So today I got to spend the day with my friend @stonechat.baskets playing around with her homegrown, harvested, processed and soaked willow. How cool! She showed me some baskets she'd made, the tools, some different types of willow and some of her favourite willow weavers on You Tube and then we hung out and I had a go. Loved it! Pretty pleased with my wonky... gappy... lopsided... half made basket! Did I mention... I made this?! From scratch! It was top of my list of apocal

Today I held a beautiful land naming and blessing ceremony which was co-created with the stewards of the land. It wove Malaysian and Isle of Skye cultures and was part of a jamboree weekend with camping and outdoor activities. We began and ended with talented young local pipers. The land and the ancestors and guardians of the land were thanked and given an offering of trees before they were asked if they would receive the name chosen... the answer came by way of an omen bir