Craft
Last weekend I headed up to Cambridgeshire with Annie for the Making Winter Retreat. Two days of cosiness, craft, good food and car banter. I finally met fellow nature lover Kriss in person too! My camera spent most of the weekend in my bag, so I only took a few
Garden
Jack Frost has been out to play. Our sheltered garden doesn't see frost very often, but when it appears we know it was a cold night. I made a quick dash around the garden one morning this week and snapped these photos. Happy to see some proper cold
Life
The end of November means one thing — it's nearly Christmas!! This month has seen plenty of cold sunny days and our first hard frost of the year. These giant rosehips were gathered from the yellow rose bush in our garden; I picked them for the dinner table when
Hiking
Mount Esja was the one that almost got away. Every morning we checked the weather forecast, it was too wet and windy to hike safely. So we held off, hoping we would get a chance. Thankfully the weather took a turn for the better on our last day in Reykjavík!
Garden
Last week Annie posted a roundup of her hdygg photos. I thought it was a nice way of looking back over the year and as I haven't had time to get out in the garden lately, I thought I'd do the same. January January was all
Iceland
I'm taking a break from the current Iceland landscape mania on here to show you some food instead! Everything we ate in Reykjavik was fantastic, we honestly didn't have a bad meal. Lots of fresh fish, potatoes, Skyr and Icelandic produce. Before we go away we
Hiking
Heiðmörk is a nature reserve on the outskirts of Reykjavík. Getting to Heiðmörk from the city centre was actually very easy without a car. I've put the bus information at the bottom of this post in case anyone needs it for their hike. Source: Reykjavík Loves After getting
Hiking
Nesjavellir is a geothermal area near the Hengill volcano (Southwest Iceland) and is home to Iceland's second largest geothermal power station. The land is a mixture of mountain terrain, lava rocks, mud pots and boiling springs. Out of all our hikes, these trails were our favourite. Our feet
Life
We've spent most of October waiting to go on our honeymoon in Iceland. Boy was it worth the wait! Now we're back we have a few more days of holiday before things return to normality. There's a mountain of washing to do and we
Knitting & crochet
Making things for little people is always a nice job. We welcomed our niece Pip into the world back in June and with Autumn coming, I thought a jumper would be the perfect gift. Months have passed since I cast on. Ironically this is one of my smallest knitting projects,
Norway
This week I've been editing old holiday photos and came across quite a few I haven't shared from our trips to Norway and Sweden. As luck would have it, there were a some from city gardens and florists as well as some other nice nature based
Life
Melons, tatas, love apples, tittyboppers, hooters, baps, mammaries, gazangas... whatever you call your boobs, they are the focus in October for Breast Cancer Care Awareness Month. Sadly many of us know of someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer; whether it's a friend, relative, colleague or friend
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