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Hogmanay Haverin

Hogmanay - New Year's Eve Haverin - foolish talk* (nae "g" sae nae apostrophe)

Aye weel, it's at time o year fan wir a suppost tae mak ar list fer the comin year... Av said it afore and all say it again, resolutions is fer fowk its nae wise, ken? (even ma Thesaurus entry fer "resolution" his the first phrase aefter it as "sticking point").

Am gaun tae tak a ... read more

Slioch

As we travelled towards home, hoping to reach Garve before the sun slipped below the horizon, we were caught by the beauty of this beast rising out of the waters. The Male Parental Unit interpreted my clicking camera followed by small sighs of exasperation as a tree would swing into my lens just at the point of capture... followed by the winding down of the window and the influx of freezing air to mean I needed a photo op stop. He obliged. High fences and decrepit signs warned against ... read more

A Goal in Gairloch

You may have noticed my Day Zero linky in the top bar - the page that lists my 101 in 1001. This is an experiment in goal setting, and also a bypass of New Year's Resolutions - instead giving myself 1001 days to complete the list and, quite probably, also embrace failure ;-) I found writing the list an interesting challenge - despite all the To Do lists floating around in my brain I had to really get creative to make it to 101. On Sunday I was taken on a surprise trip to Poolewe and ... read more

Minimalist Crimble

1. I have not been feeling very festive for a variety of reasons, some of which I cannot share here without password protection. 2. All of our decorations and other silliness are in storage, which may increase the decrease of festive spirit. 3. We had planned to have unpacked the decorations, and all the other boxes, long before now in a new abode - which definitely increases the decrease of festive spirit. 4.This is the best we could ... read more

Yule Blessings

The Cailleach, or Carlin in Scots, is writhing and wild outside today. Perhaps she is ranting about relinquishing control of the world as the wheel turns and the shortest day marks the outward spiral to longer days and ... read more

Papoosed

I finally got a picture of the papoose in ... read more

Pound for pound

That's lb for £. Yes, look to the left sidebar and you will see two new widgets... One is the pounds off progress bar, and the other is the pounds on widget. That'll be pounds off me and pounds onto the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society bank balance. I need all the motivation I can get, and the whales and dolphins need all the support they can get. It's a marriage made in blubber. You can sponsor me for as little as £1, or as much as you like - and if you are a UK tax payer ... read more

The Big Issue

I am rich! I have ninety pounds more than I need to have! It's positively wonderful, isn't it? You would think so, but no... or is that butt no? You see my ninety extra pounds did not come from the surprise Paypal payout as eBay finally closed the doors on the much maligned seller rewards scheme... and I'm afraid I can't spend these pounds in any retail therapy exercise. My ninety extra pounds are fat. FAT. That's right, FAT. I can be anything I want to be, but if I am fat ... read more

Put a sock in it, George

[caption id="attachment_593" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Here's one I made earlier"][/caption] Since 2003 the arms traders have been rubbing their dirty little hands together in glee, profiteering from the bloodshed in Iraq. There is no exact figure for the death toll but it is estimated that over one million Iraqis have been killed although the figure for documented deaths swings between 89,892 and 98,151 - it shocks me that we do not have a truly verifiable figure and that ... read more

But what of expectations?

"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed." ~ Alexander Pope Hearing a knock on the door, I bounced up the hall and opened the door expecting to see one of three people... 1. The friend who had some parcels delivered here to save queuing at the depot. 2. The postman asking me to sign for stock things I didn't expect to run out of the week before Crimble. 3. The Office Depot delivery man bearing boxes and boxes of jiffy's that I expect will be ... read more

The Moon Bull Speaks

Pulling a random card from my deck I am faced with the Moon Bull. This card came together a long time after I had a potent dream guest starring a white bull. This white bull has returned to my dreams a number of times and seems to have taken up residence in my personal pantheon.

I am the one who stands at the boundaries I am the one who holds the space I am the one who protects what is ... read more

My SoulCollage Cards

SoulCollage® is the process, developed by Seena B. Frost, of creating a deck of collaged cards from found images—cards that are arranged in suits for the primary purpose of self-exploration and self-acceptance. SoulCollage® cards are made from original purchased art (e.g., art published in magazines, calendars, books, cards, etc.) and personal materials (e.g., photos). SoulCollage cards are not to be sold, traded, or bartered and are to be reproduced only for the personal use of the maker ... read more

Welcome Distraction

Packing orders this afternoon and I was distracted by a flash of red outside... our resident pair of foxes were slinking around marking territory and chasing each other. Such is their hearing that they reacted to the click of my camera one floor up behind double glazing... but they did not see me ;-)

More foxes in my garden