When we see mud puddles, we avoid them. When kids see mud puddles, they jump and splash in them. That is, if we adults let them. During the holidays in between rainfalls I took my kids and a friend of theirs for a walk where I let them go wild in mud puddles. Turns out […]
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I spied the book The Plant Hunters by Carolyn Fry on a visit to Wakehurst, the country estate of the world renowned Kew botanical gardens. It was open on a table with an exhibit on the history of tulips and tulipomania. I couldn’t help myself as I had to order it as soon as I
I can get quite obsessed. I have a freezer drawer full of blackberries picked right from the hedge in our garden. I like to experiment with recipes and these were calling me. When you defrost them in the bottom of the bowl there’s that sweet juice that stains your fingers as you nibble away at
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I couldn’t hear the traffic passing as my little dancer prepared. Just a sign beckoning cars to stop outside the window. My son, her twin brother, sat silently, his shoulder gently leaning against me. It was as if we three were alone in the dance studio. These are the moments I will remember as a
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Since we moved into our house earlier this year every month has been a small voyage of discovery to see what is growing in our garden here in West Sussex. Now that December has arrived I’ve noticed it’s all about decay and bloom. Since the first frost arrived many of the flowers – like my evening
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Most of the year the hedges and plants in our garden are a bountiful haven for birds. Even I was foraging and collecting fruit from them. It’s also rather amazing listening to the variety of bird songs in our garden and then seeing a flutter of wings as they move from one shrub to another.
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