May Highlights

It seems that the weekends have flown by this month. Summer is not really making much of an appearance. Though from last year, we are not expecting too much! But we have managed the odd outing, including a trip to the bird reserve with friends (which involved some batman antics on the beach and […]

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful weekend. See other inspiring moments at Soule Mama.

This Moment

What to do with lots of lovely eggs…Bacon and Egg Pie!

Last week I found this lovely little enamel bowl in Twice, a charming little store in St Andrews. It was just the perfect place to keep all our new-found egg bounty. It also prompted a friendly conversation with another BHWT hen rescuer…they are everywhere! The hens seem to be laying an average of two eggs between […]

Keeping Warm

Currently we are snowed in for the fifth day running here at Newbridge House. The doctor drove to work on Monday in our good-for-commuting-but wholly-unsuitable-for-rural-snowfalls Civic and it got stuck in the ice and snow in the drive leaving and returning. Tuesday he worked from home. Wednesday he trudged over knee-deep snowy fields to wait […]

Feeding the Wee One

When we began introducing the wee guy to food and flavours, he was a little reluctant to wholeheartedly consume some of my un-favourites like peas…but he tried everything and generally ate rather heartily for a little person. Somewhere around the 9mth mark he kinda slipped into being a mainly-eats-sweet-potatoes-and-a-few-other-things kinda guy, though he was still […]

Fishy on a little Dishy…

So being the weekend…and being time to pootle about and find new tasty treats…and being in a lovely coastal paradise, we had to eat fish. ALL weekend in fact. The local-ish delicacy is the Arbroath Smokie. They look like this: Kinda spooky, but amazingly tasty and smoky and even the little one is addicted. mmmmm

Tasty Treats and Wild White Washing

Since we arrived in the cooler climes of North East Fife, Kazuo and I have spent rather more time indoors than usual. This is partly climate-related, partly due to having to wait for my driving licence renewal (the tediousness of being mildly epileptic and having to rely on the doctor to say it is OK […]

Lunch

Lunch is usually consumed while the little guy naps. If I am prepping lunch for him and dinner for us, then it needs to be assembled and disposed of fairly quickly. Being a creature of habit, I can pretty much eat the same thing every day for weeks. In winter it is usually a low-cal […]