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Car trouble + garden issues = a difficult week to find the wins
I have tried, I swear I have. I’ve prepped beds, weeded like my life depended on it, checked the weather forecast…frequently but I still haven’t got the plot fully planted. I have finished putting up the supports for the peas & beans and even got peas planted out. When I went back up to put…
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Busy days & Weird weather
This is a strange time of year in a way. I’ve been busy sowing seeds, preparing beds and doing all those garden sort of jobs for a while now as some of you will be aware. I’ve put some things into the allotment but not many due to the weather. We’ve had a few warm…
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Easter trip to Brodie Castle
I love going to Brodie Castle and Easter 2025 was a great time to do it again! For Easter Sunday, I wanted to go on a picnic with Dearest Son, even though the weather wasn’t the greatest. We have a ‘sort of’ tradition of going to Brodie Castle at Easter. I say sort of because…
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Ah….about those humane traps
I have discovered a problem with these traps already Well I wasn’t expecting this, I can tell you! I got up this morning, let Scooby out and came through to the living room with my coffee. That’s when I heard Scooby barking like crazy – not his usual ‘there’s the little dog I’m in love…
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A Spring Walk in the Woods
And a few things caught my eye… At the weekend, I managed a little walk in the local woods which did me the world of good. It was one of those days where the weather wasn’t letting me do what I wanted to in the garden, I was starting to feel like something was working…
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Babysitting a caterpillar!
The other week we spotted a fat green caterpillar crawling over the carpet upstairs, heading to Dearest Son’s room. At the time, we still had a lot of frost so I didn’t have the heart to put him outside. I grabbed the first thing I could get my hands on to put him in –…
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Bird Fail=Success!
Stick with me and this will all make sense. We are in the middle of some cold weather but tonight we are to expect as low as -10C (that’s 14F). I was looking out the window and saw some birds were trying to get what little seeds were left on the feeder so I thought…
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A Summer walk to feed my soul
There is something about being among the trees and plants which just feeds your soul and recharges you in a way no other thing can. My pictures won’t do it justice but I would like to share them with you anyway and I hope you can get a sense of what the day was like.…
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Daily Prompt #5 Have you ever been camping?
I’ve been camping quite a lot over the years although not recently. Not long after we met, my husband and I went wild camping and in total spent a wonderful couple of weeks living on various beaches on the West coast of Scotland. And I loved it. I can honestly say, going to sleep with…
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The Song of the Robin
I have recently told you about a little friend who visits me in the garden. Well, I was out at the weekend and my wee pal came over once again for a meal and a sing-song. I wasn’t sure if he was singing because he was happy to see me once again or if it…
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