Wild weather, pie, and wolfy crashes my drone // Autumn in Scotland (vlog)

[@janicegalloway5636]

Hi Sarah, as a Scot who spent 19 years living in the States, on returning back I struggled with finding canned pumpkin too. I do remember finding it in Tesco a few times and I think Waitrose had it too. I ended up doing my own from real pumpkins. It was worth it....that taste!! 😊. Only think I always found though was the surface of the pic would get quite dark when cooking unlike with the canned stuff the colour was more even. I must buy some pumpkins before they are all gone after Halloween. Enjoy your videos by the way, nice to see the local area... I live in Moray too 🥰

[@moma-b]

Hello Autumn. 🍁🍂🍃💛My favorite season. 🧡 Thank you for the beautiful video. If you have no time for a new one just put your camera out into the garden pointing to the green and the sky and we'll watch the clouds passing. 🥰

[@highlandexplorer990]

Your vlog was a blast! 😃 Scotland's weather is no joke 🌪, and that drone crash was nail-biting 🚁. The apple pie at the end was a sweet surprise 🍰. Keep 'em coming! 👏

[@wojciechzajac5818]

Beautiful Calming Video As Always 🙂

[@karenjackson5049]

Thanks for sharing your lovely relaxing video, apart from the drone flying 😅. Have a great holiday 😊

[@carrollwilson5169]

I’ll have some of that apple pie and ice cream thanks 😂. Great video as always.

[@thenextadventure8079]

Thanks for another lovely video Sarah. Oops re. drone crash, reminded us of our early days learning to fly our drone…indoors 😂. Fingers crossed that flooding subsided ahead of our recent deluge.

[@traceymars]

We were in Inverness in 2018. Thanks for posting this video as it reminds me of our wonderful trip there. Of course the weather was not great, but the scenery was beautiful, the food was great and it was a magical place!

[@canadakaren1131]

Such a calming beautiful video for my Sunday morning coffee. Thanks Sarah 💕

[@suzannemarshall7458]

fun! gorgeous pie

[@kimberlyloughran1118]

Sarah loves candy in the a.m. and Wolfy is a pro at doing flying Dutchmans off the furnature....you two are very special 😂

[@terrilikens4975]

That high water looks serious! I hope you never have to deal directly with flooding. I'm glad Floki is well and Wolfy is home.

[@sarahinscotland]

Yes it was quite worrisome. I am glad our place is slightly higher but fear for some of my neighbors.

[@margaretsmith51]

Watching your vlog while having breakfast, love listening to you. Thank you for sharing the beautiful imagery. Great start to my day.

[@sarahinscotland]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@quietlife7186]

❤❤❤

[@pjlopiccolo8709]

Such a wonderful video Sarah. My mouth is watering for apple pie a la mode! Fall is my favorite time of year after the hot summers here in TEXAS. BTW, I painted my very first gouache painting following your painting of Neist location on Skye. Loving your videos.

[@sarahinscotland]

That's awesome to hear!

[@ayokakaiser]

After watching the part about you choosing the music for videos I am even more in awe of what you do with these videos. So much thought and so much creativity goes into deciding how to tell your stories. Thank you for your effort and for your wonderful videos!

[@sarahinscotland]

Thank you very much! To me it's like a fun visual/audio puzzle that I get to do - a different creative outlet to my art

[@queen.cee234]

@@sarahinscotland Out of all the people I follow on YT, I have to say your choice of music is always on point for the storytelling you do (I'm a keen listener in that regard). From the examples you shared, your first choice gave the scenery a more relaxed feeling, which kinda matched the mood of the day in the images, and really added to the day-out-in-Inverness vibe. For what it's worth though, I don't think you've made a wrong choice in any of the videos I've seen, but I get wishing you could get some feedback now and then. Decision fatigue is real. :) Thank you for sharing your adventures and the insanely beautiful scenery of Scotland.

[@sarahinscotland]

@@queen.cee234yea I tend to agree about the “day out” vibe. They are both nice, so in the end it comes down to which one represents the feelings I had at that time? In that regard the piano was more emotional which matched how I was feeling. Maybe somewhere between the two would be perfect 😊 but yea it’s fun to hear what you think!

[@dryingshift]

ahh that pie looks amazing!! i've been dying to learn how to make pie, as something about autumn really makes me crave it. also, it's so funny to see wolfy flying the drone inside hahaa! lovely that you're getting to show some of your friends your favorite things in scotland! and thank you for sharing them with us as well

[@sarahinscotland]

He’s nuts 😂 pie is actually much easier to make than I thought. You can use pre-made crust dough and it’s even easier

[@susiegraham3671]

So beautiful in Scotland!! That pie looks amazing, it’s 6 am here in Oklahoma and I’ll just have a small slice with my coffee, please? Hope the flooding subsides. Until next time, have a wonderful October! ❤

[@sarahinscotland]

It's my first time making a pie with shortcrust (usually I do a graham cracker base but those aren't a thing here). It was yummy!

