Gate-crashers
Walking back down to the croft store for another load, what did I come across, but a troop of ponies passing along the ‘old road’ that crosses our croft, and helping themselves to the hay. Gate-crashers, indeed!
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Soft
Winter in the Outer Hebrides. When it’s rough, it’s very, very rough. Violent. Fearsom. But when it’s not, it’s soft. Surprisingly soft.
Continue reading →Slow Soup
Denise > I’m making soup. A whatever’s-in-the-garden soup. Today’s random combination. Winter food is Slow Food. Slow-food is Time-food – and Time’s an ingredient we’ll never find on the supermarket shelves!
Continue reading →Snow Clouds above Poll a’ Charra
Snow clouds over Poll a’ Charra, Isle of South Uist, seen from the Eriskay Causeway
Continue reading →A Battle of Wills
A battle of wills: when ‘leave it to the professionals’ may not be the best advice to take …
Continue reading →Let there be lights!
Let there be lights! The Hebridean Woolshed now has proper lighting to brighten up the shop on a dreich day.
Continue reading →Rosa Rugosa
Rosa Rugosa. The most versatile plant at The Big Garden? Shelter. Scent. Colour. Ingredients for Jellies and Wines. Food for wild birds.
Continue reading →Cardoons – for Colour and for Cuisine
Exoskeleton
Of Wheels and Wools
As Autumn shows its colours and the winds becoming colder, our thoughts return to indoor work – of wheels and wools.
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By Fire and By Flood
We’re thinking of those who have lost everything to Harvey, Irma – and the exceptional typhoons in the Far East.
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