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Pure Positivity
To round this week off, I decided to do a post about all things positive from the week. To begin with, we have had a good start to our home-schooling term and I’m so happy that Macbeth has been well received! I have lots of ideas for us to learn about together – yes I…
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The seeds are forming
It’s that time of the year when some of the plants have had their moment and are forming seed pods which intend to take full advantage of. We do still have lots growing so I’ve come to a decision regarding the allotment: I’m not going to weed certain bays at the moment, preferring to clear…
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Back to routine
We started back with our home-schooling today and it went reasonably well. I was looking forward to showing Dearest Son what I had planned but he didn’t seem too impressed (reason for this will be explained in a bit). I don’t buy in a certain curriculum, preferring to take bits from various sources as needed.…
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A little disheartened
I’ve done my best with the back garden this year but I can’t help feeling a little disheartened with it. I tried my best to make a polytunnel out of scrap, but the latest strong rain and winds have really battered it. Inside, it just looks a mess and isn’t what I was hoping for.…
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S6 Ep 6 The Ghost Ship – The Mary Celeste – where did they all go?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bbxs5-16b08c5 Welcome to this weeks episode of the My Slice of Life podcast, where we are opening the mystery files this season. The mystery for this week is the ghost ship herself, Mary Celeste. Join me as I go over how she was found, what is actually known and which of the theories to date…
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Gardening in Scottish weather
I haven’t been up to the allotment much this week as the weather has been so bad and we seem to have allocated Sunday as a day to go up regardless of the weather. I told Hubby it’s my ‘outdoor church’. When we arrived, Dearest Son stayed in the car and I went to check…
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Picture practise
I took some pictures today while out with our dog Scooby, I was needing to practise. You see, someone very very kindly gave me a new mobile phone which has a much better camera than my old one. The trouble is I am not very tech savvy and it took me a while to figure…
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What motivates you?
This has been on my mind a lot lately and I’m not sure why: Motivation I follow a lot of blogs, listen to a lot of podcasts and watch more on YouTube. In other words, I’m in some sort of contact with a lot of different character types but they all seem to have one…
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Organising our home-school supplies
We are gearing up to start our new year of home-schooling and I’ve been busy! I have the first term mapped out and a few ideas for other topics to introduce later in the year but the corner we have to keep our supplies was leaving me less than inspired. I showed it in yesterdays…
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Do you eat watermelon? If so, you should know about this
I’m putting this out as an extra post today because I think it’s important for everyone to be aware of. The channel on youtube covers loads of great topics for health, growing and being as self sufficient as possible. They are a lovely couple and I wanted to share this video with you because if…
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Bargains, organising and plans!
I’ve had a pretty busy day and I’d like to show you what I’ve done so far and let you in on what is next. We have a place not far from us which is next to the local recycling centre, i.e. dump, which sells stuff people don’t want anymore. It used to be really…
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S6 Ep 5 What really caused the death of Edgar Allan Poe?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-geztu-16a4652 He is one of America’s most loved writers as well as being the father of fictional detective movies. What isn’t known though is what exactly happened to him for days before he was found in unusual circumstances just before he died. That is the mystery we will unravel for this weeks episode and I’m…
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