[@oaklingsluciapara]

Pumpkin purée! They sell it in Waitrose!

[@sarahinscotland]

I’ll have to look that up!

[@mnap1595]

For pumpkin, we use New England pie pumpkins for our tea business when making our pumpkin & chai lattes. Whatever type of pumpkin you use, you want it to be of a type for pies or similar. The types grown for carving and the like are going to taste awful. That settled, it's very easy to make the puree. Just roast the pumpkin (which has the added benefit of caramelizing it a little), peel off the skin when done, and then throw it in a blender.

[@sarahinscotland]

Ah good tip - I'm going to a couple local gardens to get some and I'll be sure to ask for the right kind

[@rhonda1631]

Of course I love your art video, but this vlog video was REALLY nice, thank you for sharing your art and life!

[@KarenLau-vl5tu]

Hi Sarah...I just love watching your videos...thanks for them. I had to comment on your pie. I,m from the mountains of North Carolina, but was raised in the Pennsylvania Dutch country....My grandmother taught me to make pumpkin pie from long neck pumpkins...just peel it and boil like you do for mashed potatoes...then put it in a collander overnight to remove excess liquid...mash that for your pie instead of using the canned. You can freeze that too. Can't wait to see what you do next!...Love your photography and artwork.

[@sarahinscotland]

Thanks for the tips! I was thinking of roasting the pumpkin..for added flavor and to bake out some of the extra moisture?

[@hattyflame3889]

Wonderful fun and footage 🌻💛 Thank you for sharing the joy Sarah 🌷🤸

[@RowanTreeArt]

Best of luck with your pumpkin pie sarah!! I've made thanksgiving pumpkin pie from local farm pumpkin for a couple years now and it's very rewarding 😃you might have to add a little water to the cooked pumpkin as your pureeing it to get all the lumps, just so you know

[@sarahinscotland]

Thank you for the tips!

[@catepearce2138]

What an enjoyable video, thank you Sarah for sharing. Its truly lovely that you were able to share your joy of Scotland (at its most dramatic) with your best friends. They will have great memories of where you are living now 🤩😊. Have a great week and take care, from a disgustingly hot Qld in Aus.

[@angelikawitter5305]

Just beautiful. Thank you, Sarah. We could use some of the rain you are having in Scotland. We had real summer weather till yesterday, and it is much too dry here in Bavaria. Geli

[@laurahale5774]

Again, a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing gentle beauty with the world.

[@Frieda_Kamstra]

Very scary all of those floods! We were in Norway last August and we had to flee for the water. And on top of that our dog got an epileptic seizure. It was awful. I hope you live on a higher part of the country.

[@sarahinscotland]

Oh no that's scary!!

[@maragirl1658]

I’m so enjoying this video Sarah. Thank you for keeping me grounded in the present and in nature’s beauty. 🫶🏻

[@c.f.callier]

I loved watching Wolfy learning to fly the drone. XD That amount of flooding can be insane. I pray it is able to start going down before long and not continually added to.

[@sarahinscotland]

He's nuts! 😂

[@sunshinemachine6572]

The current was fast in Inverness!

[@GodsSoldier33]

Another Great video. It warmed my heart 😊 I am a HUGE fan or ever changing unpredictable weather especially when it's very windy cool ,to cold ,to freezing lol And love love the rain! I've had folks tell me you should move to Chicago if you like wind and cold..so I did lol Others said Oh then you would love the UK. Well..thats next on my list and final destination! haha. ☺ Seeing Woflie with the drone inside of the house made me think (and I have prob seen this in a S-fi or AI movie somewhere pretty sure it's not an original idea lol) but maybe they need to make tiny small drones for inside homes and like for large house viewings live. In other words instead of Wolfie following around with the video a small drone maybe palm-sized, follows you by AI human detection as you move around the house or outside showing your daily life, etc. May be a bit creepy lol but not at all far-fetched! I'm sure they have that already. Just not available to the consumer market. Looks like you and your friends had a really good time while they were in Scotland. That pie looked scrumptious! Enjoy the rest of your weekend and the week ahead. God bless. ❤

[@sarahinscotland]

I wouldn't be surprised if that is already a thing..they probably just need to figure out how to make small drones quieter! They are quite loud/high pitched

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Wow I love 💕 all of these trips, adventures, & beautiful vista views everywhere, even with the flooding. Keep safe with the flooding. 😂Wolfe is hilarious with flying the drone inside & outside! Sounds like a huge bee 🐝 buzzing about 💕everywhere. Looks like you’re having a great & wonderful Autumn 🍂 so far. Ohhh making your own pumpkin purée for pies is going to be fun. Pretty much the same as making apple or cherry fillings. Thanks for sharing this wonderful fun video! Enjoy your time with family & friends!!

