• Lifestyle

    Our Campervan Conversion Wish List

    Photo by Tobias Tullius on Unsplash | Disclosure: Sponsored Post Are you tired of me rambling on about our van yet? Apologies (holds hands up), but we’re going to officially own our own campervan any week now, and the excitement my friends is reaching breaking point! Like the rest of the world we need something good to focus on for the future. For me, that’s my garden (bulbs planted!) and our small family adventures in our Mazda Bongo. Our van,…

  • Lifestyle,  Wellbeing

    10 Wellbeing Tips on Returning to Work After Being Furloughed

    I wanted to write this blog post because after seven months of being furloughed I am back at work. SEVEN months, kids. That’s seven months of not logging in to my laptop, seven months of no routine, no work colleague chats over coffee and biscuits, and seven whole (wonderful) months of not having to kick the office printer. Minus the printer, I missed my work. I’m one of the lucky ones, I love my job and my employer looks after…

  • Lifestyle,  Wellbeing

    Web Wanderings: October 2020

    Cover Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash The natural and digital world are both a big part of my everyday. So, in praise of the internet, because it ain’t all bad, here’s some more of my web wanderings including tips, resources and light-bulb moments that I’ve discovered online lately.  On social | Did you roll your eyes when Instagram rolled out yet another new feature? I know I did. I totally get it, it can feel daunting, especially if you…

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    10 Reasons we’re Buying a Campervan

    The van (yet to be named!) is being converted into a campervan as we speak. When we pick it up, I‘m going to make it our own and organise it for the three of us. I promise to share the progress on here, and perhaps on YouTube at a later date. You might wonder why, as new drivers, we would buy a van rather than a car for our first vehicle? And why a Mazda Bongo? Well, here’s our thought…

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    5 Good Things to do This Week

    1 | Support new authors by pre-ordering their books 2 | Try a new podcast in a genre you’ve not listened to before 3 | Go for an evening walk before whilst we still have some light 4 | Give your houseplants a check-in 5 | Forage for blackberries then make fruit muffins x

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    July Finds

    We’re trying to not make any non-essential purchases at the moment, because (drum roll, please) we’re buying a campervan! It’s all a tad exciting but I’ve got a blog post lined up all about it so I won’t bombard you with van spam just yet! Although we’re being a tad frugal, that hasn’t stopped me bookmarking gift ideas for you lovely lot and sharing a couple of items that I found and bought at the beginning of lockdown too. Teva…

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    2020: The Year Also Known as WTF

    Hey all! How are you? Grown a few grey hairs? Eaten a lot of banana bread? Drunk lots of arty-farty gin? Yup, me too. Me too. Well, this has been a strange old year, hasn’t it? Like the rest of the world, the past 4 months have been the most surreal of my life. Basically, I turned 40 and the whole world went to pot. I’m not going to add to the noise, but I thought it was important to…

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    Weekend Viewing

    Weekend viewing anyone? Film has always meant more than entertainment to me. Film helps to expand our world and beliefs beyond our daily experience. That’s why I’ve loved film since I can remember, and why I spend my precious time (when I’m not furloughed) working for an independent cinema. Because we can only stream from home at the mo, and this is how I learn best, here’s a list of all the films, series and documentaries in the “Black Lives…

  • Lifestyle,  Wellbeing

    Positive Things to do This Week

    Hello February friends, it’s been a while. How are you? There’s been a lot of adulting going on here, which loosely explains my absence from these parts. Without wanting to jinx things, I feel I’m in a better place to dedicate some time back to the blog. I think I need a distraction that doesn’t involve eating another tub of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food. So, I’m starting with the basics. Here’s some 5 positive things that will do some…

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    5 Ways To Ease Into January

    Ad | Featuring gifted items Hello all. Happy New Year, and all that jazz! Instead of thinking of the things I could be achieving in 2020, I’m looking back at the goodness I enjoyed over the Christmas break and the ways in which I’m going to let it linger, (sings The Cranberries), into January. I’m not in denial. Christmas has packed itself away for another year and I’m cool with that, sort of. But I’m feeling a tad bummed out…

  • Lifestyle,  Style and Beauty

    Eleven Feel-Good Gifts

    Another month is almost over and I’ve only the dreaded lurgy, a broken boiler and The Great British Bake Off to show for it. I’m not sure how we’re greeting November already, but here we are folks (insert shrugging woman emoji here). To get a head start on silly season, and to distract myself from family woes and all the Brexit nonsense, I started my Christmas shopping. I love buying gifts for family and friends so my Christmas gifts this…

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    A Small Patio Diary: Goodbye Summer

    Hello October, I’m unsure how we’re here already. I thought, as a newbie gardener, I’d be sad when summer ended but I’ve found peace in the early mornings, seeing the petal-laden ground wet with dew. It’s also nice to be able to sit down for a breather and start planning for next year. Having said that, I had no idea how many gardening jobs there are to do at this time of year. This tiny space of ours has given…