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A man, a baby, and a little girl stand in the woods with their dog and a basket full of mushrooms, smiling for the camera.
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Mushroom Haul

by Lydia September 2, 2023

Quite the haul of chanterelles!

September 2, 2023
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A baby sits in a pram, smiling and chewing a wooden rattle. She is outside and it is clearly a sunny day.
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Already A Distant Memory

by Lydia August 26, 2023

Today has been a comedy of errors. And the rain has truly set in. Sunny walks in the woods earlier this week are already a distant memory.

August 26, 2023
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Two fly agaric mushrooms nestle in woodland undergrowth.
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Accidental Ramble

by Lydia August 4, 2023

Today, we had one of those lazy family walks which turned into a two-hour ramble. Auri kept saying, “I’m having too much fun!” and Elfi kept laughing and chattering away. The promised showers hadn’t really come to anything, and it was still, warm and calm. We are in peak mushroom season right now, with several varieties popping up in different parts of the woods. Auri knows not to touch any, as I’m not confident enough in my identification, but keeps reminding me that our friend Daša knows which ones we can collect and eat so she’ll be doing that with her one of these days.

August 4, 2023
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A young baby smiles delightedly in her pram. In front of her, on the cover of the pram, is a heap of broom petals and a couple of bluebells.
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Gifts of Broom

by Lydia June 13, 2023

The recent rain (three afternoons of thunderstorms, two accompanied by deluges, breaking the heat) has turned the first of the paths through the woods into a broom jungle, the sheer weight of all the water pushing down the whips and closing off the way forward. We picked our way through yesterday, and pruned a few lost branches today.

Auri loves the broom. Whenever we go for a walk, she presents Elfi and me with handfuls of the petals.

June 13, 2023
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A pre-school girl with a big grin smiles at the camera with her father. They are in a wood, and a bright blue sky is visible behind them.
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Dead Trees

by Lydia October 10, 2022

Auri and Euan, sitting on a tree trunk and learning about the importance of dead trees to the woodland ecosystem.

A pre-school girl with a big grin smiles at the camera with her father. They are in a wood, and a bright blue sky is visible behind them.
October 10, 2022
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A close-up of a woodland floor, with three bright orange-red spotted mushrooms on the larch needle covered ground. An oak leaf lies in the bottom right corner.
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Mushrooms and Needles

by Lydia September 20, 2022

It’s that time of year already, where the woods are all mushrooms and larch needles.

A close-up of a woodland floor, with three bright orange-red spotted mushrooms on the larch needle covered ground. An oak leaf lies in the bottom right corner.
September 20, 2022
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A black dog sits in front of a make-shift shelter in some woods.
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Peaceful-Still

by Lydia September 19, 2022

It was so still in the woods this morning. Not eerie-still, just peaceful-still. We made it back just before another gentle rain shower.

A black dog sits in front of a make-shift shelter in some woods.
September 19, 2022
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A young pre-school girl stands grinning next to her black dog in a wood, her hand on the dog's head. She is wearing green dungarees and a striped woolly hat. The dog has needles from the trees on her nose, and her ridiculously long tongue is hanging out of her mouth.
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Semi-Feral Sisters

by Lydia September 13, 2022

From earlier this year: Auri and Scapa on a walk through the woods. “Needles on noses, but no woollen mittens…”

A young pre-school girl stands grinning next to her black dog in a wood, her hand on the dog's head. She is wearing green dungarees and a striped woolly hat. The dog has needles from the trees on her nose, and her ridiculously long tongue is hanging out of her mouth.
September 13, 2022
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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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