Sophie
It is with barely contained glee that I can announce, we saw the trailer for Spring 2015 here today! Yes, all of the highlights – bird twittering, daffodil nodding, lawn mowing, cat sprawling and of...
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It’s challenging to change gear and move into autumnal activity right now whilst we are experiencing this balmy Indian Summer. With fully blown hot sunny days and balmy evenings, thoughts of pumpkins,...
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When perusing a seed catalogue with a view to vegetable planting for the coming season, it’s easy to have eyes bigger than available plot space. I have experienced this in the past and with novice...
View ArticleFeast or Famine
With one away on school camp, another at university and the third spreading his wings into life outside the confines of the school timetable, dinner time catering has been flipped on its head. From...
View ArticleBronze
A lovely adjunct to keeping a small peep of chickens is the thriving community of bronzewing pigeons that have joined us. At first light, they perch expectantly on the fence rail of the chicken...
View ArticleJars
The calendar flipped over today, and in doing so, I caught a glimpse of Easter on the horizon. The cooler nights and even chillier mornings have also been hinting of its arrival, so I now have the...
View ArticleRekindle
The slow cooker and I have a seasonal relationship. In early Autumn we greet one another like long lost friends and set about sharing some very productive times together. As winter descends our...
View ArticleQuake
Presently based in Mexico City, my daughter endured the terrifying experience of an earthquake. Standing in a queue on nightclub stairwell (where most twenty-somethings living on the other side of the...
View ArticleAjna
As any yogi worth their salt will tell you, the ajna chakra is one of great significance. Otherwise termed the third eye, this chakra, situated between our eyebrows, can be described as connecting us...
View ArticleSpace
It seems each time you glance at the calendar another week has passed by. Someone is saying, ‘is it that time already?’ or ‘was that really three years ago, it feels like yesterday!’ Our perception of...
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