[@sarahinscotland]

Yep he's a hoot 😂 Now to hunt for some more pumpkins..

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

You can pretty much use any squash/pumpkin to make pumpkin pie. My favorite is Red Kuri squash. A lot like to use Butternut for it. But, really, I grow a lot of varieties of pumpkins and squash and use them all to make pumpkin puree for pies and soups. The only one you don't really want to use is Spaghetti Squash. The stringy texture isn't great for trying to puree it. That pumpkin you showed on the windowsill will work just fine as a pumpkin puree. You can even use field pumpkins, they're just difficult to work with because of their hard skin. But, if you can manage to split it in half and roast it first in the oven for about an hour and a half, it will work just fine. Just spoon the innards out. I use a blender to do the puree. If you have leftover pumpkin, you can just spoon it in a bag and put it in the freezer for later, just squish it flat so it doesn't take up a lot of space.

[@sarahinscotland]

Awesome tips, thank you!

[@janasulanova6543]

Thank you, Sarah for beautiful video. I was in Inverness in september and there was unusual ( I think) warm weather. Love from the Czech Republic❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sarahinscotland]

Yes occasionally we get a couple "heat waves" near autumn..those are definitely gone by now! It was 3c yesterday

[@enchantedscot]

You can get pumpkin puree and canned pumpkin from Sainsburys and Tesco. Well from the bigger ones. Failing that Costco should have it. Hope that helps.

[@sarahinscotland]

Maybe the ones near us aren’t big enough? Or I’m unlucky and it’s not stocked. But now I’ve researched how to make it myself and I’m going to go for it!

[@enchantedscot]

@sarahinscotland Good show, probably always better to make your own, let us know how that goes. Could be that the shops are smaller up north. It's been years since I have been up your way so really not sure what's, what. There is costco in Aberdeen?? Good luck on your pie making.

[@sarahinscotland]

We have a couple Tescos near us but they are a bit smaller so maybe that’s why. Maybe only the BIG cities stock stuff like that

[@michelleh9685]

Good job wolfie on getting the drone to fly & having a go. I bought 2 cheap ones to try & learn how to fly them & I'm absolutely hopeless. Thanks Sarah for sharing your journey & friendships with us all

[@sarahinscotland]

It took me a lot of practice to get nice smooth shots over the years

[@brennad5373]

That apple pie looks delicious! Have you enjoyed a sharp cheddar cheese with your apple pie? It is one of my favorite food combinations. I grew up down the road from the Libby's plant in Morton, Illinois that produces their canned pumpkin. They use a variety called Dickinson pumpkin, which are much taller compared to pie pumpkin varieties like the one you have. While some people argue that this is a squash (it is closely related to butternut squash), it's just English semantics. Everything called "pumpkin" is a species of squash. Sugar pumpkins are the same species as zucchini, curcurbita pepo, but a different cultivar. Hope your from-scratch pumpkin pie turns out great!

[@sarahinscotland]

So interesting! I should have known it wasn't as simple as 'squash' or 'pumpkin'

[@andreamarshall3356]

beautiful waterfalls I have been going outside painting a lot more but only on the the weekend the rest of the time I'm stuck at home with my son his health is unpredictable like the weather and he won't come with me either perhaps a drone would keep him interested whilst I paint /sketch something the bush is calling me but hopefully not on 35-40 degree days thats a typical Australian summer

[@sarahRA86]

If you’re ever in Aberdeen, you can stock up on pumpkin purée from Tesco Danestone! 😉

[@sarahinscotland]

Seems like a trip to the "big city" would be worth it!

[@Marti_Lay]

Visited recently for 14 days driving around the Highlands and it rained 11 of the 14 days. It was tense driving and wet walking.

[@sarahinscotland]

Classic

[@jimw6659]

I think it’s a sign that you’re in your true home as you are saying Autumn and not Fall 🙂

[@sarahinscotland]

Haha...that's because Wolfy gives me the LOOK when I say it wrong

[@Nate1975]

Is it still bad like this? 😮 going end of next week to the area, should I be concerned?

[@sarahinscotland]

No in most places the flooding stopped. It should be fine unless another huge storm passes through but I don't think there are any expected

[@MrMonero]

Cool vid. Some of my fav places. I live about an hour or so north of Inverness. Best place on Earth 🙏🏼

[@sarahinscotland]

Such a gorgeous area

[@sillarsscott7694]

I am watching you from Victoria Bc Canada I am wondering how you chose where to move to in Scotland

[@sarahinscotland]

My husband is Scottish so we had to choose. We talked about it in our How we Met video

[@lilaskye2375]

i liked the first music in Inverness, the second music was very depressing

[@sarahinscotland]

Interesting

[@naturelover1284]

tried to paint in the park, undercover cop or weirdo kept driving by, creepy...peace broken again by humans

[@sarahinscotland]

:(