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I am so glad Craig is enjoying his new job and making friends. It's hard to meet people these days, I kind of feel like everyone is judging you and like you said don't have time for others. However, I think they are missing out. My very favorite people are those that give not so great first impressions. I married one! I think giving people space and trying to meet them where they are is key and when I do that I make the best connections! Keep your head up... you're amazing and I am so grateful you have decided to share your life with us!

Bob Mortimer's autobiography is a book written by one of our fellow shy people with a plea to give a shy person in your life a chance if you haven't read it ❤ have a lovely weekend and thanks for a fab vlog. Art, van life, daily routine and food vlog - perfect! X

Gosh Holly, never apologise for being shy, it’s really just being sensitive to your environment and new people. I’m much older than you and now realise how much masking I’ve done in life to get through life. It’s exhausting! Now I am much more comfortable being myself but can’t help getting into mask mode. Much better to not get into that state. X

Holly, I too am shy and often am quiet and smiling when meeting people or even spending time with certain friends. It is interesting how humans can all be so different but then also all be human. 🤷🏻‍♀️🙂🩵

I loved the montage at Lochbuie! So pretty ❤

Thank you guys :)

Lovely learning all about Mull! Now I know that it's home to the namesake of not only Tobermory, Ontario, but Calgary, Alberta - two places that I've spent a lot of happy times. If I ever make it back to Scotland I'd love to spend a few days enjoying the Isle of Mull.

Loved this vlog. So positive and peaceful. I have such a good feeling about your time here. It seems like a wonderful place to rest and renew some creative ideas.

I'm really enjoying this slice of Scottish Island life. Good on you getting some work done while caring for 2 dogs while living in a van! I have 4 dogs. Last week we were having some major earthworks done on our property and I had to have the dogs inside with me for much of the day. I was so stressed out that they would get bored and ratty. I started the day with a long walk in the state forest which they always enjoy and allows them to burn off some energy. Then, fortunately I was able to let them out for an hour at various intervals when the excavator driver had to go to the quarry for a re-up of gravel. My dogs were little angels considering they usually spend all day outside running around like lunatics. I was so proud of them.

I love this island! I love that I get to see it through your eyes. One day, I will go.

You did an excellent job with the editing on this video, Holly. I felt very immersed in all the areas you visited and showcased here. Absolutely love the landscapes and the animal life you get to see on a regular basis.

I totally understand being shy and being hard on yourself after being surrounded by people. I think societal pressure to be extroverted and "on" all the time is a big reason why we feel so deflated after those interactions. Either way, keep your chin up :) Love these videos!

"Unknown guide did great" lol! You guys are too cute 😊The views are amazing too, and I adore the sheep 🐑 Looking forward to more 👍

This looks so amazing ☺☺

Absolutely stunning video Holly! Tobermory looks so quaint and pretty, the art museum looks like a nice place to work in!

Such beautiful shots in this one Holly! You've given me a proper yearning to get to a quiet seaside and just breathe! xo

Enjoying seeing you guys settling into island life! I think just knowing there is a nice quiet arts cafe on the hill would help me cope better witht the crowds in the harbour!

It looks really, really gorgeous there! I am shy too, and the shyness hits at the most awkward times. I love the Cyprus swamp , but I thought the tree stumps were a kind of fungi called "Dead Man's Fingers". I do know about tree stumps in the swamps, but here, most of our swamps have birch stumps in them.

I completely get what you mean when you said a lot of people don't want to take the time to get to know a shy person. I think that's really very true. I never thought about it that way though before. It's kind of sad how few people give us a chance to open up. I think they write us off quickly and unfairly sometimes.

Lovely video and my sister and I can relate to the social anxiety! It's hard not to rehash it all afterward, but no one else seems to view us as we do, so I get relief from that, lol. Mull is gorgeous and I wish I could visit that plant paradise of a cafe!

Gorgeous video, What a lovely island. I am glad you are settling in and enjoying it so much! I understand your irritation about the car door hitting the van. I too find myself getting annoyed when it seems people aren't thinking of or aware of others. Then again, people have off days too. It is a lot to negotiate. 💛

Thanks for your fantastic video. I totally understand the challenges of being shy, you can’t be something your not. Keep doing your best anyway.❤

Wow what beautiful scenery!!

Lovely video Holly! I like the slow life island vibe. :)

If that was me the banana bread would be gone looong before Craig got home

Absolutely loving this series! Wow such beautiful scenery, you are certainly giving those fur babies their best lives. Your art work is so interesting and detailed, you are very talented! 🌿🐞🌸🍄

Thank you for sharing all this beauty with us, holly!

Oh wow the island is beautiful! Love those images….also a shy and introvert person myself, I am in my 50’ s now and it’s better more and more comfortable.

Oh I LOVE shy people! They are secretly my favourite type of people. I am the opposite, but I have always paired myself with quieter introverts - my sister, my best friends, my partner. I learn so much from them and love to tune in to their 'vibration', if you know what I mean. I feel like they are a super intelligent mystery to me. I just have to be safe and give them time and listen and they open like a beautiful flower. I'll be your friend. Also you were completely right to say something and get pissed off about your van getting banged. I have an older car too, it's covered in dings, only because everyone prangs it and doesn't own up! They are responsible and owe you an apology and admission if not paying for repairs. Silly people. Glad you cheered up though, gorgeous Island. What was the name of the band? Dogs on the Loch?

Another lovely vlog, Holly! 󠁧󠁢I'm autistic so shyness and introversion are part and parcel of my experience of the condition, so I completely relate. I often wonder what a world mainly consisting of shy people would be like (awesome, I reckon!) 😊🧡

I'm really enjoying this series Holly (and all your travel series, it's been so interesting to see those places through your gentle. emotionally intelligent lens), it is so good to see Mull! I love your drawings, they're wonderful, I've been enjoying them with my children, and your lovely tree card game. You're creating beautiful things celebrating nature for the world and we really appreciate it. Greetings from the Dark Peak! xx

Great video!

Lovely series Holly! Great to see you and Craig settling in. What a stunning place! My mother-in-law lives on Islay but Mull seems incredibly green and verdant, much less bleak! Have a lovely week :)

Very late to these videos having moved house last month but had to leave a comment about the first impression thing when your shy because I totally relate - my partner of now nearly 7 years told me that on the first date he thought I didn’t like him but I was just being my super shy self 😅 luckily he didn’t give up on me!

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A really lovely video Holly, thank you. Relaxing soundtrack too 😊

Lovely video, Mull is so beautiful.

Best vlogs, I’m So glad I joined the channel late in your 🔥van ERA🔥

Hi from New Zealand love your videos and style of makeing them . what stunning area bit like here in New Zealand in many ways .you two would love traveling around New Zealand in a van .Any way your helping me to be more motivated to make more videos .have sub to your channel thanks

Hey Holly, I’m just a few minutes in. I’ve never tried hummus on a crumpet before 😄 maybe I should try it. I do love a marmite crumpet now

I think the swamp print would be better without the border

Just letting you know that your Patreon link in your description is missing the "y" and goes to 404. I love your work and want to join! ❤

Such nice video, beautiful scenery, thank you for sharing. I would love to know how you do your prints... I mean, for example the one you are showing that it is your favorite but it has not been that popular in sales... the original is it exactly like that? Or do you do it in parts, for example, the frame, and the different elements are different illustrations, and you putted them together digitally? I hope my questions is understandable, sometimes I get confused translating my thoughts :s

Would you live in Scotland or in the Hebrides in the winter? I'd love to move there, but I think the winter would be tough....

Loving these videos ❤ Thanks 😊