What woke you up?
The goat and my son's dog shouting for their breakfast

Did you have anything planned?
interior maintenance (tidy the hoose)

What was the weather like?
Very Summery , very hot

Any surprises?
Found out  *somebody* didn't go to work , when they should have

Meet anyone fanciable ?

No

What did you eat?
fruit n fibre , porridge , bacon butties , too many sports mixture

Anything go wrong?
Yes, re the work thing above

What did you wear?
Black top from Asda and black velvet trousers

Worst part of the day?
Trying to find out what's wrong

Best part of the day?
watching diet on the dance floor was the highlight. Rest was crap.  
 

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I've been craving for a necklace with a crescent moon as the feature for a while now, so , combined a trip to the city with a search for (a) the necklace (b) a feature plant and a feature ornament for the quiet meditation/wildlife bit in the garden I'm dreaming of....sadly , the trip was not the return- with- cache of goodies I'd hoped it would be....

Plants - My dream plant for this garden was originally a purple acer (japanese maple) but , when I saw them , I thought , is this the right plant for a wild garden in the absolute centre of the Scottish countryside? OK, I love the purple colour , and the way they span out , but ....my reservations got the better of me. Looked at many , many other bushes and shrubs but couldn't make my mind up/fall in love with anything ..... so, my plant count for today was - 
Some wildflower seeds , some cottage garden seeds, also a rosemary bush , a lavender plant , parsley and basil , all for my wee herb garden. Funny how things turn out. And garden ornaments - once again , our stores are inundated with Asian stuff - Buddhas , Buddhas , Buddhas .... was hoping I could get like , a  fake PICTISH stone with all the markings on , but sadly , none to be found . Perhaps I have to make one myself?! 

I did get some very cool wild bird feeders and feed , which should attract some very nice wee woodland birds , not that I don't see and hear plenty already ...but that's a whole different post!

The necklace ....probably the highlight(s) of the trip was discovering two very awesome shops in the centre of the city ...first Caledonian jewellery , which is just off Academy street in Inverness , if anybody local is reading (LOL!) (sis! are you there?!) This shop has a total TRAWL of Victorian inspired jewellery , and loads of turqoise stuff which I really love , but I had set my heart on the crescent moon , so I stuck with my ideal ....

My son wanted some incense , so we walked along the road to PYRAMID, which strangely we had never seen before ....entranced by very beautiful Goddess figures in the window, we went in and browsed. This shop had EVERYTHING witchy , sadly except my dream necklace!    The witch behind the counter (and I mean that in a nice way!) said she had had one once (!) with a fairy sitting on top of the moon , but none at the moment. Gutted! Means I have to go online now and get one , and pay the **** postage which will likely be huge . But I WANT my necklace with a kiddie's want , y'know how.
Back of the shop had loads and loads of witchy style clothes ..... velvet bodices  with tie up backs (want.now.) long floaty tops and skirts , in colours of your everyday stereotype witches , goths , and wiccans ....black, purple , red. I want very much to boot the witch out the  shopdoor , lock it and claim shop and all contents  as my own, but she would hex me , I know she would. (!)So till I hatch a plan to oust her, will be satisfied with buying some of her lovely , lovely velvety things till I have no room in my room for more . Sadly today I did not purchase - too pissed off about the necklace and not enough money for clothes (not on the list!) right now , but in a couple of weeks , I will revisit and spend like a madwoman!   OK , to end this , if you are in Inverness, and you want to visit Pyramid , turn right  when you go out the door at Caledonian jewellery (as if  you're going up to Primark) and it's right at the end of the road facing you.  Buy a crystal ball!

Something else I was going to mention , but can't think what.....

Oh yeah. I think one of my barn cats , Fluffy , has kittens , but once she is in the (huge) barn she disappears and I can't see where. I am DESPERATE to see if my hunch is right , hatching up all kinds of plans to catch her out and see those babies , but I think she is too clever for me , and will bring them to me in her own time. Also waiting on two broody hens, who have been sitting on eggs for AGES....any day now , hopefully!  

Right...must find necklace on ebay.....good night, all!  

 
 

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For two people , You will need -

two medium sized onions

three garlic cloves

two tablespoons fine flour

one soup bowl size full of nettle tops (wear gloves when picking!)

one tablespoon vegetable oil

one cup of milk 

two cups of water

seasoning to taste

chop the onions and garlic , then fry them till soft in the vegetable oil. Add the nettles ,  then when they are soft , sprinkle in the flour. Add the milk and water , stir, then simmer for about half an hour till the soup thickens to your taste. Liquidise if required.  Add seasoning and serve with thick chunky home made bread.   

Belated blessings to y'all (I'm guessing that's EVERYBODY who comes here) who celebrate Ostara....sitting here on Sunday , a blizzard outside, the GREAT ESCAPE on TV, eating roast chicken with all the trimmings , my fourth son says , 'Are we in a time warp or something  - this seems a lot like X mas to me!'

Honestly , I can never remember snow like this at this time of year.

Which still leaves the garden in fantasy mode - even the green house isn't warm enough yet to start off any seedlings. My fruit trees have buds though , especially the pears - I have to learn how to make Baby cham!

My little ebay vintage clothes venture I started as a job security measure is going better than I ever dreamt it would. I have a lot of stuff left from the first month or so when I was still unsure what would sell /what wouldn't , so I'm psyching myself up to get a stall at the  village car boot sale this weekend (do you say garage sale?)  Depends a lot on the weather - if it's still gales and snow I can wait a bit  longer.

One of my photography clients has asked me to do some voluntary baking for her charity coffee morning next month....the list is - 

one victoria sponge 

12 cheese scones

one coffee cake

12 blueberry muffins

a tray of chocolate toffee (millionaire's)  shortbread

Simple enough!

I HAD to ask how she knew I could/did  bake - she says 'You just look like you do!'

COULD be  a compliment, or maybe not!  

Reveal magazine has a BIG feature this week on the planetary changes , re the astrological new year - pluto moves into capricorn for the first time in 248 years , Saturn is in Virgo for the first time in 30 years - reveal says the world is going to see big changes , as are we all personally.

This is Leo (Hi, J!)

Sometimes you're so busy looking on the bright side and making do , you forget you're a special person. And you should be living accordingly. If anyone looked at your bank account , they'd see you certainly like to splash the cash. Pluto and Saturn are going to gang up on you if you don't balance the books soon, so you need to earn more money. You're creative talents are a gold mine , so if you work hard doing something you love , the stars will see you rewarded. Go for it.

Do - look into long term investments . You can spot a good deal at 20 paces now.

Don't - burn the candle at both ends or give up the gym. Put your health first. 


Mmmm.....well , I seem to be always working , at home and out of it,  so I will look forward to my reward!

OK , I am re-reading 'Chocolat' my almost all- time favourite book , so will wish you all well till next time.