Botanical Beauty: Tulips
Tulips are in the supermarkets right now, did you know these amazing facts about tulips??
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Ann
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Eat The Season: Apple Chutney
When you have a glut of apples, turn them into classic apple chutney
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Ann
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Japanese Knot Bags: Handmade in Yorkshire
Japanese Knot Bags are fabric bags which have a beautiful shape, due to the bag having only one main strap. It is looped through a short...
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Ann
- Mar 6, 2021
- 2 min
Food and Life Lately: March 2021
I’m hoping things are beginning to make us feel better with the prospect of longer and lighter days ahead. Being able to see family and...
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Ann
- Oct 5, 2020
- 4 min
Beginners Guide to Knitting Needles
Interchangeable, circulars, DPNs, straight, bamboo, steel?????? There are so many options when it comes to needles and as a beginner it...
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Ann
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Why Knitting Should Be Your New Hobby for Autumn
What better time of the year to start a new hobby than right at the beginning of Autumn. We have darker evenings and I don't know about...
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Ann
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
June in My Yorkshire Garden
Summer has arrived The anticipation in the lead up to summer has been building up for many months. And this year June has been so...
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Ann
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min
May in My Yorkshire Garden
I do apologise for this rather late May update. I’m sorry that I don’t have an excuse, it’s just that I’ve been busy retreating to my...
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Ann
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
What I've Learned During Lockdown
April is almost over, the month of bluebells, it's the symbol of humility, everlasting love and constancy, and lockdown 2020. Well now,...
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Ann
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
April in my Yorkshire Garden
This blog post is oh so late! The month of April seems to be flying by in these very strange times. I feel very fortunate at the moment...
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Ann
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Strange Coronavirus Days – Reasons To Be Cheerful
I’m very fortunate to have previously been able to work from home and have a home to work from. Unfortunately, my freelance work has...
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Ann
- Dec 6, 2019
- 1 min
How to Make Dried Orange Christmas Decorations
It’s interesting how certain smells or sounds remind us of specific things, a person, a place or an activity. Orange, for example, is one...
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Ann
- Dec 27, 2018
- 3 min
December in the Garden
We had the darkest day of the year on 21st December, with daylight lasting for just a few hours. This winter solstice marks the moment...
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Ann
- Nov 22, 2018
- 2 min
November in the Garden
As the days have got shorter and colder, my life has moved indoors and away from the garden. We have had an amazingly long and colourful...
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Ann
- Oct 28, 2018
- 1 min
How to Dry Hydrangeas
Garden hydrangeas have been pretty special this year and they’re still going strong! I was in the Lake District last week and despite it...
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Ann
- Oct 13, 2018
- 2 min
October in the Garden
The nights are drawing in, and October will see the clocks going back and the first frosts in colder parts of the country. Gardening time...
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Ann
- Sep 18, 2018
- 1 min
September in the Garden
September is the beginning of one of my favourite times of year, not least for the fact that the garden is more relaxed than it has been...
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Ann
- Jul 17, 2018
- 2 min
July in the Garden
Summer is progressing July has been one of the hottest months of the year so far and it’s a great time to sit out and enjoy the garden...
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Ann
- Jul 3, 2018
- 3 min
Life Lately: 10 Things That Made Me Happy Recently
I’ve been so busy during June and thought about time I did one of these posts that I’ve been itching to do. June was so sunny and warm,...
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Ann
- Jun 21, 2018
- 2 min
June in the Garden
Summer arrives The anticipation in the lead up to summer has been building up for many months. However, the start of the season has now...
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Ann
- May 3, 2018
- 2 min
The Bank Holiday Weekend Edit: things to do, wear, see and eat
Hello weekend, I’m definitely ready for you. We’ve all been gritting our teeth through all the rain recently so a bit of spring warmth is...
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Ann
- Apr 15, 2018
- 3 min
April in the Garden
April has arrived, and only this week has it graced us with several days of fantastic weather and as April is one of the busiest months...
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Ann
- Apr 6, 2018
- 1 min
Three Things I'm Loving This Week
I felt like I’d really got into the swing of these wintery weeks, and then we had one sunny day this post Easter week with ever so...
