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A Self-Catering Holiday at Crieff Hydro

Posted on October 15, 2017November 12, 2017by Emma Gibb

A Self-Catering Stay at Crieff Hydro In the summer we spent a week at Crieff Hydro (and, yes, it has taken me a ridiculously long time to write about it here – life just took over, as it does).  So in this little rewind to our summer holidays, here’s how we spent our week in […]

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An Autumn Break in Perthshire

Posted on October 13, 2016February 16, 2017by Emma Gibb

As Perthshire is known as Big Tree Country you might expect that an autumn break in the area would be spent largely in its very enchanting forests.  And, of course, a visit to the Enchanted Forest.  You’d be right; our short stay in the Dunkeld area earlier this week involved sitting inside an ancient oak tree, gazing up […]

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I think I need to buy a lottery ticket... after my I think I need to buy a lottery ticket... after my daughter found her four leaf clover last week we had a look today in the same patch and found another four leaf clover, and then a six leaf clover 😮
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#fourleafclover #sixleafclover #naturelovers #freespiritedchildhood #scotland #goodluck #mytinymoments #myseasonalstory #folkandstory #whimsicalwonderfulwild #daysofsmallthings #1000hoursoutside #poetryofsimplethings #mytinyatlas #storiesfromscotland #scottishcollective #mistymilkyfoggymoody #iphoneography
How many barley field photos is too many?! 🌾 . How many barley field photos is too many?! 🌾
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We’ve just moved house and taking this as a good We’ve just moved house and taking this as a good sign🍀
(Apparently it’s a 1 in 10,000 chance of finding one!)
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💚 . . #naturelovers #freespiritedchildhood #mys 💚
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In the chaos and stress and worry and questions - In the chaos and stress and worry and questions - they are the beauty, the laughter, the focus, the answer.
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#blackouttuesday #blackouttuesday
Much needed vitamin sea 🐚 . . . #vitaminsea #se Much needed vitamin sea 🐚
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Fields of barley 💚 . . . #explorerkids #runwil Fields of barley 💚
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Inspired by @myriadnaturaltoys to press flowers in Inspired by @myriadnaturaltoys to press flowers into air drying clay and then paint them with my 5 year old. I also recently saw the idea to make decorations with air drying clay and pressed flowers on @homeschool_daily_apple so that’s next on the list 🌿
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Let’s go fly a homemade kite made from a shoppin Let’s go fly a homemade kite made from a shopping bag, garden canes and tape that doesn’t actually fly very well! (Doesn’t have the same ring to it 🤔)
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A windy woodland squirrel spotting walk 🌿 . . . A windy woodland squirrel spotting walk 🌿
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A walk in the yellow field yesterday evening (swip A walk in the yellow field yesterday evening (swipe for one two years ago, they’ve grown so much!). The rapeseed field photos we take each year are some of my favourites 💛
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Today’s joy in simple things was coffee in the s Today’s joy in simple things was coffee in the sunshine, an evening walk to pick tulips from the nearby pick your own flower field and taking some photos in the rapeseed field.
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Art projects that were started at the end of April Art projects that were started at the end of April are now finished- a cardboard tube dragon and a milk bottle Trex. These are both from Darrell Wakelam’s #artjumpstart projects that he’s been sharing on Twitter. We helped my son to make them both (both quite fiddly to create) and then he had lots of fun painting them. Some new wall art for his room
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Same walk, different perspective . . . #rapeseedfi Same walk, different perspective
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Its been over a year since I lasted showed my face Its been over a year since I lasted showed my face on here (fun fact, I was wearing the same dungarees, I promise I don’t live in them!). So I thought I’d say hello and tell you a bit about me. 👋🏻
• I’m Emma, I write a blog called This Mother and use the blog and this account to share our adventures outdoors, nature activities, crafts and {when we’re not in lockdown} recommendations on places to visit.
• I have two children {the little hands and silhouettes on my feed}. I still can’t quite believe my youngest will be starting school after the summer.
• I’ve learnt that I’m no good at cutting men’s hair. I also miss my fringe (but not attempting to cut it myself!).
• I love to write, particularly poetry. It is a dream of mine to write a children’s book.
• I haven’t been in a shop or driven for eight weeks now. I think it might take me a while to get used to life out of lockdown...
• I love gardening 🌱
• I really enjoy crafting and find it very therapeutic creating things ✂️
• I love hats. Last night I ordered a straw hat with a chin tie that *may* look like something Mary Poppins would wear. {Do you want to see it when it arrives?!}.
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