The time is almost here when your green fingers will begin tingling again, and you will be dying to get back out into the garden to tend to your plants. Winter is almost over, spring is around the corner which means our gardens will be coming back to life. You can make the most of this time to clear up the dead plants, leaves and weeds in the space, use the Garden Line to help you clear plant beds and prepare for the new season. There are some stunning cottage flowers which will be out in the next few months, …
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Our December favourites | Parties, crafts, and food
Knock knock. Whispers.. Is anybody there? Hello my loyal readers – long time, no speak! Or should that be write? Anyhow, it’s been a while. A very long one. I don’t think I’ve written ‘properly’ for over a month. I had planned to get everything crammed in before Christmas (was it a good one, by the way?), and then have a few days off, but neither of those plans went to, well, plan. But, I’m here now. I realised when I came to write this that for the first time in 18 months; since I began these in fact, I …
Our October favourites | a birthday, a book signing, and Halloween
I really can’t believe it’s halfway through November already; it’ll be December before we know it! And then in the next monthly update I can mention the C word 😉 It seems ages since I wrote our September favourites. Before writing this post I was thinking that we didn’t really do much in October; but looking back through photos for our favourites, I realised we actually did have quite a busy month! At the beginning of October it was my birthday, and I had a multi author signing that I attended the day after. Then at the end of the …
Rainy Day Ideas To Keep Your Kids Happy This Winter
Another rainy day (image) After a (mostly) warm summer, the winter months are kicking in, and with it the seasonal weather. The air is chilly, the wind is blowing, and the clouds are ready to burst with cold showers that are sure to send your children scurrying indoors. As all parents know, when you have energetic kids running around the house, you are going to have a huge mess to clean up, as well as the protesting chorus of “I’m bored!” Sound familiar to you? As much as you love your kids, you can’t be blamed if you feel a …
Our September favourites | Cake, crumble, and kids
September seems so far behind us now; well, in reality it is, isn’t it?! Three weeks behind us in fact. I’ve had so much happening the past few weeks that I’ve only just gotten around to writing our favourites for September. I was thinking I would just skip it this month, but then I decided to just get on with it as I haven’t missed a month since I started in May last year. Our September favourites mostly consists of food and the boys. Well, they are two of my most favourite things in general anyway, so it’s fitting! September …