• Food,  Lifestyle

    Blackberry season

    Blackberry season is here! I adore blackberry season, the call of Autumn. I think it may be foraging for them which makes blackberries so special to me. As a child I remember the excitement of blackberry picking. It would inevitably…

  • Lifestyle

    Garden furniture updating project.

    We are lucky to have a big garden, with plenty of space. Our garden furniture is made up of bits I’ve bought from carboot sales, and it’s not beautiful but is robust. We’ve needed a new garden table for a…

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    Life’s a picnic.. #MagpieMonday

    Days out with the family can cost a small fortune in food and drinks alone, so we always try to take a picnic with us when we go out! However, our trusty cooler bag/box don’t exactly inspire the romantic image…

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    Caffeine Fuelled Monday..

    We’re just getting back into the school routine, I’m still pottering around in my dressing gown until 8am and the exclaiming “oh heck we’re going to be late..” though that should really be “oh heck I’m making us late!”. Clearly…

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    All at sea..

    I fell in love with these mugs this weekend, I love the shape and the designs of them and had decided they were coming home with me as soon as I saw them! 50 pence later they were both mine,…