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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...
from amazon.co.ukor Amazon.com
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
Amazon.co.uk
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: time
a casserole and a cookbook
We will have been married 20 years this year… which causes me to reflect how far weve come, how much the world has changed in that time and to note the two items above. They were given to us as a wedding present by friends who I used to babysit for and here they are still [...]
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Also tagged cooking, friendship, herbs, memories, reading, vegan, vegetarian
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spend less
Been sent this fab book for review on Frugal Living and had to give it a mention here too as it has a home education related tip Daniel spotted it on leafing through. “tip 248: Over 100,000 families already school their children at home. You have a legal right to opt to teach your children yourself, [...]
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All very synchronistic. Saw a car come up the track and a woman get out and stand hugging a child in our gateway. Bit odd, so out I go to see if they need help or something. Turns out the lady grew up in this house and hadn’t seen it for 23 years. It just all [...]
a little birdhouse in my soul
Our little birdhouse in a pear tree (painted by Charlotte) that we can see from the sitting room window – you can just detect a coal tit on there. The birds go mad for black sunflower seeds – Daniel filled it up yesterday afternoon and they are just about finished. We bought the birdhouse from [...]
first ever blog post
It was such a beautiful day today that we ditched usual activities like maths and hoovering in favour of a day at the beach. It is fascinating to note how much learning actually takes place on a day like this. On the way there we listened to the soundtrack from the film Hitchikers Guide to [...]
