I first discovered Terramundi Money Pots when I was given one as a moving in gift when we bought our first home a couple of years ago.

The pots have been used in Italy for over 2000 years and the traditional design has remained unchanged all this time. (more…)

Went for a walk this afternoon to a Green Loch. An Lochan Uaine is known as the Green Loch, for the obvious reason that the water in the loch is green!

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My fiance Jed told me a story a few years back about his primary school years and the wheelings and dealings he used to make with his pals in the playground.

One day, Jed had a small aeroplane toy that he was fed up with, but swapped it with a friend for a toy fire engine. He then went on to swap the fire engine for a police jeep AND a yellow pickup, then traded both these in with another pal for a remote control car. On heading home chuffed with his aquisition, his parents dragged him back to find who’s remote control car it was and to hand it back. Needless to say, Jed’s swapping days were over as he was none too pleased being left with nothing, not even the toy plane he’d started off with!

When I spotted ‘One Red Paperclip’ in a book shop early this summer I had to buy it for him, had his parents not made him give the car back, who know’s what he could have ended up with

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Want to see how I’d look if I moved to Springfield? Here I am!

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