis from goodness direct and our old Burn’s Night blogpost from 2008 complete with poetry and music! other Scottish recipes you might like for Burn’s Night: skirlie (oatmeal stuffing) cranachan – pudding of oats, (soya) cream, whiskey and raspberries Balmoral Pie (scroll down through the mains, it has pics) [...]

Posted in food, odd, vegan products | Also tagged cooking, festive 5 Comments

stripey sky and flapjacks

By Lucy | Published January 12, 2012

and the flapjacks Related posts:cheap melonsit approaches… chocolate calendar time…

Posted in food, woods | Also tagged cooking, sweet, views 2 Comments

water stone ice

By Lucy | Published January 2, 2012

Related posts:curious mindspaninitolquhon

Posted in ancient stones, only pics, woods | Also tagged history, trees, views, walk 4 Comments

moon during eclipse

By Lucy | Published December 10, 2011

Related posts:photosimages from a cycling afternoonraised beds

Posted in only pics | Also tagged snow 8 Comments

far over the misty mountains cold…

By Lucy | Published November 15, 2011

but no dungeons deep or caverns old… Hill in question: Bennachie and yes, a moo free chocolate Santa made it up there… very impressive on his fat little legs *patronises chocolate fondly* Related posts:art, literature and chocolate…a card, a chocolate log and two boys21 years

Posted in ancient stones, food, friends, vegan products, woods | Also tagged mountain, sweet, views, walk 3 Comments

lots of pictures of a digger

By Lucy | Published November 12, 2011

I’m not actually trying to appeal to an entirely new demographic (three year old boys) but I like the contrasts here; well I like the colors, the conflicting realities of the situation are not quite so pleasing. Wind turbines are great but lovely trees being destroyed to make way for them seems an ironic destruction. [...]

Posted in music, odd, woods | Also tagged big bad, views Comments Off

summer

By Lucy | Published August 8, 2011

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 [...]

Posted in books, food, friends, links, odd, raw, smoothies, vegan products | Also tagged cake, cooking, friendship, reading, sweet, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife 7 Comments

random pictures

By Lucy | Published May 24, 2011

for which there with be little or no explanation… Related posts:raindropsBurns Nighta walk in the woods and ice cream

Posted in friends, odd, only pics, woods | Also tagged play, trees 5 Comments

days of yore

By Lucy | Published January 19, 2011

A home ed trip as in bygone days Much hilarity ensued throughout… 2007 trip comparison links: The Findhorn Foundation and Pluscarden Abbey Related posts:good things going on in the worldthrowing plants into the equationDunideer, Leith Hall and Daviot

Posted in art, friends, home educational bits, trips | Also tagged education, friendship, memories 6 Comments

a random hotchpotch of things

By Lucy | Published September 23, 2010

education: Potatoes for Schools registration is now open for 2011 – free seed potatoes, available to home educators too The BBC Scottish History section is very good, nice timelines going on. on self esteem: We Teach What We Are - a blog from Wayne Dyer on the best we can do for young people. Page 20 [...]