Early, early golden mornings and late violet-sky nights – summer in Scotland. The weather hasn’t been exactly blissful so far, but the...

My girls turned six on Saturday, and we had a lovely party with a house full of people: big ones and little ones!

Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.

I’ve learnt a lot since my first craft fair, and here are five things I always take with me.

Lambing is in full swing, it’s finally started warming up, and Easter is nearly here! Any future with chocolate in it must be a good one!

I did my first craft fair of the year this weekend, and it was a wild ride of pulling everything together after the crazy run of fairs...

It’s that time of year again – a few brilliant days of sunshine and you think you can leave the house without a jacket . . . only to run...

I’ve made my Christmas cake, have you? I never wait for Stir Up Sunday – the traditional day for Christmas pudding or cake making,...

We ran out of water during the summer – I’ve blogged about it before, laughing at the irony of our borehole running dry in a place where...

I’ve loved reading all the autumnal posts on Facebook and Instagram, indulging in the beautifully photographed leaves in streams, soaps...

Last week I did an online course about Google, SEO’s and blogging with Maddy Shine Maddy Shine SEO Queen & Visibility Coach. Besides her...

It’s been really wet and windy on the island, which on the one hand is lovely as it’s filling up our water reserves, but on the other,...

I start most days with lists: a list of things to do that day, a list of things happening during the week, a list of affirmations!

Last week was a week for new beginnings, for sure. The girls had their first week of primary school, their teacher had her first week in...

What’s new? In the Shepherd’s Cottage house, I’ve just put my girls on the school bus, and they’re away to “ask her (their teacher) who...

We went on holiday last week, driving down South to a lovely village near Newcastle for a few days. It may seem strange going to a town...

What makes a bar of soap special? The way it smells; the way it looks; the feel of it in your palms as it lathers and turns; how it...

Long ago, when I lived in Durban, a friend and I would go for coffee in the Botanic Gardens. We would picnic: a flask of espresso and...

It has been a stressful week here. The stories I think about are these: the men who died, crushed by falling beer barrels, looting a...

My Instagram and Facebook feeds are full of soap: how to make it, how to use it, what goes into it. And they are also full of Soap. The...