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An open book, showing a page detailing a recipe for "Cookie Monster's Famous Cookie Dough".
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Cookie Monster Cookies

by Lydia October 13, 2022

A family favourite, made even more special by the recipe being from Euan’s original early 1980s Sesame Street Annual.

An open book, showing a page detailing a recipe for "Cookie Monster's Famous Cookie Dough".
October 13, 2022
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A trug of freshly picked apples sits on a table in a sunny garden.
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A Trug-full of Apples

by Lydia October 11, 2022

We’ve had an excellent harvest from our apple trees this year. I’m still frantically trying to figure out what to do with them all.

A trug of freshly picked apples sits on a table in a sunny garden.
October 11, 2022
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A little girl, with some help from her father, very carefully grates some cheddar cheese.
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Melted Tomato

by Lydia October 3, 2022

One of Auri’s favourite foods is pasta with passata (or “melted tomato”, as Auri calls it) and cheese. This evening, we made it together.

A little girl, with some help from her mother, pours some dried pasta into a pan.
Pouring Pasta
A little girl, with some help from her father, very carefully grates some cheddar cheese.
Grating Cheese (very carefully!)
A little girl, with some help from her mum, adds some passata to the cooked pasta.
Adding Melted Tomato
A little girl adds some cheddar cheese to a bowl of pasta and passata.
Topping with Cheddar!
October 3, 2022
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A preschooler chops a cucumber using a safety knife, with her father's help.
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Knives Out

by Lydia October 2, 2022

Here’s a photo of Auri yesterday looking angelic as she cuts some cucumber with Euan using her new safety knife. I like looking at photos like this when she’s being a hellchild, like she has been tonight. It helps remind me that, most of the time, she’s pretty great company.

A preschooler chops a cucumber using a safety knife, with her father's help.
October 2, 2022
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A pre-school girl leans back against a black dog, eating some toast and looking directly at the camera. The dog's head is curved round to watch the toast carefully.
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Morning Toast

by Lydia September 28, 2022

I mean, honestly.

A pre-school girl leans back against a black dog, eating some toast and looking directly at the camera. The dog's head is curved round to watch the toast carefully.
September 28, 2022
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A woman on a train, the landscape outside the window a blur.
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An Actual Social Life

by Lydia September 17, 2022

After the last two (three, four) years, it seems strange to actually have a social life again. Last night, we went round to dinner at a friend’s house, today I got the train to Blair Atholl for dinner with friends (while Auri and Euan had a splendid time at an afternoon party), and this evening two other friends arrived to stay the night. A marvellous weekend of all good things – and still two more days to go! And it felt good to be on a train again.

A woman on a train, the landscape outside the window a blur.
September 17, 2022
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