Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day.
Seen in a garden centre. I always admire these, but they’re a bit too modern-art for my garden!
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Dog friends.
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Look up! We’re getting to that time of year when the fresh greens absolutely glow in the sun.
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New horse chestnut leaves, like hankies.
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I’ve never noticed eleagnus fruits before – now I see why they’re sometimes called silverberries!
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Blossom.
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The greenest green I’ve ever seen!
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My friend tried to find something greener… What do you think?
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Love these tulips! They make me think of raspberry ripple…
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Saw this amazing wallpaper in a client’s house!
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Beers with friends.
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We went to a vinyl night! I took Jimmy Renda Se by Tom Ze.
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Forgot to include these last week – my tomato seedlings are all potted up and going strong! It’s about time to plant out now I reckon…
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My cukes and courgettes need another week or two…
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I made a brilliant Welsh rarebit for lunch and ate it in the garden.
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And finished up with this brilliant Italian sfogliatelle I was gifted, filled with hazelnut chocolate cream. Oh my, so delicious!
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What do you see?
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Made a lamb rogan josh with Vegan Sadhu curry paste and it was really good. Don’t tell him…
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In the garden right now I’m loving this lamium orvala – spotted dead nettle – and so are the bees!
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And my Canary Bird rose. It’s a big, unruly species rose, but it’s pretty much the first to flower and is so sunny and bright!
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Seedlings coming up in my raised bed. I was a little late to sow but the temperatures are warm enough now that they should shoot up!
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Made mini scones for the bank holiday weekend and they were wonderful!
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