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Working from home . . . with little helpers.

Lean into the chaos and challenge and delight that is working from home.

Five reasons you love our body whips!

It’s busy, busy here in the Shepherds Cottage kitchen, as I’m making up a large wholesale order of gorgeous body whips for an independent...

What did you do to mark Earth Day?

Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.

52 books in 2022

I’m going to take a wee break from my series about soap making to write about something else: book club. I don’t belong to a book club,...

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,...

Island Hopping

The girls and I spent the single sunny day we had during the school holidays having an adventure on Kerrera. It’s true that you seldom...

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...

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...

The true joy is in the process...

I was out in the garden yesterday, wrestling with our new self-propelled lawnmower, and wondering if anyone else was struggling to get...

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