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…
Hello, Regular readers of the blog may remember that last year the bee hotel...
Hello, This month we're thinking about simple pleasures. Over the last eighteen months, we've probably all...
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…
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…
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…
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…