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Posted on July 21, 2023July 19, 2023 by Staircase 9 17 · 3 Comments

Summer holidays

A summer field full of lavender in bloom

Hello,   As we're now in the middle of July, we're about to take our annual holiday from the blog.  We're looking forward to time to relax and enjoy the longer, lighter days, so we were interested to read this article from Real Simple magazine, which is full of all kinds of ideas for making…

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Posted on August 6, 2021August 28, 2023 by Staircase 9 17

Busy bee hotel

Hello, Regular readers of the blog may remember that last year the bee hotel...

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Posted on July 16, 2021October 14, 2022 by Staircase 9 17 · 3 Comments

Celebrating simple pleasures

Hello, This month we're thinking about simple pleasures. Over the last eighteen months, we've probably all...

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Posted on August 14, 2020August 27, 2020 by Staircase 9 17 · 1 Comment

Drink up! Why water is good for you.

Hello,   How are you? Welcome to the first of our new series of shorter posts featuring ideas for making life a little bit better. Today we're starting with something very simple - drinking more water!   The composition of our bodies is 60% water and we all probably know by now that drinking enough of it…

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Posted on July 17, 2020July 18, 2020 by Staircase 9 17

Familiar, yet strangely new

Hello,   First of all, a big thank you to The Patternistas for the wonderful image which tops today's post.  It's been appearing on billboards and poster sites locally to cheer us up. Does life feel 'familiar, yet strangely new' where you are? It was how Ian Skelly, who presents on Radio 3 in the UK, described being…

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Posted on March 20, 2020June 17, 2022 by Staircase 9 17 · 5 Comments

Small steps

Hello,   Since we started planning today's post, the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic has been developing apace and many of us are facing unprecedented changes to our day to day lives.  There are so many inspiring stories of the ways people are connecting in spite of restrictions on our movement and it seems appropriate…

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Posted on September 6, 2019September 9, 2023 by Staircase 9 17 · 4 Comments

Lavender Lemonade

summertime and butterflies

Dear Claire,   I hope you’ve had a very happy summer. It’s flown by here, and I’m not quite sure I’m ready for it to be September! So in the hopes of stretching out those balmy days just a little longer, I thought I’d share this recipe for lavender lemonade. One of my favorite experiences…

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