Life
I've read a few life lately posts on various blogs over the last month and have decided they are perfect for all the little snippets of life that don't need a whole post of their own. So here is mine for November. Watching Autumn and Winter
Life
Winter is fast approaching. The nights turn colder, the days darker and the amount of birds visiting the garden to feed increases. We put food out all year round but ramp up our efforts during the colder seasons. Source: RSPB I found this information whilst reading about falling bird populations
Life
I came home one evening last week to a lovely big bunch of flowers from Debenhams. I've been picking handfuls of cornflowers, sweet peas and cosmos from the garden for a few weeks but we've not had anything this grand on our coffee table for a
Life
I recently picked up a piece of illustration gold from a book stand at our local fete. A copy of Alice Through the Looking Glass from 1959! The book is in pretty good condition considering its age; the spine is tatty but everything else is intact. I wanted to show
We've been in the process of doing up the office at home for what feels like forever. Its been slow progress because this room has been good for storing bulky items like bathroom suites, away from the main living space. Poor Scott was sat working next to a
Film Photography
Meet the latest addition to our collection of old cameras. The Olympus Trip 35. Scotts grandparents gave it to us and I think they said it originally belonged to the father of one of their close friends. It's a cracking little film camera. Weighty in the hand without
Life
On Saturday I headed over to Bishop's Meadow in Farnham to join the volunteer working party. I was last there four weeks ago and I couldn't believe how much everything had grown since then! Cow parsley and meadow buttercups as far as I could see. A
Life
Last Friday I headed up to the big smoke for WordCamp London 2015 - a 3 day conference dedicated to all things WordPress! Scott and I went to our first WordCamp back in 2011 when we attended WordCamp Portsmouth and it's been something we've looked forward
Life
Saturday morning began with a walk through Bishop's Meadow armed with a pair of marigolds and bin bags. I was on my way to meet the other volunteers taking part in the Bishop's Meadow Trust litter pick. As you can see, we completely lucked out with
Last weekend Scott and I were invited to stay at Ox Pasture Hall - a luxury country hotel near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Neither of us have explored Yorkshire and it was my birthday that weekend (hello 30!), so it was a good time to have a weekend away. This is
December 1st means one thing. The Christmas tree goes up and the decorations come out! Whoppeeee! At the beginning of the year we were gifted a box of vintage Christmas decorations and inside were these 1950's glass baubles. I absolutely love them! The colours, the shapes, chipped paint…
Bishop's Meadow in Farnham was put up for sale at the end of 2009. Four local people who were worried about the threat of development got together and raised enough money to buy the land and it's now managed by the Bishop's Meadow Trust
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