gather & grow
Oh it’s been a particularly long winter. My relationship with the coldest season has begrudgingly soured, due to the unwelcome development of yet another autoimmune disease, this one highly reactive to cold and wet weather. Not particularly helpful when you live in the Welsh wilderness! […]
In the midst of this glorious weather we’ve been having, I have been struck down by the dreaded lurgy! I’m feeling oh so sorry for myself with streaming eyes and swollen glands, looking at the wonderful blue sky through the window whilst I’m curled up […]
Beltane blessings everyone! Happy first day of Summer! Oh my I can’t tell you how optimistic I feel about the coming months. Although the rain scuppered our plans for a bonfire on the beach last night, we celebrated Calan Mai with some beautiful music and great […]
We have had some spectacular weather. I even got sunburned last week thanks to my Celtic complexion and a last minute change of plans. Always wear sunscreen people! So you’d think that with it being glorious, and with May fast approaching, that we’d seen the […]
We are a family of bathers. I know showering is better for the environment and I do mostly shower, but there’s nothing quite as delicious as lowering your weary bones into warm water at the end of a long day. To me a bath is […]
Five months ago we moved five miles inland to a cottage just outside a small village. We had been living in a secluded farmhouse in the edge of an amazing woodland, but to cut a long story short we begrudgingly ended up moving before Christmas. In […]