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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 
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: snow
bloggage, food and snow
First off the Home Baked blog is having a monthly baking challenge – read about it here and see January’s theme here. I’m the guest judge this month – v exciting Then we have a new blog on the sidebar – Vegan Kid - lots of gorgeous looking food there too… Then, thanks to the Skint [...]
tomato and rice soup
recipe here on frugal - snow and ice continuing, rarely known it so cold! Related posts:mushrooms and the moonKew and Kwanzaasomething fell from the sky again
snow and trees
A stroll round the garden yesterday: Wonderful things that help us through the Scottish winter: hot water bottles filled from the big kettle on the wood stove each night, so cosy for the feet and full spectrum light bulbs, good for the mood in the dark times Related posts:a very green Good Fridaysummer againBeltane
Posted in garden, reviews, vegan products, woods
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candles, bread, pie, soup and dogs
been some baking and candle making… Had joiners here fitting some new doors and windows – they needed the outside lights on which makes everything look different: nice weather for sheperdess pie Nicola’s golden vegetable soup (a weightwatchers recipe): Related posts:penguins and seitanwinter solsticeMillennium
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:home educated children [...]
Posted in beach, food, friends, home educational bits, trips
Also tagged friendship, numbers, science
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Culloden
Home ed group trip to Culloden Moor today – site of the last battle fought on British soil. They have just opened their new state of the art visitor centre and it was great. There is an amazing room called the immersion theatre where there’s cinema-type screens on four walls and you’re in the middle of the [...]
Posted in ancient stones, art, books, friends, home educational bits, trips
Also tagged history, reading
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Cairngorms
Had a quiet day in the castle (just love writing that!) yesterday. Actually did some more orthodox education stuff. I made up some dot to dots for Charlotte counting up in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7s, went and did some shopping. Daniel bought ‘New Scientist’ Magazine and factoided us for the rest of the [...]
snow…
Well, should be careful what I say on diary as it really did snow and still is. Had to cancel plans today and reschedule for later in the week. We went on a walk out of the village with Toby – so cold – took some winter pics – Lion with pots, holly in garden [...]
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snow and trolls
SNOW! It’s very wet and all melts as soon as it lands but it does keep falling. Not enough for a at all. Went on a shopping trip this morning and the temperature was 0c and it’s now risen to 1c. Will definitely need to add scarves and gloves to our walk-wear today. Saw a [...]
