Category: Gratitude
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American North West Coast
Think back on your most memorable road trip. Our friends live to drive and explore America, so before Trump got in we decided to spend the new year in Seattle driving up from San Francisco along the beautiful coast! San Francisco Fortuna Cheatham Forest Dayton Snoqualmie Coupville Port Townsend Seattle First night was stayed in…
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Rainham Hall National trust
Discovering beautiful places I have always thought that Rainham was a bit of a shit hole, apologies Rainham. It’s surrounded by lots of flats and warehouses and generally appears a bit gray and soulless. I should have known that every ugly has a beauty and Rainham village is adorable. Beautiful buildings, independent shops little pubs…
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Gardening: my everyday happiness
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? My husbands cancer chained me to the house, especially in the first few months. If I needed to leave I would ask his mum to come over. Complications with his surgery meant he couldn’t walk far so he just needed someone with him. My garden and…
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As a gardener I just love weather plus I am British
What is your favorite type of weather? I check the weather app everyday. What is my favourite type, well I need all of it. I need the frosts and cold weather to kick my tulips into gear when they are in the earth. It may kill my dahlias but that just means they need another…
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Gardening: a space to lose my daily stresses
What activities do you lose yourself in? Gardening has meant a lot to me. Today I checked on my seedlings and I have sweet peas, peas, marigolds and grandiflora candy tufts growing. There is something about seeds, dirt and growth. Something about watching nature grow. Escaping in the garden for minutes and hours. A place…
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Moment in time: sowing seeds
Today was a wonderful day. I finally got to sow some pumpkin, courgettes and swash seeds. Just two of each. Perfect little pearls of hope. I am starting them off early so my harvest will be bountiful! I walked round my garden today, smiling at all the plants that are growing, Muscari and daffodils clashing…
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Day 8 of no social media: a few things I am grateful for
This is just going to be a list of things that made me grateful and happy the last few days. There is probably a million small things I am grateful for, but for now……
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Harvesting my garden
My allotment has been a true escape, a place I can delve into for a few minutes or a few hours. tidying up, weeding, trimming collecting. All the clearing and filling and digging was worth it. Because it’s harvest time. I am now collecting potato’s, tomatoes and courgettes every other day. I have planted more…
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Having a few perfect Christmas moments
Christmas isn’t about perfection. It’s about appreciation, love and looking after yourselves. It’s also what ever you want it to be. A few blogs ago I wrote about my perfect Christmas and with my dad here, snow and my Christmas tree up I have had a fair few perfect Christmas moments. Did I manifest having…
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Patience in the garden: 3 little wins
It’s finally happened, we have three mini celebrations. First is my agapanthus, I have waited over two years for this gorgeous plant to flower and today she has five flowers open. Gardening takes patience. The right place and soil. Next my tomato plants, the ones I grew from a Marks and Spenser tomato, that I…
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