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Painted furniture the debate
I love wooden furniture and generally I prefer a vintage piece rather than new but there is a debate about painting furniture and I thought I would take the time to discus it here. There will be hundreds and thousands of old well crafted furniture that people with no skills have badly painted in their…
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Four new house plants
I went shopping not long ago and bought some houseplants. Two of my plants were looking sad. So I bought two booster plants to pop in the old plants to fill them out and two completely new plants. I can’t wait to watch them grow and thicken. Having plants in your home is part of…
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Appreciating the last of Summer
I am starting this blog sitting in my garden. The weather has been rainy and cold all week and now we have sun so I am taking it all I. And appreciating all the flowers that surround me. It turns out that September is for spiders, every morning I have to break webs that cross…
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Wedding anniversary
It’s our second wedding anniversary today. We got married just before Covid happened and I can’t tell you how happy we are we did. My family are based in France, Seychelles, New Zealand and America, and the last time we were all together was at my brothers wedding. Our friends live in Germany and Switzerland…
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My wedding bouquet and what to do with it afterwards
I love love loved my bouquet. It really was the most exceptional bouquet I have ever seen. I didn’t think it would be more perfect but mine and the bridesmaids were beyond gorgeous! I wanted a wildflower look full of my favourite flowers. This picture was taken 3 days after the wedding and still look…
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Nine perfect strangers: So many people are alone
I have been watching a few tv shows recently and it really has opened my eyes up to how lonely some people are, even those in relationships. In nine perfect strangers it focuses on this. It upsets me to think about people being alone and lonely. Friendless or loveless and not happy. It’s a really…
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Garden series part 4: collecting seeds
Part of my garden series is about planning for next year, investing in time but not spending too much money. I have some beautiful flowers growing and because it’s September they are starting to go to seed. Time to take advantage of nature’s gifts. I was very sad when my anemones lost there petals but…
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Gardening: helping out in the garden
Gavin’s grandad has a lovely garden that needs looking after so I volunteered to help as Gavs mum and aunt know so much about gardening so I took it as a day of learning and offered to help out. I was really looking forward to spending some time in the garden even if it wasn’t…
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Plan with me: first week in September
Happy Monday I hope you are well. I have taken the dog for a walk, picked some blackberries of a vine on the way and collected some wild sweat pea seeds. This morning have been productive considering I had a late start. It’s a 4 day week and I have set myself a challenge to…
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Weekends are for picnics
I love a picnic, there is something about sitting on a blanket eating yummy food and enjoying your surroundings. We have had a few picnic this year but this one was just for us. We adopted our French bulldog Frank 4 years ago he is 5 in a few months. It was a great decision…
Dysfunctional Planner
The joys of planning our small terrace house,travel and all that life throws at me
Dysfunctional Planner 