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A child's drawing of a family, with three stick people (one of whom is holding a stick baby) and a stick dog.
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Family Portrait

by Lydia August 30, 2023

Family portraits don’t come much cuter than this.

August 30, 2023
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A child's Playmobil stable with some pink slime hanging off it.
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Unicorn Slime

by Lydia August 24, 2023

Euan is back from a few days undertaking fieldwork for his elm work in Skye, so I am fortunately no longer the only person at home to do things like clear up half a tube of toothpaste smeared all over the sink and the bath, and wipe down toys which have been attacked with unicorn slime. Oh, the glamour of my life.

August 24, 2023
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A margarita sits on a table in a restaurant in the foreground, with a glass of cranberry juice behind.
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First Day of School

by Lydia August 15, 2023

Somehow, today was Auri’s first day at school. Already.

As I did when Elfi started nursery earlier this month, I spent half the day flinching, thinking I’d misplaced a child somewhere.

Euan and I dropped Auri off in the morning, then went for a very civilised coffee and breakfast pastry in a mildly shell-shocked daze. Later, there was lunch.

August 15, 2023
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A woman wears pink-mirrored aviators and a headband with a big pink flower at the front. Her long hair is either tousled or disheveled, depending on which way you look at it.
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As Styled by Auri

by Lydia August 14, 2023
August 14, 2023
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Two people - a man and a woman - fake dramatically falling off a bench next to a sign with an arrow pointing to "Falls".
A Murder of Crows

Falls

by Lydia August 10, 2023

Today I am celebrating it being exactly ten years since this hilarious photo was taken.

August 10, 2023
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A pre-school girl stands in a museum in front of a display case, ticking off a treasure hunt quiz featuring Highland Cows.
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An Adventure Day

by Lydia August 9, 2023

Today, Auri and I had An Adventure Day, featuring buses, a bank, a museum and art gallery (including a Highland Cow treasure hunt!), a trip to campus, and coffee and croissants. A tiny, tiny part of me thought Auri might actually be worn out tonight and go to bed on time, but no.

August 9, 2023
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Thoughts

On Notes and Notetaking #1

by Lydia August 5, 2023

I have noticed (note-iced?!) these last few days, since I have had time to think (Auri-juggling, though exhausting and challenging at times, is nowhere near as constantly intensive as looking after Elfi every minute of the day), that my notebook is becoming more and more full of fresh ideas and scattered with observations. Previously, though I used a notebook almost daily, the content would be leaning towards lists: things to do, things I hope to do. Now it has a different flavour.

It’s strange how easy it becomes to assume, when you’re lost in the midst of the parenting jungle, that certain energies and abilities to process certain ideas might be lost forever when, really, they’re just lying dormant, like plants waiting for spring.

August 5, 2023
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A framed artwork is propped up against a piano, with books piled on either sides.
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I Wonder If You Can See Me

by Lydia August 3, 2023

I have had my eye on this, by Jane Glue, for a while, and I finally decided to buy myself it to mark the end of my maternity leave. It arrived this morning, and I couldn’t love it more.

August 3, 2023
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Sunshine filters through into a wood of Scots Pine.
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All Change!

by Lydia August 1, 2023

And it’s all change for August! A beautiful day, and a walk filled with pale, dappled sunshine in The Pinewood. Elfi has now started nursery, Auri has two weeks left before starting school, and I’m officially on annual leave rather than maternity leave now.

August 1, 2023
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A young child and her mother smile at the camera. Bunting hangs in the background, in a high-vaulted hall.
News

A Look Back at April, May, June 2023

by Lydia July 5, 2023

Our (err, three-) monthly recap has just been sent out. As always, you can read it here, and sign up here.

July 5, 2023
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Elosa

Take one Southern and one Northern. Throw in two determined (very) young women and their four-legged guardian and partner in crime. Immerse in the Highlands.

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