{Edinburgh} Buckstone Park Playground & Woods
Last updated 24 March 2024 This past weekend, we went on a day trip to the South of Edinburgh, to check out a couple of parks and playgrounds we hadn’t been to before. Our first stop was Buckstone Park, near Fairmilehead
Book Tour: You Can’t Let an Elephant Drive a Racing Car
This post contains gifted items. All views are our own. We're delighted to be taking part this week in the Bloomsbury Book Tour for the newly released picture book You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Racing Car by Patricia Cleveland-Peck
How to Cook White Asparagus
There are many things I love about spring: Easter eggs, cherry blossoms, the days getting longer and warmer. And then there's Spargelzeit. Or "asparagus time" in English. It's when the whole of Germany goes crazy for white asparagus. It's
{Scotland} Playgrounds & Peacocks at Pittencrieff Park
When we had to go to Dunfermline last month for my husband's an boys' karate grading, we had some time to kill in between the different grading levels, so we went to check out Pittencrieff Park which we had heard
{Edinburgh} Cramond Walled Garden
The second playground we visited on our recent trip to Cramond, was at Cramond Walled Garden. It's a great sheltered spot for a playground, set in the beautiful walled garden adjacent to the Roman Fort remains and Kirk Hall in
{Edinburgh} Haugh Park/ Cramond Bridge Playground
This weekend, we took a hike along the River Almond, which we topped and tailed with two more playground visits. The first playground was is officially called Haugh Park, though I've also heard it referred to as Cramond Brig, Cramond
Reflections – April 2022
April was all about our trip to Wuppertal. Our first time making it over to Germany to visit my family, since December 2019. Wuppertal is set in a valley, and famous for it's steep hillsides and many, many steps. When you
Foraged Wild Garlic Pesto
We do love pesto a lot in our house, and nothing tastes quite as good as home made pesto. After our foraged nettle pesto from last year, I've got another favourite pesto recipe to share with you, this time with
Gorse Flower Cordial
The hills are ablaze with flowering yellow gorse again right now. The colour is so beautiful, and you can smell the scent of coconut in the air. After we got bitten by the foraging bug a few years ago, we
{Germany} The Von der Heydt Museum
We did it! We finally managed to make it across to Wuppertal in Germany, where most of my family live, for the first time in over two years. While we of course spent much time catching up with loved ones,
Mini Eggs & White Chocolate Cookies
It's the countdown to Easter, and I wanted to share one of our favourite Easter cookie recipes with you. We've been making these for a few years now, and they're a firm favourite with the boys. They're also perfect for
Reflections March 2022
We had another brief dusting of snow this month. March was all about World Book Day! My boys look forward to it months in advance. It might be Oskar's last time, as I don't think they dress up for it in