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Cold comfort: Ten ways I know it really is winter

November 5, 2018 By Ellen

It’s winter again. I love winter. A quick glance at the calendar tells me that it’s mid November and the fact we are at 55 degrees north mean that it’s winter. Autumn is over and spring is a very, very long way off. But if you need other clues, here are my top ten hints […]

Filed Under: cold snap, family, shoes, snow, STV, winter Tagged With: autumn, children, cold, Scotland, Something happened in my life, winter

A rum do: Bacardi cocktails in my kitchen

December 12, 2013 By Ellen

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. What do you think of a cocktail then? Bit naff…. Or maybe too fiddly and sophisticated to be bothered with on a school night?   […]

Filed Under: Bacardi, Cbias, Chocolate, cocktails, espresso de San Juan, mojito, recipe, rum, rum punch, winter

Review: Mountain Warehouse for kids’ coats

November 24, 2013 By Ellen

Starvation. Raw. Bitter. Bleak. Biting. I can’t even imagine those days a few short months ago when flesh was exposed in sandals and sleeves considered unnecessary. Every year the first frosts seem so hard to bear. Like a bear all I want to do is hibernate, in a ball. But, sadly, it’s not possible. Instead, hats and gloves […]

Filed Under: children's coats, cold, down coat, frost, mountain warehouse, warm clothes., winter

315/365 What’s your favourite season?

November 12, 2013 By Ellen

  If autumn or winter could guarantee blue-clear skies and sharp air then that would be my favourite season However, not long after snapping the Kelpies at the Falkirk Helix, on a bike ride with Super Sister I’d had a puncture, it was spitting with rain and the route was less clearly defined. My favourite […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, falkirk, helix, na, NaBloPoMo, spring, winter

49/365 Iced to see you

February 18, 2013 By Ellen

This was the edge of the car roof this morning, snapped as I bundled Boy Three in to take him to nursery. I just love a bright frosty morning. My very favourite. If I could live somewhere guaranteed sharp and clear air with blue skies, I’d be off now. 

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, ice, winter

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