Heather Bowie

Our garden visitor brought a friend.

#squirrels

Lovely walk round Lochore Meadows with my youngest today.

Always an unexpected delight when your normally room dwelling teenager chooses to venture outside with you.

#lochore #fife

Look what I found in my plant pot.

Has Jackson planted himself in the hope he'll grow into a tiger?

#cats #gingercat #garden #gingercats

A little visitor to the garden this morning, just a young one.

#squirrel #greysquirrel

Sun is shining in Fife and the Allium in the garden are almost in full bloom.

#sunnyday #scotland #allium #flowers #garden

Beinn Chabhair - do it while it's dry!

I've been putting of this notorious bogfest for quite some time but after an unusual run of dry, sunny weather I went for it and did not regret.

Yes there were still a couple of cases of bog feet but nothing like the horror stories I'd heard.
#munro 🥾 #munros

Always jelly babies and chocolate, not sure I could be trusted to get a pineapple cake to the top unsquashed!

"Lunchtime" is an outdated social construct.

Hill rule #1 - lunchtime = whenever you summit, so today it's 10:50.

Not the normal pie today but a chicken mayo roll!

What other hill rules apply?

#hills #munros #beinnchabhair 🥾 #scotland

So excited to have our team on bluesky.

YPI is all about encouraging young people to have blue sky thinking so what could be more appropriate.

@ypi-scotland.bsky.social

As someone who often feels they can be "too much", today's yoga shavasana meditation rang very true.

I'll never be everyone's cup of tea so for today at least I will try and live in a way that is true to my heart and hope that to at least one person that is a gift.

Out and about in Crieff today and a quick chance to stop and admire the "Leafy Coos".

Flora, Burrell and little Beagan made by local blacksmith blacksmith Kev Paxton.

They certainly kept me amooosed!

#crieff #scotland #sculptures #highlandcows

Stroll along Limekilns sea front today, to get out in nature.

A couple of feathered friends we met along the way.

#chaffinch #blackbird #birds #fife #limekilns #birdonawire

Have put it off due to stories about the bog but might give it a go soon.

How was the bog?

To be fair we've had some lovely weather the last few weeks but yeah not great today.
Not quite as wet as expected though so that's something.
Good luck my legs felt like dead weights going up the 2nd one, tough but fun.

Some days you hike for the views, some days you just hike.

The unrelenting Ben More and Stob Binnein put these old legs to the test but a great day out.

#benmore #stobbinnein #munro
#munros #hillwalking 🥾

7am Monday - Friday, ugh don't make me get up for work.

5 am Saturday - hooray let's go up a hill in the driving rain

Jelly beans✅ boots✅ full waterproofs ✅

Let's go!

#hills #munro #scotland #adventures 🥾

Joined by a friend for a quick lunch stop at Gartmore Dam today.

Didn't get too close as I still have PTSD from when one bit/mouthed me for getting a bit too close as a child 😬

#swan #gartmoredam #scotlandoutdoors #swans

Shared with my daughter in Aberdeen

Hill planning for the weekend in progress, where is everyone going?

My current wish list, any must do's or avoid at all costs?

#hills #munro #munros 🥾 #scotlandoutdoors #hillwalking #walkhighlands

On Earth Day I'd like to take a moment to stop and admire the beautiful country I am blessed to live in.

Getting out on the hills of Scotland is what keeps my brain and body healthy, the least I can do is try and protect the world that gives me so much.

#hills #Earthday #scotland #munros #skye 🥾

Snow stopped playing for me going up a hill in Scotland this weekend, time for spring now please.

A charity shop paperback, Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, just 45 pages in but easy reading.

I was the same, she kept saying she knew she should leave but never actually did anything about it, makes me wonder if she ever would have.

It's a hard life, wee scratch in the sunshine.

#cat #gingercat #cats #gingercats

Also can we give some love to the cats, my ginger and tuxedo boys definitely don't show each other that sort of love.

My cat Charles and his personal valet Jim with my 2021 book Notebook.

The front cover of the 2022 paperback of my short book, Notebook, which includes a hedgehog and quotes from Stephen Fry and Marian Keyes.

The back cover of the 2022 paperback of my book Notebook.

Here's a crazy idea: I've decided to give away 300 (300!) signed books on Bluesky today. Who knows if this will work but let's see, shall we? Be in the first 300 to reply to this & you can have one.(Limiting the offer to UK but happy to send overseas if people cover the postage.)
More info below...

What a lovely gesture.

It was rose petals from my dad's garden that I used for my "potion/perfume"