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

#TheArchers How many of you, like me, didn't realise last week that Peggy's stained-window thing was her last-ever appearance?

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. . . . If we ever get back to farming life, I would have… instagram.com/p/CEXvxZHgF7v/…

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

First attempt at baking cholesterol-friendly “porridge bread” – definitely a more palatable way to consume oats and flax ... . . . Perhaps a little ‘heavy’, but at least that means you don’t want to eat too much… instagram.com/p/CEWHi4RAdeL/…

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… instagram.com/p/CEU4ceYg-YJ/…

Glad that huntergatherer_scotland got our first lot of potatoes lifted at the weekend before the rain set in today! . . . #Garden #GardenBlogger #Food #FoodBlogger #Foodies #Lifestyle #LifestyleBlogger #Scotland… instagram.com/p/CETjI8RAiCo/…

Who needs a television when you can stroll outside and enjoy nature’s visual entertainment? . . . #NightSky #GreatOutdoors #FreshAir #CountryLife #ScottishCountryLife #Sunset #SunsetsOfInstagram #Nature #Landscape… instagram.com/p/CESY_oGAGfZ/…

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… instagram.com/p/CEQ7nJaA93Y/…

Received a lovely selection of belated birthday gifts on Thursday (thank you so much to the donors – you know who you are!). . . . Gladioli are among my favourite flowers, and I’m already dipping in to the… instagram.com/p/CENU-TWgNn9/…

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… instagram.com/p/CELu_M4gfx2/…

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.… instagram.com/p/CEIKm--AihY/…

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… instagram.com/p/CEFZ8o4nEwt/…

This be beaver country ... . . . . 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… instagram.com/p/CEEDBZXAurh/…

Where there’s muck there’s ass… ;-)

Hoorah! At last we have some ripe tomatoes in the polytunnel :-) . . . . #Homegrown #PolyTunnel #Veggies #GrowYourOwn #GYO #Lifestyle #LifestyleBlogger #Scotland #ScottishBloggers #CountryLife… instagram.com/p/CEC5Z33g9g8/…

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… . . . #FreshFruit #Blackcurrants #Garden #Homegrown… instagram.com/p/CECXOIYgd2P/…

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’ :-) . . . #fish #fishpie… instagram.com/p/CEABo4bg5zQ/…

Despite having the luxury of a paddock full of lush grass, the girls (and Moo) still enjoy a bite of brown bread. . . . . Mark you, they weren’t impressed when they’d come trotting up the field initially in… instagram.com/p/CD-9ij8ATqO/…

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,… instagram.com/p/CD91zZwArqv/…

The cloudy skies did not dampen the sunny enthusiasm of our intrepid Nordic Walking trio in Perthshire yesterday! . . . Thanks to the inimitable Bryony from norwalkin and the wonderful jennyfarish for their most… instagram.com/p/CD8nibAgUFF/…