Winter at Berrington Hall
Life, Travel
Just 4 short miles from Leominster in Herefordshire lies Berrington Hall, a Georgian mansion set within ‘Capability’ Brown’s final garden and landscape. An hour’s drive from my home over the ... Read more
Life
InCoWriMo: Are You Ready?
Life, Stationery
InCoWriMo is now less than a week away. Are you ready?! Being organised will mean you’re more likely to complete the whole month of InCoWriMo (if you missed what InCoWriMo ... Read more
A Letter Every Day
Life, Stationery
In February, I’m going to take part in InCoWriMo (International Correspondence Writing Month). So what is InCoWriMo? Well, it’s a challenge to write and mail or hand-deliver one letter, card, ... Read more
2016 Round-up (a.k.a Roll on 2017!)
Etc, Life
2016 has definitely been a year to forget. It’s been my most emotional, stressful and upsetting year, and one I hope I never have to repeat. Thankfully, it’s nearly over ... Read more
Merry Christmas!
LifeHave a Merry Christmas and a Fantastic New Year!
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Snapshot: Dusk
Life
Last night, we had such a beautiful dusk after the sun had gone down, so I thought I’d share it with you. The nights are drawing in now and I’ll ... Read more
Weekend Snapshots: A Lazy Sunday
Life
Today has been a rather lazy Sunday… In fact, it’s been a lazy weekend all round. I’ve had no plans at all, but sometimes it’s good just to have a ... Read more
Weekend Snapshots: Animals
Life
On Saturday, I spent an amazing afternoon with my 6 year old niece and 5 year old nephew. There’s nothing like 2 great kids to cheer you up! We took ... Read more
Remembering Andy
Life
Today would have been his 36th birthday. As far as I’m aware, we met at playgroup some 33 years or so ago and had been good friends ever since. That ... Read more
Silky & Leo – 6 Months On
Life
It’s now six months since we collected Silky from deepest, darkest Ceredigion. She has most definitely made herself at home and it’s hard to remember life without her. Silky is ... Read more
Bluebells and Bees
Life
We’ve been through pretty much everything the weather can throw at us lately. Only a week or so ago we’d got snow and hailstones, and yesterday we had thunderstorms. Today ... Read more
No April Fool
Life
Regular readers will know that Dad won a competition for Gadget Show Live tickets in our local newspaper. However the tickets weren’t sent out in time (rendering them useless) and ... Read more
Local Newspaper’s April Fool
Life
Friday, 1st April 2016 – Imagine Dad’s surprise when he opened the mail to find he’d won some tickets for The Gadget Show Live from our local newspaper, the County ... Read more
Fitbit… Sleepbit
Life, Technology
Most people use their Fitbit tracker to monitor their daily activity, but this chronically fatigued person tends to use hers to monitor her sleep… which seems to be as abysmal ... Read more
Life With Chronic Fatigue
Life
A few years ago, I came down with a flu-type virus one Christmas. I’d never had anything like it. I felt dreadful for a whole two weeks. Zero energy, a ... Read more