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In which wine is drunk, wedding rings are ordered and the sun shines
I’m sitting on the couch whilst S is at the cinema watching a mountain biking film, and taking advantage of a quiet house to import CDs to iTunes, make some invitation-related purchases and watch Don’t...
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In which my thumbs turn green
When I was growing up, my parents always had beautiful gardens. My mother invested a lot of time into making them look lovely, an activity she really enjoyed. But whilst I could appreciate the...
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Reverb 10, day 4 – wonder
December 4 – Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? For me, it has to be gardening. I’ve written before about my new love affair with all things green, and how...
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In which there is a Royal Wedding and lots of bank holidays
After eleven days off it’s always hard to get up in the morning and go to work. The fact that these past eleven days have passed in a lovely haze of sunshine, cider, cake, camping, cream teas and gin...
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In which there are reasons why it was a good weekend
Because of delicious Thai food. Because of discovering the best chocolate chip cookies, ever. Because of meeting the latest member of the extended family clan and having him fall asleep in my arms, a...
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In which I am deskbound
Due to freelance work exploding of late, this has been my view for much of May. But at least I can look out at our new decking (finally completed this weekend)!
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In which more salted caramel is eaten and birthdays are celebrated again
My parents have been staying for the last couple of days, which has been lovely. Last night they took us out for a belated birthday dinner and yet more salted caramel desserts were consumed – this time...
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In which I finish my magnum opus and make my first ever bearnaise sauce
And I’m back! 32 pages, five articles, one fibreglass cow and too many captions to count – my wedding supplement was finally finished last Thursday and is now at the printers. I am so proud of it and I...
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In which the sunshine finally makes an appearance
Up until last weekend, the month of May and me were not seeing eye to eye. The rain was continuing to lash down and the temperatures were ridiculously cold, an arts project I was managing was running...
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In which that was the month that was: March issue
Spring still feels a long way off as the weather this month, apart from one glorious weekend, has been chilly and grey. Today though, I finally wore my light jacket for the first time this year (albeit...
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In which that was the month that was: May issue
You’ve gotta love May, with its double bank holiday action. Shame the weather wasn’t playing ball all the time though! So this month I… Went on another 20s’ themed hen do I’m very glad I kept the...
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In which there is some gardening
I have to admit, my enthusiasm for home improvements is pretty low at the moment and still recovering from the epic work we did on the house. But the itch for DIY never completely goes away if there is...
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In which there is a lockdown
Things I have started during lockdown: a FutureLearn course on Starting to Write Fiction, planning new storage for our porch, sorting out and backing up all our photos. Things I have finished during...
View ArticleIn which that was the month that was: March issue
Spring still feels a long way off as the weather this month, apart from one glorious weekend, has been chilly and grey. Today though, I finally wore my light jacket for the first time this year (albeit...
View ArticleIn which that was the month that was: May issue
You've gotta love May, with its double bank holiday action. Shame the weather wasn't playing ball all the time though! So this month I... Went on another 20s' themed hen do I'm very glad I kept the...
View ArticleIn which there is some gardening
I have to admit, my enthusiasm for home improvements is pretty low at the moment and still recovering from the epic work we did on the house. But the itch for DIY never completely goes away if there is...
View ArticleIn which there is a lockdown
Things I have started during lockdown: a FutureLearn course on Starting to Write Fiction, planning new storage for our porch, sorting out and backing up all our photos. Things I have finished during...
View ArticleIn which that was the month that was: March issue
Spring still feels a long way off as the weather this month, apart from one glorious weekend, has been chilly and grey. Today though, I finally wore my light jacket for the first time this year (albeit...
View ArticleIn which that was the month that was: May issue
You've gotta love May, with its double bank holiday action. Shame the weather wasn't playing ball all the time though! So this month I... Went on another 20s' themed hen do I'm very glad I kept the...
View ArticleIn which there is some gardening
I have to admit, my enthusiasm for home improvements is pretty low at the moment and still recovering from the epic work we did on the house. But the itch for DIY never completely goes away if there is...
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