(Local drainage, called a rhyne – pronounced reen. Good place to spot kingfishers) Pootling around the little lanes on the Somerset Levels, today. Honestly think I could do this all day. Every day. Before heading home, we stopped at our favourite road side stall, picking up strawberries and asparagus. I […]
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Little Steps
I am notoriously bad at starting a project and not finishing it. A few slip through the net and make it to the end but most languish. Maybe forever. As my husband can testify, I can walk over unfinished projects, for months, without batting an eyelid. At work once, I […]
Read moreEnjoying the small things
(Stitchwort and Bluebells) Leaning on my spade this weekend, I couldn’t help imagining all the yummy food that would (hopefully) pop up in the raised beds I was working on, given time. I’d added compost to improve the fertility. Sown the seeds. Added water. Nothing else to do, but stand […]
Read morePie dishes and car boot sale
We went to a local car boot sale over the weekend. It’s been a while. I warned the children not to expect to buy anything. Always go with a minimal, mental list of things you’d like to find and avoid impulse buying, otherwise all you’re doing is moving clutter from […]
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