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Whoops, no blog posts for a bit! We were blocked in for two weeks, then ran madly around buying food and Christmas. I do prefer Yule, no purchase required

In the midst of this we had a sad happening with the loss of Fantine. She was 20 years old and very frail but we all miss her very much. I looked out some older photos of her as I didn’t want the children to just remember her as a little old lady. She was a powerful cat, always very protective of my babies

Fantine and baby Daniel

Then there was a frenzied early unwrapping of one of my presents due to the (I thought at the time, unrectifiable ) breakdown of my old ipod nano. See how quickly I throw aside ethical non-buying preferences where Apple products are concerned?

new ipod touch - like the best thing ever!!

ipod touch

No sun until next Wednesday...

charming festive card from a dear friend

if the mountain defeats us...

the tale of the strawberries

a little bit summery

a balmy -5 today

Lucy — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:02:43 +0000

rabbit eating a shrub bent down by the weight of snow

Charlotte's window

No post all week. Car buried in pile of snow, track too deep for it anyway. Here’s hoping a handsome man can get through with a truckfull of provisions tonight

rabbits, cliffs, cushions and steamed chocolate pu...

flower of Scotland

garden bits

snowed in

Lucy — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:12:51 +0000

oak leaf

icicle on the woodshed

Digging my way into the woodshed through a 4 foot pile of snow, thoughts of Cold Comfort Farm mingle with a need to watch The Shining

a stone circling day

Haddo

beach

fox in the snow

Lucy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:08:44 +0000

Lots more has fallen – we are ankle deep again…

just as I was taking photos this fox came and had a good look into the garden. We do see them quite often here, but not usually when holding a camera

then, while eating my porridge by the window this morning I noticed I had an onlooker!

a different loch and wood :)

early morning

far over the misty mountains cold...

among the snowdrops

Lucy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:49:51 +0000

more snow… some little bits I’ve been meaning to mention spread among the lovely signs of spring to come

Wayne Dyer’s new program: Excuses Begone! – been enjoying listening to that – he is always so motivational and uplifting.

The Bristol Dyslexia Centre has some interesting stuff on it’s site including some free educational games taken from the Nessy learning program.

Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Different Sensory Experiences, Different Perceptual Worlds

Olga Bogdashina has written a wonderful book here – helpful in very practical ways and quite refreshingly non-patronising in it’s manner of looking at autism and the associated sensory and perceptual issues. There is evidence that these may be at the core of ASDs and what is actually physiological has been treated as purely psychological for far too long by the so called experts. A fascinating read

Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com

swans and electronics

summer snowballs

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