for the love of cow parsley
May is my favourite month for wild flowers. I know July and August have some beauties (and I do love scabious), but for me, the...
- Mar 27, 2020
rainbows - free download
In a time when we all need a little hope and colour in our lives, I have made my spring rainbow photograph free to download as both a...
- Jan 31, 2020
a grand European road trip
It has obviously taken me a while to get round to writing this post, but I do want to keep a little of our grand European road trip last...
- Jan 9, 2020
songbirds
I have have been watching a small flock of blue tits use our garden as a dining room for months. I don't know if there are enough to call...
- Dec 9, 2019
a foraged wreath
At the weekend I took myself to a wreath making workshop run by the wonderful Grace Alexander at my friends house in Somerset. I make at...
- Dec 2, 2019
the story of november
As I wrote in my latest newsletter, I am determined to find the available light in the darker months. Even when the weather is bad....
- Nov 26, 2019
rainy days and gardens
Great Dixter is (possibly) my favourite garden, anywhere. I mean to go more often, but it took until a very rainy October to make it...
- Oct 31, 2019
the story of october
I am a little behind on these posts, so we will skip past August (I am still planning that road trip blog post, maybe over winter if life...
- Jul 29, 2019
the thief of creativity
I have intentionally not written this post for a very long time. And then after I began to write it, I have been sitting on it for a...
- Jul 27, 2019
the story of June & July
June and July, cobbled together as it has been so hectic. When I decided to begin these monthly posts again, I hadn't factored in the...
- Jun 3, 2019
the story of May
Let me just put it out there that May is, in fact, my favourite month. Although I love most of the year, except perhaps January - March,...
- May 3, 2019
the story of April
Recently I have been uploading some of my old blog posts onto this new site. As there are so many, I have begun with the ones I want to...
- Jul 17, 2018
the appreciation of small things
I have long held a theory that the appreciation of small things is invaluable to my state of mind. A bold statement perhaps, but not at...
- Apr 10, 2018
slow living with weekend:IN
I have been shopping small for several years now whenever possible. So when invited to Weekend:IN's slow living retreat, with the...
- Jan 30, 2017
posting unscripted
Truth be told, right now I’m a little bored with my carefully curated Instagram gallery. January – a new year – usually brings with it an...
- Jun 9, 2016
happiness in simple things with Fat Face
I have a theory – not a complicated one – that happiness is found in simple things. Now don’t get me wrong, those things can be grand or...
- Apr 21, 2016
on motherhood (& saying yes)
Motherhood is an adventure like no other. As ready as you think you are, nothing can actually prepare you for the reality of being...
- Apr 6, 2016
an ode to another place
another place
One hundred cast iron figures stand facing out to sea watching the tide which submerges most of them twice daily
- Jan 17, 2016
the first fall of snow
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite...
- Jan 1, 2016
2016 with a grateful heart
New Year always makes me pause. Theres a bit of ‘where did last year go’ and a bit of ‘what shall I do this year…?’ so much happens so...
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