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On Tuesday, Fair Isle resident Tommy stopped by the studio to say hi. Tommy moved here in 2006 from Saratoga Springs, New York and currently runs the Auld Haa Guest House Bed and Breakfast here on the island. If you’ve searched the Google for anything about Fair Isle, he’s probably come up in your search Read More >>
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Well, you can’t be renting a home in Scotland with an oven for an extended period of time and not make a batch of classic scones to enjoy, so a few days ago I did just that. I made scones! And had them with clotted cream and strawberry jam of course. 🙂 I didn’t have Read More >>
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Last week my neighbor John asked if I wanted to go up to meet the ferry. And well, since the ferry is at the north end of the island {and a bit of an uphill hike from where I’m staying} and I was hoping my package was on it, I said yes. Getting supplies {or Read More >>
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It was another fun week shopping at Stackhoull Stores for groceries. I don’t know what I love more, all the fun packaging or trying to adjust to just cooking for one… But I’m having a good time here on Fair Isle. Stackhoull Stores £20.22 Dried herbs are much less expensive here and so are eggs. Read More >>
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Go On A Solo Adventure. Solo adventures… I highly recommend them. The colors here in Fair Isle are simply amazing. I’m so glad I came. Take An Adult Education Class. With all the bits of wool I’ve been collecting on my walks, I’m beginning to think maybe I need to take some sort of spinning Read More >>
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Hello Saturday! It feels so good to have all my supplies that I think I’ll be hanging around in my pajamas today and hooking like a crazy person. Wool+Tea+Biscuits=Perfection. 🙂 On the agenda for today: A whole lotta nothing! How about YOU? What are your plans for today? ~Mavis Highlights from this past week: 17 Read More >>
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Normally when I’m at home, I go to bed around 8 or 9 pm during the winter months and I’m up between 4-5 am. I guess you could say I’m an early riser. But since coming to Fair Isle I’ve been going to bed around midnight or one o’clock in the morning and getting up Read More >>
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I noticed a vintage glass bunny mold in the kitchen here at the Fair Isle Studio the other day and well, since I’m still waiting for my big box of supplies to arrive, I thought hey, why not make some homemade jello? Because seriously, who doesn’t like jello {weirdos, that’s who!}. But when I walked Read More >>
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