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März 20
4 Min.

Brambles or: a lesson in love

March is a good time to get to know brambles. From a crofters perspective brambles are a pest. One continuously has to defend the cultivated bits of lands ag...

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Renatus

März 11
2 Min.

Mull and Australia

Coming to the tiny settlement of "Gruline" at the End of the "scenic route" from the Ross of Mull north along the West coast at the end of Loch Na Keal, one ...

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Renatus

März 9
2 Min.

Weather Musings

Three things I learned about the weather in the last weeks 1. It` a rhythmic phenomenon (in short terms) Here at Leob, we have corrugated iron roofs (i case ...

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Renatus

Feb 10
2 Min.

Otter spotting

Usually when I spot an otter (which is quite rare but does happen) I don't have a camera with me or it is too far for a good shot (at last with my camera). Y...

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Renatus

27. Okt 2019
1 Min.

One Year at Leob

Unbelievable, but true: its a year now that we are at Leob. It is time for a little update on our situation. But, well, that's not easy to answer... But meanw...

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Renatus

13. Okt 2019
1 Min.

Rock Mysteries

We had a lovely short visit to Kilmartin Valley. Since a while I`m intrigued by Rock Art (Cup and Ring Marked Rocks). Kilmartin is the region in Britain with...

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Renatus

24. Sept 2019
2 Min.

Ben More

Soon it will be one year, that we are at Leob on Mull. It has always been a wish of mine, to climb Ben More. It feels as if "he" is the watchman over Leob an...

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Renatus

12. Aug 2019
1 Min.

news ticker

Dear everyone, I`m very sorry for not having updated the blog for almost 2 month. Too much happened. Instead of a long story... please enjoy the pictures :-)...

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Renatus

1. Juli 2019
0 Min.

Pictures of our Earthfest / St. Johns / Summer Solstice Celebration

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Renatus

1. Juli 2019
4 Min.

Entfernungen

(und eine Anleitung wie man es leicht schaffen kann zu uns zu gelangen) Mull ist weit weg, ok. Als ich 2016 mit der „Iona Summer School“ anfing und sie bewar...

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Renatus

14. Juni 2019
6 Min.

Fingerhut

Im Frühling im Garten, es wuchs erst wenig, und die ausgesäten Blumen keimten noch gar nicht, entdecke ich an vielen Stellen, ja fast überall, aber verstreut...

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Renatus

13. Juni 2019
1 Min.

Earthfest 2019

Invitation to: St John festival, Midsummer, Sun and Earth Festival. Some members of our initiative “Anblick” ("Sight"), now live in Scotland and continue doi...

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Renatus

27. Mai 2019
2 Min.

The Yurt

The 24 foot (7.31 m) diameter yurt is now our home. It was a long way to get there, and now it suddenly materialized! Its amazing. The first nights and days ...

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Renatus

25. Mai 2019
1 Min.

Dissertation erfolgreich abgeschlossen

Liebe Beteiligte meiner Dissertation! (Familie, Freunde, Mitleidende, Mitfiebernde, Begleiter, Betreuer, Kollegen usw.) Endlich erhalte ich Post aus Witten m...

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Renatus

23. Mai 2019
2 Min.

Paradise in Nature?

When I step out of the door, I step on grass. Our houses at Leob Croft are blended into the landscape and its lush nature. It would be difficult to find anot...

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Renatus

15. Mai 2019
2 Min.

Baptism in the "Cathedral"

On Monday 13th May in the morning some Mullians (locals), a befriended couple Rhyddian and Laura with their lovely daughter Megan, neighbours Mandy, Claire a...

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Renatus

9. Mai 2019
2 Min.

Building Ones Own House

Is a yurt a house? Yes. If you live in a tent or a bunker, it’s your choice of how you want to live, such, whatever structure you are living in, is your hous...

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Charlot

22. Apr 2019
1 Min.

"Mama, if you look after yourself, I`ll do the same..."

What?! What did you just say? I'm pushing the pram and meanwhile I look into my daughters dark blue eyes and suddenly that sentence comes to me... Do all peo...

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Charlot

15. Apr 2019
2 Min.

Meanwhile...

As you might have noticed, we have been quite silent the last couple weeks. We have been silent, because we`d been busy worrying. Yes, we too, have worries! ...

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Charlot

31. März 2019
2 Min.

TAKE THIS DANCE OR LEAVE IT

When I was still living in Berlin, I used to dance tango. There was one place, I particularly liked and I’d go there on Sunday afternoons and dance till I‘d ...

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say hello!

We are Charlot and Renatus and little Fiona born on the 28th December 2018. In October 2018 we moved to Mull. To grow beetroot...

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little big new thing

Posts from the rural far West of Europe. Our new life on the Isle of Mull, Scotland

little big new thing

Brambles or: a lesson in love

Mull and Australia

Weather Musings

Otter spotting

One Year at Leob

Rock Mysteries

Ben More

news ticker

Pictures of our Earthfest / St. Johns / Summer Solstice Celebration

Entfernungen

Fingerhut

Earthfest 2019

The Yurt

Dissertation erfolgreich abgeschlossen

Paradise in Nature?

Baptism in the "Cathedral"

Building Ones Own House

"Mama, if you look after yourself, I`ll do the same..."

Meanwhile...

TAKE THIS DANCE OR LEAVE IT

say hello!

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