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a different loch and wood :)

Had a lovely day out with friends at Millbuies Country Park  Oddly, I took the photo of the butterfly on a buddliea plant in the post below while waiting to meet up with our friends at a garden centre. They later bought that plant! Related posts:Notorious Kitschbusy busyflood and fire

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Dunnydeer stone circle

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preserving

What a bumper year it’s been for the currants – were having berried up green smoothies daily, there are lots in freezer which will extend the berry smoothie season and it’s looking to be a very abundant bramble year too. Last year we gathered quite a lot for the freezer as well as smoothie-ing them [...]

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if the mountain defeats us…

but it didn’t, so we did not have to brave the mines of Moria, 3 times up and down Bennachie accomplished and quite a bit of money raised for the trees :) My legs hurt today! These new signs help to avoid confusion, there are even paths at the bottom linking different carparks so you can [...]

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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. [...]

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Peregrines

Wonderful place this, great home ed group event there a few more pics in our home education set on flickr and a short video of the squirrels below, much topical talking in background… Related posts:a spot of sunpicnicsbooks sun

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I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride it where I might There’s been lots of sunny days, there’s been lots of bike rides in various directions.  We were on The Buchan Way here, an old railway line. back home in the garden: Related posts:fathers dayYACfestive scrapbooking

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coastal pics and pink meadow

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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:green soup and juice, raw chocolate pudgood things going on in the worldlet there be light

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wood sorrel

 beautiful plant – edible too Perfect book for this time of year if interested in wild foods and foraging: Richard Mabey’s Food for Free Related posts:troup headwriting and bookssushi

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