Garden
I'm glad Autumn has arrived because I've been carrying garden guilt for most of the Summer. Guilt stemming from not spending much time taking care of it and watching everything steadily growing out of control! It's not all bad though; the creepy crawlies have
Life
September felt like a very short month. Nights are getting colder and the mornings are chillu. We got talking to couple on a walk today who told us that Autumn has officially arrived, marked by the Autumn equinox on the 22nd September. Happy days. Eating & drinking * Homemade focaccia using
Garden
One morning last week it felt like Autumn had well and truly arrived. It was chilly and damp and everything was covered in water droplets. Our foxgloves died off but are now on their second wind — much to the delight of the bees. It has been baking hot again since
Places
If you don't like hydrangeas look away now… Hydrangeas are one of Cornwall's best features in my opinion. They are everywhere. So much so that I'm starting to wonder if you can only successfully integrate into Cornish society if you own one. Flying the
Life
August has disappeared in a flash. We've been camping, celebrated birthdays and best of all, finally booked our honeymoon in Iceland!! Poor Scott has listened to me say, "I'm so excited about our trip to Iceland!" in a crazed voice at least once a
Life
Scott and I were toying with the idea of going camping when we realised it had been three years since the tent last came out. Three years!? Part of the reason we don't go very often is a lack of wild campsites; the sort where you can escape
Life
Two families of blue tits set up camp in our sparrow terrace last year. Each day we watched them come and go with beaks full of nesting materials. I had visions of a garden full of fluffy chicks! By the time Summer arrived they were nowhere to be seen. Weeks
Recipes
Stuffed marrow is one of my favourite meals. I first tried it when Scott's Mum cooked some for us a few years ago. She stuffed hers with pork mince and I loved it at the time but I can't stomach minced meat anymore (nothing to do
Garden
Somehow I ended up only photographing pink and orange this week!? Even though I don't like pink very much but we have quite a few pink flowers and plants in the garden. I think I like it in nature, just not in my home (flowers being the exception
Craft
Natural dyes are something I came across on Pinterest but I put the idea of the back of my mind until I could think of a proper project. Recently I read a natural dye post on the Modern Botanics blog (beautiful, do have a look) about natural dyes and it
Life
Today is the last day of July and I realised I hadn't yet written a life lately post for this month. Obviously it wouldn't really matter when I posted it but I like to have these things done and dusted before the month is out. Eating
Garden
My favourite plant in the garden at the moment is our echinacea. I almost relocated (polite way of saying pull it up and stuff it somewhere in the back garden) it a few months ago but I'm glad I didn't because after a ropey start it&
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