I reached the Island this week. Photo by Sophie Dale on Pexels.com Which Island is this, I hear you ask? Well, it’s the Island all students reach, the Island between the end of exams and the publication of results. The Island where all is well, where you can no longer do anything to affect the… Continue reading The Joy of the Island
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Beginning to Garden: Repotting Parsley
I’m not very green-fingered. I either forget to water things or I water them too much. Usually I forget and then I drown, out of guilt. I had a strawberry patch when I was a child. Well, it was in theory my patch. My mum did most of the actual work, and I think the… Continue reading Beginning to Garden: Repotting Parsley
The Baby Diaries: Part II
The guilt is real. At this stage in the process, with baby somewhere around the six-month mark, I’d wager that most mothers are either eager to be back to work, or dreading the end of maternity leave. Of course, there’ll be those who are somewhere between the two. And it might depend on how you… Continue reading The Baby Diaries: Part II
The Joy of Bread
I used to bake a lot of bread. Back during the pandemic lockdowns, during those long sunny days of furlough, I was one of those people who took to bread-making. Among other baking pursuits. Never made sour dough, though. We have a bread-making machine, but I’ve never much liked using it for loaves. Dough, for… Continue reading The Joy of Bread
The Everyday Joys
The post-winter malaise, which seems to be dragging its heels a little (much like winter), has led to much thinking. Not quite soul-searching, just the sort of thinking that happens when boredom sets in. More like subject-searching, if crafting is going to take a bit of a back seat for the time being and I’d… Continue reading The Everyday Joys
A Time for Plans and Projects
Huh. Been a while. Didn’t mean for that to happen. I was all set to get back to my pre-baby schedule, for card-making and writing, when life threw a spanner in the works. Well, it threw a cold, miserable sort of March in the way. Normally, March is when I’m beginning to feel optimistic again… Continue reading A Time for Plans and Projects
Planning Easter Baking
I was going to write about my OU experience thus far, now that I’m about half way through the module. But the snow this morning has rather thrown my ability to study or think about studying. Also there was a dentist. Instead, I’ve been looking up rocky road recipes, for adapting to Easter flavours. I’m… Continue reading Planning Easter Baking
Notes From My Office: March 2023
I saw a bit more of my office during February. Hopefully I’ve now managed to work it out so that this will continue through March. I do hope so, as there have been several magazines recently with stamps, dies and an embossing folder which sparked lots of ideas. In particular, a set of one of… Continue reading Notes From My Office: March 2023
Nature Notes: February 2023
As the weather (finally!) appears to be getting warmer where we are there is an abundance of plant life coming back after the long hibernation of winter… The bulbs are coming back with dashes of violet, blue and yellow all over the garden (mainly from the squirrels digging up last year’s plantings and reburying them… Continue reading Nature Notes: February 2023
The Baby Diaries: Part 1
Before I had my Tiny, I had all sorts of ideas about motherhood. All sorts of plans for my maternity leave, and for working (or not) when that comes to an end. And then I had my Tiny. It’s been, shall we say, a bit of a learning curve. Admittedly, I only read a couple… Continue reading The Baby Diaries: Part 1
Fairy Cake Living 