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...

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...

Interchangeable, circulars, DPNs, straight, bamboo, steel?????? There are so many options when it comes to needles and as a beginner it...

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...

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...

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...

April is almost over, the month of bluebells, it's the symbol of humility, everlasting love and constancy, and lockdown 2020. Well now,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I still remember the soaps of my childhood – bars of creamy Imperial Leather, the spicy scent of Pear’s and the nostalgic fragrance of...

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...

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...

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...

The weather’s turned wintry, and everything’s beginning to look decidedly twinkly. What have I been loving most this week? We all have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

With the daffodils dying back and my trees bursting with blossom, clematis cascading, and the tulips almost there, Spring is definitely...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Early October with its misty mornings, bright and mild days and longer evenings is my absolutely favourite time of year. However, I know...

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...

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...