SquareSparrow

Writer SquareSparrow lives on a smallholding in the Scottish countryside with her husband, occasional offspring, 1 Highland pony and a flock of chocolate sheep.

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@JemButters Would have expected better farewell for someone who has served the programme for so long :-(

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International Dog Day reminded me of my favourite canine ever, the wonderful wee collie who shared my life for a decade: half of my 20s and half of my 30s.

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If we ever get back to farming life, I would have… https://t.co/nKzi3xlc75

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Loving this word – it smacks of seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness :-)

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Word of the day: ‘autumnity’: a quality that hints of autumn, as in the shift from warmth to an early chill.

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First attempt at baking cholesterol-friendly “porridge bread” – definitely a more palatable way to consume oats and flax ...

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Perhaps a little ‘heavy’, but at least that means you don’t want to eat too much… https://t.co/hLbTgDBGkQ

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It has to be one of the strangest looking items that I have ever grown in the garden to date! It is pretty round and it had prickles (although they fell off after I picked it). Now I’m going to find out what it… https://t.co/EGO62VMhSB

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Glad that huntergatherer_scotland got our first lot of potatoes lifted at the weekend before the rain set in today!

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#Garden #GardenBlogger #Food #FoodBlogger #Foodies #Lifestyle #LifestyleBlogger #Scotland… https://t.co/VMVpEipHNi

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Who needs a television when you can stroll outside and enjoy nature’s visual entertainment?

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#NightSky #GreatOutdoors #FreshAir #CountryLife #ScottishCountryLife #Sunset #SunsetsOfInstagram #Nature #Landscape… https://t.co/20EfV5ZU5w

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Note to self: in the next life when you’re queueing in the ‘gene’ supermarket, avoid the queue for hereditary cholesterol disorders! Otherwise you will be consigned to a life of oat and flax gruel... Gruel so dire… https://t.co/KG3jZJv4tm

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Received a lovely selection of belated birthday gifts on Thursday (thank you so much to the donors – you know who you are!).

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Gladioli are among my favourite flowers, and I’m already dipping in to the… https://t.co/V1Pe0m2zV0

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Spent a precious evening at uisge_bar_and_restaurant yesterday with my four of my oldest (in longevity of friendship!) and dearest friends. We were belatedly celebrating the 50th birthday of the youngest of our… https://t.co/2YEhzEVkQu

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A huge thank you to the lovely people at @Waltonsgarden who occasionally send out gifts to garden/lifestyle bloggers. Last time it was Florence and Fred the mini-scarecrows – this time it’s a telescopic garden brush.… https://t.co/tFsjGlKUHg

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If you live in Kinross-shire and are heading along to the Farmers’ Market this Saturday (well worth a visit!), be sure to check out the scrummy sausage rolls at @hunterskinross - I can confirm that they are soooo… https://t.co/Yi1rQE2QqH

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This be beaver country ...

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Returned to a place I used to visit in my childhood recently, and found that a previously innocuous and tiny stream had been colonised by beavers. Was astounded at the size of… https://t.co/qonKpotM13

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Where there’s muck there’s ass… ;-)

[Jonathan Sloan @JASloan_Farm]

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Hoorah! At last we have some ripe tomatoes in the polytunnel :-)

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#Homegrown #PolyTunnel #Veggies #GrowYourOwn #GYO #Lifestyle #LifestyleBlogger #Scotland #ScottishBloggers #CountryLife… https://t.co/8sL2YkBsPC

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I have gradually trained myself to enjoy blackcurrants, because they seem to grow incredibly well in the garden! They do take such a long time to pick though…

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#FreshFruit #Blackcurrants #Garden #Homegrown… https://t.co/Vrc5udWC8q

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It’s been grey, drizzly and cold out all day. Definitely a night for comfort food, so huntergatherer_scotland has created a fabulous fish pie, topped with our own new potatoes ’crushed’ :-)

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#fish #fishpie… https://t.co/cVP7yXrfKR

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Despite having the luxury of a paddock full of lush grass, the girls (and Moo) still enjoy a bite of brown bread.

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Mark you, they weren’t impressed when they’d come trotting up the field initially in… https://t.co/o9axMNyV0O

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With my birthday now well past, today I took down from the mantelpiece all the lovely cards I received and enjoyed them once again.

In this age of virtual cards, I still absolutely adore real paper cards (which,… https://t.co/nOzKttPETf

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The cloudy skies did not dampen the sunny enthusiasm of our intrepid Nordic Walking trio in Perthshire yesterday!

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Thanks to the inimitable Bryony from norwalkin and the wonderful jennyfarish for their most… https://t.co/B4n7pM2NUE