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. After a poor harvest at the normal time of year, autumn raspberries everywhere seem to have made a late comeback! A curious pair in the garden. It’s hard to tell […]
LITTLE JOYS: 5th December 2022 Read More »
Last week we were lucky enough to take a holiday for seven days in Shrewsbury. It’s a town that’s been on my to-go list for a while, and I was not disappointed! In summer, our adventures tend to be camping trips, focused on enjoying rural or wild places. But the colder months are an opportunity
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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. Little joys were exceptionally easy to come by this week because we were away on holiday in lovely Shrewsbury, for a cosy autumn getaway before the Christmas madness! Planning little
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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. Ominous sky to start the week! Playing with leaves. Just missed squashing this lil’ guy while I was weeding! If you’re not sure what’s a newt and what’s a lizard,
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What a strange November it is. The garden should be starting to look positively wintry by now. Yet we’re still waiting for the first proper frosts, autumn flowers are still blooming away, summer flowers are coming back for another go, and a few plants seem to think it’s spring again. The berberis darwinii is flowering
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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. What a magnificent earthworm! Radiant rosebush. Calendula, still flowering away. It’s a great plant for any garden – it attracts so many beneficial insects, and just keeps resowing itself and
LITTLE JOYS: 7th November 2022 Read More »
