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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.
recipe of the moment
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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: trees
winter
Visually there are still some autumnal things going on: How did I miss the twenty pence piece beside it? Only noticed it in the photo! *plans reconnaissance mission* But the temperature tells the true story. Hot water bottle season is upon us. Winds whip round the house and through the trees. Vegan Yule and Frugal Christmas are [...]
moon and geese
moonlight through the trees Related posts:guinea pigs, gardens, castle, stones2 Churchyardsheron in the trees
a youtube mix
Little bits that weve been watching/seeing/thinking about/liking. First a 9 second clip of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s 11 turn pirouette from White Nights: Ellen Degeneres on being vegan: Then this clip from the Magic Sword reminds me of walking in our woods here, all wild and magical. It was the first film we took the children to see [...]
early morning walk
Related posts:Moray coastautumnalbones and rubble
Autumn colours and education paradigms
Below, a beautifully animated talk by Ken Robinson: Related posts:Brodiecastle day 1writing
sea and roots
cool little thing this – The Scale of the Universe Related posts:Burghead then homefaerylandearly morning
a fleeting season
Related posts:blackcurrants and tyresMoray coastblackcurrants
a walk in the woods and ice cream
Some pics taken before it turned all rainy, before I got drenched walking in the woods, before it became necessary to make hot chocolate sauce for ice cream… it’s a good reason – try it Related posts:autumn sunpiano metaphora youtube mix
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:holidaytimepilgrimsswan lake
Dunnydeer stone circle
Related posts:Standing with StonesjollyTap o’ Noth and Dunnydeer
