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Posted on8 January 202320 January 2023Travels, Adventures & Explorations

My 2022/23 winter holiday recap

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Now that my winter holidays to the Homeland are over (and my bags are unpacked and tidied away) it’s time for my traditional holiday recap.…

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Posted on7 February 202227 February 2022Musings & Ramblings, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Home and heartbroken

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I arrived home in Scotland yesterday, a month later than my initial plan. Home, and heartbroken… My holiday was meant to be a wonderfully happy…

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Posted on25 December 202120 January 2022Everyday Life

Christmas in Cle Elum

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I have enjoyed a nice, relaxing Christmas in Cle Elum with my parents. And I have to say, it’s been wonderful, although not a typical…

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Posted on22 December 20213 January 2022Crafting & Creating, Culinary Arts, Everyday Life

The (gingerbread) house that love built

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I built my first gingerbread house today, and I loved it! Not least because I built it with my darling Godson, whom I’ve not seen…

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Posted on15 December 202130 December 2021Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Home for the holidays

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I’m home! After 856 days away, I have finally returned home to hug my parents. (Real hugs are way better than proxy hugs!) I began…

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Posted on18 December 20204 July 2021Crafting & Creating

My Prosecco Christmas wreath

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I have (finally) made myself a lovely Christmas wreath out of corks and muselets from various bottles of fizz* – mostly Prosecco, Cava, Champagne, and…

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Posted on5 January 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Stronger holidays

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My primary goal for 2020 is to be a stronger and more confident me. But if I’m honest, it’s a goal that I have been heading…

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Posted on24 December 201916 July 2021Fitness & Exercise, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

A Christmas Eve walk to Allermuir and more

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As has become a tradition, I went for a Christmas Eve walk in the Pentlands with my friend Adrian this afternoon. This year our mission was “simple”:…

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Posted on7 December 201916 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Disassembling Christmas cards

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I dug out my Christmas decorations yesterday in anticipation of decorating the cottage in a couple of weeks. And when I dug them out, I…

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Posted on26 December 201824 March 2023Fitness & Exercise, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Climbing Castlelaw

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For my Boxing Day adventure, I decided to revisit one of my favourite “quick” walks: Castlelaw Hill, in the Pentland Hills by way of the Castlelaw hill fort and souterrain. The…

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Posted on24 December 201830 July 2021Fitness & Exercise, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Rambling through Rullion Green

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This afternoon I enjoyed a Christmas Eve walk into Pentland Hills to visit the Battle of Rullion Green memorial with my housemate. The weather was a bit colder than…

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Posted on12 January 201830 July 2021Everyday Life, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

The travelling girls

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My lovely nieces, Virginia and Krystyne, returned to America last Friday after their first-ever international adventure, and I think I am just about recovered from the…

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Posted on19 December 201729 July 2021Musings & Ramblings, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Deck the halls

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Christmas is coming – as are two of my nieces – so I have decked the halls! But the boughs of holly will have to wait for a couple…

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Posted on7 December 201729 July 2021Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Holiday favourites

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Today’s post* is brought to you by a writing prompt. The prompt is to “write a list of your favourite holiday activities”. I wanted to…

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Posted on23 December 201628 July 2021Everyday Life, Widow Life

A Christmas graduation

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It’s Christmas Eve Eve (which means that tomorrow is Christmas Eve) and I am acutely aware that this Christmas is different from all of my…

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Posted on25 December 201527 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

A selfie Christmas

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Hello and Merry Christmas to you all! As I mentioned the other day, I am spending my Christmas (mostly) alone, but I am doing so with…

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Posted on23 December 201527 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

The holiday hush

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The holidays are here again, and that means I’m facing an extended period of holiday hush. “Hush” because, like most years, I will be spending Christmas…

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Posted on25 December 201424 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

Christmas wishes

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Christmas is a special time in my world because it is the celebration of my saviour’s birth. And as it’s a birthday celebration, birthday wishes…

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Posted on23 December 201322 July 2021Health & Wellness, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Preparing for together

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Last year, I shared with you how I was preparing for a Christmas at home alone. I was home alone by choice, but it was still…

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Posted on15 December 201322 July 2021Crafting & Creating

The Christmas star

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I decided to get a bit crafty this Christmas but wanted to attempt projects using only supplies I had on hand. So, I dug through…

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Just Frances is a personal website maintained by me, Frances Ryan. I am a quirky runner, writer, thinker, drinker, crafter, adventurer, and researcher. I am also a daughter, sister, aunty, friend, and widow. But mostly, I am just Frances. (She/Her)

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