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Ann
- Mar 31, 2018
- 2 min
Ten Things To Do On A Rainy Easter Weekend
This Easter, the weather isn’t planning on playing ball. I have all my fingers and toes crossed that the forecast improves, but right now...
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Ann
- Mar 17, 2018
- 2 min
March in the Garden
The days are getting ever so slightly longer and the birds are beginning to sing. The gardening New Year starts in March and with perfect...
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Ann
- Feb 25, 2018
- 2 min
Living more thoughtfully: let’s bring back soap
I still remember the soaps of my childhood – bars of creamy Imperial Leather, the spicy scent of Pear’s and the nostalgic fragrance of...
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Ann
- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min
Gloomy January
Ah, January. This month has felt like one of many gloomy days, feeling under par and those back-to-work blues. Let’s face it, we all need...
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Ann
- Dec 29, 2017
- 2 min
The Fourth Week of December
I had a simple and happy Christmas spent with my family. We don’t do fancy. It’s just a lovely jumble of traditions that we all hold...
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Ann
- Dec 22, 2017
- 1 min
The Third Week of December
This was the last week of work before Christmas. How did that happen? It’s been so busy. I’ve enjoyed a pre-Christmas lunch with my work...
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Ann
- Dec 16, 2017
- 2 min
The Second Week of December
The weather’s turned wintry, and everything’s beginning to look decidedly twinkly. What have I been loving most this week? We all have...
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Ann
- Dec 8, 2017
- 2 min
The First Week of December
Its December and here we are at the end of another week. I’m not quite sure how we got here – the days are slipping by at an alarming...
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Ann
- Oct 31, 2017
- 2 min
Farewell October…
October has been a very different month – full of beauty and colour and the feeling that autumn is lingering on with sunny days. But also...
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Ann
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
In a nutshell: August
August, well it just sort of went! It went in having my little house painted internally at the beginning of August and the finale was...
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Ann
- Aug 4, 2017
- 1 min
In a nutshell: July
Life can’t always be perfect, but we can still look for something small that makes us happy. It may only be a fleeting moment, but it’s...
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Ann
- May 21, 2017
- 3 min
Its Chelsea Week
So it’s the end of May already and before you know it we’ll be luxuriating in fresh new Summer growth so today’s post is all about my...
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Ann
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2 min
Quiet weekend:gardening
With the daffodils dying back and my trees bursting with blossom, clematis cascading, and the tulips almost there, Spring is definitely...
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Ann
- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
It's Spring
Oh the weather has SO changed has it not? Can’t wait to share some gorgeous pics of the best of our countryside with you, photography...
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Ann
- Feb 1, 2017
- 2 min
Reinvention: a sewing corner
Years and years of sewing in the dining room or at the kitchen table, getting everything out, then having to put it all away (even when...
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Ann
- Jan 28, 2017
- 2 min
Winter Garden
Do you even have a ‘winter garden’ as such? I find that the garden becomes a bit of a dumping ground between November and February. But...
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Ann
- Dec 29, 2016
- 2 min
The best things I bought this year
Hoping you all had a gorgeous Christmas and are looking forward to the dawn on 2017. As you may have noticed from the title, today’s post...
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Ann
- Nov 16, 2016
- 1 min
Autumn: Winter: Baby
Moving from autumn to winter has happened in one week, in my garden anyway. It was comforting to bring indoors the very last rose of the...
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Ann
- Oct 9, 2016
- 2 min
Hygge
Early October with its misty mornings, bright and mild days and longer evenings is my absolutely favourite time of year. However, I know...
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Ann
- Aug 17, 2016
- 1 min
Thora and The Prince
I’m loving this recovery, retirement and reinvention of my life. A few weeks ago I had a recovery outing to Haxby, a delightful little...
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Ann
- Jun 17, 2016
- 1 min
C'est La Vie - Vendredi
Sometimes we bumble along, feeling life is good, all is normal, confidence at a high, and then wham…… Been a disappointing week or so for...
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