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 […]
LITTLE JOYS: 24th October 2022 Read More »
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
LITTLE JOYS: 17th October 2022 Read More »
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 »
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 »
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
LITTLE JOYS: 12th September 2022 Read More »
