Some Painting Progress...

Some painting progress pictures... We took these back in March when our holiday had been cancelled due to COVID and we were still living down in Oxford with no Scottish jobs yet.  We spent the week sleeping on a blow-up bed, and beginning to make the house ours.  Starting with painting the living r…

Winter Mountain Skills Course in the Cairngorms

This post is a little different from my usual, as I haven't actually done a Winter Mountain Skills course (yet) however my husband completed one in the Cairngorms in February during Storm Ciara! He took some really cool photos while he was on it, and said that I could share them here with a rem…

Remembering Peonies in Bloom

With it feeling like it's getting dark at a frighteningly early time right now, I'm reminiscing about these gorgeous Arena Flowers peonies. 
As you might remember here, I got these amazing peonies in a subscription from Arena Flowers in Spring.
I love how peonies go from tight wee pink buds t…

My Favourite Children's Book... The Borrrowers

I don't know about you, but I still love reading children's books - particularly those in a fantastical and well crafted world!I recently re-read The Borrowers on audiobook (you can sign up for Audible here and get a freebie affiliate link), and thoroughly enjoyed getting pulled back into t…