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Petrol-head heaven – Wheels of Nairn 2024
Saturday 21st Sep saw the annual Wheels of Nairn taking place for 2024. A place for owners of fantastic cars and motorbikes to show their vehicles as well as various stalls and of course, the local pipe band. I took many many photos so I’ll try and narrow it down. The weather wasn’t as good…
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Polytunnel replacement!
In my last post I explained how I had finally decided to replace my diy polytunnel with a bought one. Before I show you how the job went over the weekend, I would like to point out that while the rest of the country was basking in sunshine, we were once again, stuck under a…
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The Biggest Compliment
We worry, us parents, don’t we? The future brings such anxiety, even today brings concerns: Does he sleep enough Is the food healthy Am I making the right choices What else should I do What should I stop doing? On and on the record plays in our heads. So one day I thought to ask…
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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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Nairn Highland Games for 2024
Saturday 17th August was the big day when Nairn held it’s annual Highland Games for the 147th time! At the risk of sounding like a made-for-tv movie, I couldn’t help feeling proud to be Scottish! This is one of those posts where it’s better shown in photographs rather than in words but there are a…
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The best laid plans – led to something else!
We had planned a beach trip this afternoon but we ended up doing something completely different. I had grand plans of taking Dearest Son to the beach for the afternoon and getting some wonderful shots of the North Sea to show you its splendour and maybe even a dolphin or two. We took the car…
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Looking for garden and craft inspiration?
If you are looking for a little inspiration, allow me to share the Nairn & District Gardening Club 42nd Annual Show for 2024. I managed a very quick look around the show this year as I was a little later than I had intended. I must admit, even though I don’t enter competitions like this,…
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I made a fairy garden!
Yes, I finally got it finished – we now have a fairy garden in the front and it lights up at night. You may remember a while ago I mentioned I’d started making some furniture for my fairy garden and I was having problems with the pond and the neighbour’s cat? Well the cat broke…
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We made it to the Nairn Show – we enjoyed it but not without concerns
It was a scorching hot day on Saturday 27th July which was when the Nairn show was on so we decided to go along to it. It’s a farmers show so lots of animals, smells, noises and interesting things to look at, but something did concern me. I will be putting a video together which…
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Making do and mending – or at least trying to
Do you ‘make do and mend’? I have been attempting it quite a lot this week and I think it’s going pretty well so far. I need to point out in case you haven’t realised yet, that I’m not an expert when it comes to fixing (or anything for that matter). I think that is…
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#Bring back the 80s
Can I claim that hashtag please as I would actually like to bring back the 80s! I never thought I’d say something like that. I’m not one for reminiscing you see. I’ve heard it said that those who focus on the future experience anxiety while those who focus on the past experience depression so I…
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It’s been a strange few days
Winding down home-school, fighting weather and dealing with bereavement has meant a few strange days recently. We don’t finish our home-school till Thursday but we have the winding down feel to our days. We are all a little deflated to tell the truth: Dark, cloudy skies with frequent heavy downpours is matching the general mood…
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