True to form, I have a few craft projects on the go. What can I say? I like to flit between them, depending on my mood. In the evenings, I tend to knit. Comfy seat. Feet up in front of the wood burner and something good on the flickering box […]
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Run-up
So the decorations are up and we’ve started festive crafting and cooking. There is Christmas music playing. Candles burning. With all three children now at secondary, we no longer have a festive run up to the holiday, courtesy of school. Secondary is more opt in, when it comes to […]
Read moreLooking after my hands
Is it just me or does everyone find themselves using the expression “I’ll just do this,” more times a day than they would like to? I seem to squeeze jobs into ever decreasing pockets of time. “I’ll just get the firewood in“. “I’ll just give the bathroom a quick clean“. “I’ll […]
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It’s candle lighting season. Wood stove as well, but the candles have made an entrance. This is the week the breakfast table candle made it’s tentative way back into our daily routine. Getting up in the dark was proving tricky for certain members of the family. So, first child down lights […]
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