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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".
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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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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 woman and her daughter smile for the camera in front of a lawn, some trees, and a large white house. It is bright, but looks a little breezy.
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Catching Up

by Lydia April 13, 2023

We are just catching our breath from a busy last fortnight, just in time to rush into another busy month.

Last week, we were all up at Stempster. Euan spent a happy two or three days (mostly) in the Wild Wood, taking down fifty-two and a half trees (the half being some serious surgery to a victim of lightning). Auri spent many a delighted hour on the swing and generally wreaking havoc outside, Elfi was her usual cheerful self, and Scapa got in some much-loved beach walks.

There are several photographs to share, which I suspect will crop up at odd times over the coming few days. But enough of us. How are you all?!

April 13, 2023
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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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