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80th birthday cake with decorations

Granny’s 80th birthday cake was decorated with all the things that remind us of her.

Aug 30, 2017Karen Elwis

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humorous festive blog from Scottish smallholding

Festive bleatings from the Sparrowholding in Scotland

4 years ago

‘Surely it’s not that time of year again?’ I hear you cry – and I can only concur. In the halcyon days (daze?) of my youth, my dear old mum regularly warned me that each year would fly past faster as I aged matured. Only now do I realise that I should have listened to […]

clump of stunning primroses in spring in Scotland

Lambing, tubs and other signs of spring in Scotland

4 years ago

Even by Yours Truly’s intermittent blogging standards, it’s been rather a long time since my last rural bulletin, so buckle up and hold on tight for a whistle-stop tour of spring in Scotland, as viewed from here at The Sparrowholding. In my defence, one of the reasons for the paucity of posts to date this […]

shetland sheep fleeces lying on the ground

From Shetland fleece to Shetland shawl: Tufty’s coat of many colours

5 years ago

Some of you may remember that last June I posted a short video of HunterGatherer, using old-fashioned hand clippers to shear Tufty’s gorgeous Shetland fleece. Well, the stunning fleece which appeared in that self-same video has been on a rather exciting journey since the day it left The Sparrowholding later that summer in the car […]

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