Our Favourite Hallowe’en Picture Books
One of my favourite times of the year, other than Christmas, for seasonal books has got to be Hallowe'en. There's just something about snuggling up on a dreich and dark Autumn afternoon to read some spooky stories together. It's still
Family Recipe: Mama’s Apfelkuchen (GF)
In case you've all been wondering what we did with the remainder of the apples we picked at Craigie's Farm a couple of weeks ago, I have one more, magnificent apple recipe for you! Although most of the credit for
Review: University Games Bundle [AD]
As I have mentioned here on the blog before, I come from a family of board game lovers and we are big board game fans in our house. I was therefore delighted to be given the chance to review a
September Snapshots 2017
We're already half way through October, and I just realised I never posted our September Snapshots. Well, better late than never. Here are the highlights from the past month, according to my iPhone (mostly): Everyone should eat fresh cotton candy bigger
Easy-Peasy Music Shakers
We've been really lucky with the weather in Edinburgh, since moving back three months ago. Lots of blue skies in summer and golden sunshine in Autumn. But, of course, we do also get rainy days, and in a quest to
Parsnip & Apple Soup
At the risk of this turning in to a 'soup of the week' feature, I wanted to share another soup recipe with you. Parnsip and apple is one of my favourite flavour combinations for soup. In the past I've made
5 Sweet Picture Books About Apples
This week has been all about apples, starting with our review of apple picking at Craigie's Farm, and then my recipe for a simple and yummy apple crumble. So to keep in with the theme, my latest round-up of book
A Simple & Yummy Apple Crumble
Earlier this week, I posted about our apple picking trip to Craigie's Farm near Edinburgh, and I promised to share my apple crumble recipe with you. Well, here it is. It's very simple - no faffing about - but super
{Edinburgh} Pick Your Own at Craigie’s Farm
Every year, I have been looking on with a little envy at the pictures of apple picking and pumpkin patch outings filling up my social media streams. Last year, we visited the US during October and got within reach of
5 Lovely Picture Books About Colours
Autumn is such a colourful time of year, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share some of our favourite picture books about colours.Whilst most picture books are colourful, these ones put colours right at the centre of
German Cheese & Leek Soup with Mince
Hello, lovely readers, I hope you are having a good week. I have another yummy recipe to share with you today. Soup Season is upon us, and whilst we love ourselves some nice and healthy Autumnal vegetable soups in our
10 Things We Love About Autumn
Autumn has been skulking around for a couple of weeks now, but today is the Autumnal Equinox in the UK and I think it’s safe to officially say: Autumn is here! And I could not be happier, since it is