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friends, angels, spooky, roses?
2007-08-10 14:55:00 Been a busy week. Charlotte ’s friend Anna came to stay which was nice. Interesting how looking at things with someone else revives them or makes you realise things. Old games such as the Harry Potter trivia game (harder than you’d think, being based on the 1st book, not the film) have been rediscovered and new ones ... More About: Friends , Roses , Angels , Spooky
couple of bits?
2007-08-07 17:21:00 All a bit busy here but will blog properly soon or soonish In the meantime there is a new Dr. Hadwen catalogue out, info below. We were delighted to see one of Nicola’s sheep on their stickers here!! Original picture in post from last summer here New Dr Hadwen Trust vegan catalogue Our friends at registered ... More About: Couple , Bits
memory lane
2007-08-05 15:19:00 Finishing up the sort out of vegan family with the old picture bit - lots of memories there. Little, little children …and a far inferior camera sadly. Here’s one: More About: Memory , Lane , Charlotte
choccie excitement, castle, Highland estate and bridge
2007-08-03 22:53:00 Well I now know the full glory of having a vegan website. Yes it’s nice that I’m a ‘registered to pay tax’ person again , yes it’s great to make contact with others and share ideas… but today - the ultimate thing, I received some chocolate for review on the site. Not the first time ... More About: Estate , Daniel , Castle , Bridge , Excitement
poor whale still there
2007-08-03 08:36:00 A quite informative article from the Scotsman - lots about Minke whales and their problems on the west coast too. Local news did a piece yesterday. More About: Whale , Poor , Hale
comments on the education system
2007-08-02 19:53:00 Both from the Independent. Now I have only glanced at this years Big Brother, haven’t got into it at all, mainly because any small snatches I’ve seen seemed shallow beyond belief. However some interesting points are made in this article: Big Brother and the Failed Generation Grampian may have the greatest success in those league tables ... More About: Education , System , Comments , Duca , Stem
home ed, dyslexia, chocolate and success?
2007-08-02 15:35:00 what more could one want in an article? More About: Home , Success , Chocolate , Dyslexia , Chocolat
whale in harbour
2007-08-02 13:46:00 I hardly listen to local news so would have been unaware of the minke whale in Fraserburgh harbour if it had not been for a phonecall from a friend this morning. Poor thing had followed a fishing boat in and is now stuck - it’s mother is waiting outside. Hopefully rescue efforts will re-start soon. ... More About: Whale , Charlotte , Hale
lots of lovely flowers (again) and then I wandered?
2007-07-31 17:22:00 It’s summer. No coldness. No rain. The washing might even come in dry after only one day out there! This has resulted in me skipping round the garden pointing at things and calling others to see… giant ants running around everywhere and flora all around as can be seen below. Feel quite overwhelmed by the ... More About: Flowers , Daniel , Lowe , Lovely , Flow
film, castle and pizza
2007-07-29 20:20:00 Always a good omen, starting the weekend with an excellent pudding Went to see the Simpsons Movie - in retrospect it might have been better to stick to the original plan of waiting until the schools are back… we were packed in and it was noisy… film was funny though Some pics from the ... More About: Film , Pizza , Castle
that vision I had?
2007-07-27 23:00:00 happened Different recipe again - a no-cook one, can be seen here. Rather pleased with the pic too. Meanwhile the world progressed… Dan really likes the numbered method of this type of puzzle and has done most of it himself. He found the year in Roman numerals on it and research showed it to be ... More About: Vision
thunder pics
2007-07-26 21:15:00 There was thunder rumbling in the distance during all these pics, started when we were up by the loch - Daniel had to advise me to come inside and stop taking photos well the light was lovely and another jigsaw has been started - this one should build into a nice historical globe ... More About: Thunder , Under , Hunde
book, jellyfish, books and fish
2007-07-25 21:00:00 Nice day today - weird, changeable weather though: sunny and cold then incredibly windy - blew over the big swing seat and now it’s really hot. That’s been the way all through this summer… were getting off rather lightly compared to others of course - hope you are all dry and safe. Met friends for lunch ... More About: Books , Fish , Book , Daniel , Charlotte
vegetables and tents
2007-07-24 11:16:00 Some veg garden pics: Gorgeous day yesterday so we got out the tents and washed and aired sleeping bags. Garden looks like a campsite now Still it’s great having room for both - the little blue one was always our garden tent before. Haven’t had the big one up for two years - our first home ... More About: Vegetables , Tent
Protected: finished - password is harry if you?re finished too!
2007-07-22 10:46:00 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. More About: Password , Harry , Sword , Prot , Finish
7.50am
2007-07-21 09:34:00 well impressed with amazon and royal mail Love the dedication and quotes… have read first chapter but no spoiling allowed Very quiet house….
