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 […]
LITTLE JOYS: 10th October 2022 Read More »
Finding the little joys is easier some weeks than others, and this week’s alternating sunshine and rain has provided in abundance! Getting outdoors is so good for the soul. We did a treasure trail in the Chiltern hills, from treasuretrails.co.uk. We love these! It took us to the Hellfire Caves in West Wycombe… …this unusual
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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. Autumn’s first blush is in the fruit; first cherries and plums and rosehips and reddening apples; now the crimson berries of holly and hawthorn and pyracantha and this: cotoneaster. Morning.
LITTLE JOYS: 26th September 2022 Read More »
September always feels like a strange transitional time – not quite still summer and not quite autumn. We think of it as a time of change, but when we look closer we see that things have already been changing under our noses for a while now. Of course things are always changing! The September garden
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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. It’s been a week of slow work, self care, and nesting. I love this time of year but I can tend to feel a bit fragile and aimless too. I’ve
LITTLE JOYS: 19th September 2022 Read More »
It’s nearly a year since I first tried to start this blog, but life can be just crazy, can’t it…? They say you mustn’t wait for the ‘right time’ because you’ll be waiting forever. They say that the perfect time is always NOW. But just as I tried to start this blog, a personal crisis
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