As winter calls for snuggling up with a good book, I thought I'd share a few of my personal favourites. With common themes of nature, gardening and seasons, I love these books for their storytelling, illustrations, language and photography. 1.The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett I'm sure many of you will already know this…
Waking up on a Saturday morning to sun streaming through the bedroom window must surely be one of life's great pleasures. Knowing that a day of glorious weather beckons and that you have the working week behind you, bestows a lovely sense of freedom, a lifting of the spirits. It's so much easier to get…
Hello there. Well, did you survive January ok ? I'm quite surprised with how much I enjoyed last month. I think this was pretty much down to just taking things easy and learning to embrace the slower, darker days. I was kind of in a cosy, hibernation mode, and now that February has arrived, I…
January can be a tough old month. When I get up at 6am each morning, it's dark. When I drive home after work, the sun has already set and it's dark once again. The weather is variable, to say the least. Yesterday it was never ending grey, tomorrow I believe there is some snow on…
A weekend in November...a definite chill in the air, the clear skies and beautiful, fading light hinting perhaps that winter is not too far away. An opportunity to make the most of a slow weekend...a few short wanders with Boris then returning home to snuggle up on the sofa with a large pot of tea,…
As August reaches it's final day, I've been looking back, trying to figure out what I did exactly apart from work. Work has been pretty all consuming this month, consequently the month feels like it has passed in a bit of a blur. Then I turn to my phone and my camera to remind myself…
I've always been an avid reader. As a child, when I got my 50 pence pocket money each Saturday, I'd run round to the corner shop near my grandad's house and treat myself to comics. The Beano, Dandy and Whizzer and Chips were my favourites (with a Curly Wurly or a packet of Spangles thrown…
