Tag: self sufficient
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Rain, lots of learning & and holibob booked.
Tuesday 10th January 2023: I am feeling a lot better now but the weather leaves a lot to be desired doesn’t it? I am of an age now though when I am totally at peace with ‘what doesn’t get done today will eventually get done at some point’ so don’t stress over it life is…
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2023 🥳 Happy New Year
Friday 6th January 2023: We are already the first week into the new year, a time for new beginnings, hopes, dreams and plans. I will briefly recap what happened since I last blogged. The day after returning from Lapland I came down with a bug, nothing surprising there really but it went on for days…
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Rain, wreath evenings & wet feet.
Monday 21st November 2023: What a soggy miserable day it was today, rain from dawn to dusk and beyond. I was not about to go outside and do anything in that sort of weather so I busied myself indoors for the morning, finding any little job that needed doing. Charlotte came over at lunchtime, we…
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Mince pies, flower stand and a rainbow 🌈
Monday 14th November 2022: Time seems to be whizzing by 🙄 A dank and foggy morning this morning but we are due heavy rain at some point over the next couple of days and so I needed to cut flowers for a few bouquets mid week. There are still some beautiful flowers growing, the foliage…
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Wreaths, a new path and delphiniums in November!
Monday 7th November 2022: A new week, lockdown begins for the poultry 🫤 they have no idea why they are not allowed out but so far so good on day one 🙄 Apart from the rain at the exact point I had just got my outdoor attire on to go out and feed and collect…
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Halloween, a lost (and found phone) and poultry lockdown 😔
Monday 31st October 2022: I feel better this week and thank you for all the kind words 😁 I think I must have had a virus that but not really presenting itself as anything major in particular just lots of little things that were pulling me down. Weirdest of all was the sensitive scalp 🤷♀️…
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Pumpkin flowers, wreaths & the clock change 🫤
Monday 24th October 2022: Ok I have been a little tardy with the blog posts apologies for that. I am feeling very ‘meh’ about everything at certain points in the day, generally late afternoon and evening when I would usually do the write up. I am more tired than usual, it’s starts off ok in…
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It’s definitely Autumn 🍂
Monday 3rd October 2022: What a beautiful morning, it started off with a pink sky which bathed everything in a glow at dawn this morning and then the sun came out in glorious autumn fashion. I decided a creative morning was in order and so I gathered up plenty of foliage to make an autumn…
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Seed sowing, apple picking and the weather is swinging back and forth.
Monday 26th September 2022: Arrghh where is the year disappearing too 🙄 I will try to be a bit more efficient with writing the blog this week 😂 Today the weather is squally, windy, rainy at times with the sun occasionally appearing and definitely a tad cooler. I did think though that today would be…
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Tidying, bulb planting and Malvern
Monday 19th September 2022: The day of The Queens funeral. I have seen a few momentous occasions over the years but never have I been so proud to be British as I am today. A day of mixed emotions, sadness that we have lost one of the greatest women of our time, thankful that we…
