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Bonnie Scotland

February 6, 2018 By Ellen

There was a day a few weeks ago when Scotland looked like this. Tear-jerkingly lovely. It very nearly makes up for the months and months and months of damp and gloom. Almost makes endless no-point-in-putting-the-fence-back-up gales worthwhile. Almost.

Filed Under: 365 photos, other things I have learned, The good things... Tagged With: pretty, scenery, Scotland, travel

What’s your favourite waste of time?

June 20, 2011 By Ellen

Time is hurling me towards my book deadline at the moment. And you’d have thought the pressure and importance of the whole thing would focus my mind, wouldn’t you? However, instead of writing, one rainy Saturday afternoon I find myself googling that song from the eighties by Owen Paul. Like you do. And on the […]

Filed Under: blogging for happiness, housework, me, Reasons to be cheerful, The good things..., the internet, trivia, Write

Where should we go on holiday this year?

February 25, 2011 By Ellen

Pic: bear with me. We’ve been thinking about the summer here at the Palace of Bundance. With a few measly rays of sunshine and the occasional snowdrop, it does actually seem that it’s possible we’ll get there. Wearing shorts and going sock-less doesn’t seem like a crazy fantasy any longer. And this year, we’d quite […]

Filed Under: driving, holiday, husband, internet, The good things..., train, travel

Reasons to be cheerful – a blog hop, skip and jump

January 8, 2011 By Ellen

I love New Year. Not the actually night, but the fact it is passed and we’ve been given a whole 12 months to have a go at. I’m also a great believer in positive blogging – thinking happy, if you will. So when Mummy From The Heart started Reasons To Be Cheerful, 1, 2, 3 […]

Filed Under: blogging, Reasons to be cheerful, slimpod, texting, The good things..., thinkingslimmer

A weekend in Yorkshire without a single pudding

October 13, 2010 By Ellen

Things I learned during our Yorkshire weekend. Money does grow on trees. Or at least it does at places on the Ingleton Falls walk. There are fallen trees with coins banged into the bark. It looks very much like the scales of a reptile. I expect you could find a metaphor there if you look […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, The good things..., Yorkshire

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