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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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7 Tips for travelling with a dog
When we went to York for a long weekend it happened to coincide with a heatwave. I was horrified. We dont take Frank for long walks above 23 degrees, we normally just let him out in the garden. I was almost distraught at the idea of taking or French bulldog on a train for 3…
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Can you take your dog to York for a city break?
We have been dreaming of taking Frank our French bulldog on holiday with us since we got him over 6 years ago. We have taken him away before but it’s always been with family to a house rather than a hotel. Not a city break just the 3 of us. The city break transpired because…
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Grateful moments
We went to York during a heatwave. It was 5 degrees cooler up north and we could not have been happier. Is anything more impressive than a breeze? When it’s hot and the coolest breeze wends it’s way through the streets to you. It makes you pause, makes you appreciate and most importantly gives you…
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Just booked some holidays
Due to Gavin’s cancer the first half of the year we stayed local. We had no choice. But he is getting stronger everyday and now his wounds are scars and healing we are finally in a place to start thinking about the future.so now that we still have a future together we have just booked…
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A few changes for a productive week
I was in a rut, gardening rut, housekeeper rut ( as in, I can’t keep my house looking nice ha ha) cooking rut, creative rut! Reading rut and don’t get me started on my writing rut. What will improve my productivity? I had to think about all the ruts I was stuck in and if…
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Gardeners wait all year for the summer and then is all about maintaining
I already wish I had started more flowers, I was so busy concentrating on my vegetables and not growing too much that I missed an opportunity to have more flowers this year. I know I need to stop putting so much pressure on myself and this is just the first summer we are in our…
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I made elderflower cordial
I spotted a distinctive tree in at the back of my allotment on nomads land. I asked Gavin’s dad and his Aunt if it was in fact a beautiful elder tree and they confirmed it was. Side note: in the Uk there are no other trees that look like the elder tree so that’s reassuring…
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It’s been a while, a whinge about WordPress.
I am getting to the point where I need to buckle down and commit to writing at least once a week or give up my blog. As I have just renewed my subscription and I will stay for the next year, I pretty much have no benefits on WordPress paying for it compared to not…
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Gardening plans : creating a haven in my back garden using Pinterest
Hello, hope you are all enjoying the sunshine. I feel so far behind compared to all the garden accounts I follow. My alliums are tiny and won’t flower this year but you never know. My lupins are stunted by the small container I have left them in so I need to repot them this weekend.…
Dysfunctional Planner
The joys of planning our small terrace house,travel and all that life throws at me
Dysfunctional Planner 