I love Christmas, season of peace, love and joy; a festival of light in the darkest part of the year. But I don’t love all the excess and waste that it can cause if we’re not mindful. And that’s why, instead of replacing my old gold plastic foil garlands with more of the same, last […]
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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. Seedlings! A wonderful promise-filled sight any time of year. These are the broccoli, lettuce and choi sum I sowed in September. The winter spinach are emerging too, and so are
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Aren’t we blessed with the weather this autumn? So far we’ve seen endless sunny days, with good brief or overnight showers. Weed growth is rampant! But the October garden is changing colour rapidly now, leaves are falling, flowers are closing, and the shortening days mean that growth must come to an end soon. The autumn
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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. Made delicious, nutritious chicken stock. I simmer a chicken carcass 5 hours or so with onions, carrots, celery, two bay leaves, several peppercorns, a dash of vinegar and a tablespoon
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Starting a bullet journal changed my life. Five years ago this month, I looked back at my year and I saw… nothing. It was hard to remember what I’d achieved or what I’d enjoyed, or anything much that had happened. I wasn’t really working towards anything and I didn’t really know what I wanted anyway.
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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. Morning. Fabulous mackerel sky. I rescued these red cactus dahlias, in a sorry state, from a client’s compost bin weeks ago. Now they are lighting up the garden! This potted
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