Last night I sat swathed in my dressing gown, slouched across the sofa, having just had a long and relaxing bath. I’d been soaking my aching muscles in the hot, lavender-scented water after a long, satisfying day of Being Productive.
Since I went back to work after Christmas, I feel like I’ve been trying to catch [...]
2010 has arrived!
It’s still cold, too.
I had my birthday on New Year’s Eve. I turned 27. It felt a bit strange. 27 used to feel like half a lifetime away to me, and here I am, creeping up on my 30s. The thing is, the closer I get to 30, the less I start to [...]
I’ve not been doing much on my Smallest Smallholding lately. Bit of grass cutting, tidying, tiny bit of weeding and raking up fallen plums and apples.
But one job I have been keen to do regularly is collect seeds. I can’t remember if I’d posted about this before (and I could just stop being incredibly lazy [...]
I have to say, summer is not my favourite time of year. Yes, there’s colour and sunshine and spectacular thunderstorms, but somehow it’s all a bit green and mad. I think, what it comes down to, is that in summer, I feel grumpy that I can’t be outside when I want to (for now, work, [...]




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