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    The start of show season!
    shepherdscottageso
    • Jun 20
    • 2 min

    The start of show season!

    Early, early golden mornings and late violet-sky nights – summer in Scotland. The weather hasn’t been exactly blissful so far, but the...
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    Now we are six!
    shepherdscottageso
    • May 2
    • 3 min

    Now we are six!

    My girls turned six on Saturday, and we had a lovely party with a house full of people: big ones and little ones!
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    What did you do to mark Earth Day?
    shepherdscottageso
    • Apr 25
    • 3 min

    What did you do to mark Earth Day?

    Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.
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    5 Craft Fair Essentials
    shepherdscottageso
    • Apr 18
    • 3 min

    5 Craft Fair Essentials

    I’ve learnt a lot since my first craft fair, and here are five things I always take with me.
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    Easter is nearly here!
    shepherdscottageso
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    Easter is nearly here!

    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!
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    Top five tips for setting up a table at a craft fair
    Lauren Livingstone
    • Mar 21
    • 2 min

    Top five tips for setting up a table at a craft fair

    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...
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    It's that time of year again...
    shepherdscottageso
    • Mar 7
    • 2 min

    It's that time of year again...

    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...
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    The Christmas Collection...
    Lauren Livingstone
    • Nov 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Christmas Collection...

    I’ve made my Christmas cake, have you? I never wait for Stir Up Sunday – the traditional day for Christmas pudding or cake making,...
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    COP26.
    Lauren Livingstone
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    COP26.

    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...
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    Autumn on the farm
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    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Autumn on the farm

    I’ve loved reading all the autumnal posts on Facebook and Instagram, indulging in the beautifully photographed leaves in streams, soaps...
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    Talking about soap...
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    • Oct 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    Talking about soap...

    Last week I did an online course about Google, SEO’s and blogging with Maddy Shine Maddy Shine SEO Queen & Visibility Coach. Besides her...
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    Every cloud has a silver lining.
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    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Every cloud has a silver lining.

    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,...
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    Getting it together...
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    • Aug 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Getting it together...

    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!
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    New beginnings.
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    • Aug 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    New beginnings.

    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...
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    What's new?..
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    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    What's new?..

    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...
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    Bursting out of your boundaries is hard...
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    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bursting out of your boundaries is hard...

    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...
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    What makes a bar of soap special?
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    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    What makes a bar of soap special?

    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...
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    Plastic Free July:  Choose bar soap
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    • Jul 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Plastic Free July: Choose bar soap

    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...
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    The week's events...
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    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    The week's events...

    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...
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    Art in Nature
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    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Art in Nature

    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...
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