Much Ado About Nothing? and some food
2007-07-20 12:49:00 So can I remember what weve been doing… not really… there’s been swimming, walking, biking, eating lovely food aplenty… One most memorable thing - we went to see Much Ado About Nothing performed by the wonderful Illyria - hilarious as usual Sadly there were less than half the number of people in the audience as last ... More About: Food , Thing , Some
mostly blackcurrants really?
2007-07-17 15:52:00 Cat has updated her blog and it now has an astore and recipe links at the side - I think I’ll try the truffle cake later Here I sit listening to cries of delight (ooh, sutaki pies, quinoa, spelt pasta - what are these ballini things?) as the children unpack the goodness direct order ... More About: Charlotte , Really , Lack , Ally , Currants
beaches, dunes, books and fruit?
2007-07-15 15:06:00 We were discussing how we have certain favourite beaches and seem to stick to them faithfully. There’s a whole long coastline out there though so weve decided to explore more of it Started off yesterday at this rocky one: then, randomly, I took a photo of some of my books… and fruit all ready for a smoothie. ... More About: Books , Beaches , Fruit , Daniel , Dune
various bits, mainly HP again?
2007-07-14 12:20:00 MoonRabbits now have bargain packs - all very pretty, go see We still seem to be living in a slightly confused Harry Potter world. I read book 6 and am now on 5, Charlotte did 6 and is now on 3, Daniel ’s working his way through 6… You know I may not be able ... More About: Bits , Vario
Harry Potter summer continues apace
2007-07-12 16:53:00 It’s very, very good! Spoilers ahead We were there this morning, impatiently waiting outside for the cinema to open along with the other hardened fans Not too many muggles at all and none of the ‘very worst sort’ Sat there entranced for the whole of it… loved the thestrals, Luna, Dumbledore’s Army… horrid ... More About: Harry Potter , Summer , Daniel , Potter , Harry
friends, family, frogs, toads and a little art
2007-07-11 13:29:00 Been having a nice time with family and friends. Lots of chatting while sitting on sofas eating ice cream , listening to very loud singstar 80s - must have been really loud as we heard it. *somewhat irrelevant side note* One of the things I love about this house compared to the last one is that ... More About: Family , Friends , Daniel , Frogs , Ends
Children in the distance
2007-07-10 09:59:00 Gorgeous and sunny yesterday - really hot. Had a nice day with my sister. Went to some of our favourite beaches, Charlotte carrying her book everywhere in case of chances to read Saw lots of little catfish in the rockpools but they were too quick for my camera. Apologies to those on dialup… I know ... More About: Children , Daniel , The D
random pics? more colours
2007-07-08 12:23:00 I’ve finished my re-read of the half-blood prince and Charlotte ’s now embroiled in it deeply: Daniel coming down the hall. Yes there’s a sun lounger in there - doesn’t everyone have that in their hall??? Take a photo of me too: Many a smoothie being enjoyed with these next two: more pretty flowers coming out: our little bell at the front ... More About: Colours , Random
colours
2007-07-06 15:08:00 Everything is very colourful here just now - I have a toe that looks like it has gangrene but no - it’s just dyed that colour. I nagged everyone else about avoiding skin contact and being good with the latex gloves and then proceeded to ignore my own advice completely and stomp around in the ... More About: Colours , Charlotte
lunch from the garden - pics
2007-07-04 15:00:00 mouseover: which was a salad with ‘cut and come again lettuce’, radish and sage flowers, potato salad with the dressing above, giant greek baked beans and dolmades (slight cheat as obviously those last two did not come from the garden at all). I like that the kids have really prepared the tatties from the very start: ... More About: Garden , Lunch , Charlotte , The G , Arden
books films sun food? rudeness too
2007-07-04 12:22:00 Few days no blog so now have to strain to remember what weve been doing. Cat went home Really weve just been splashing up and down the pool (amazing the difference going in every day is making to our strength and confidence), laying in the sun and reading, reading, reading. Dan is still enthralled with this ... More About: Food , Books , Films , Charlotte , Rude
holidaytime
2007-06-30 16:18:00 Weve been having a lovely holiday time with Cat for the last few days. Weve had wonderful chats, good food, late night singing, film watching, book reading (Cat brought down some fantastic medical books for us), beach and loch walking, herb gathering and preparation, swimming in rain (no photos - be glad), toy and book shopping… ... More About: Daytime
a little bit of sunshine
2007-06-26 17:25:00 at last. Just having a quiet summery time. Doing rather better than other areas of the UK, hope everyone is allright and dry. Met another of our neighbours last night. Well, she lives about 5 miles away, the other side of the loch, but that counts as neighbourly here. We were both astonished to meet anyone else ... More About: Sunshine , Charlotte , Shin , Litt
ooh, it?s all different
More articles from this author:2007-06-25 17:00:00 Upgraded to the latest version of wordpress and my header image vanished - it’s been a learning experience… deep into the css sheet, can’t just do the header.php anymore :( Not too sure of the new one or why there’s still blue behind it but may investigate further later. It does seem to have improved certain ... More About: Rent , Diff 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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