Hair today, gone tomorrow. So I finally did it: I chopped it all off! It, of course, being my hair; and it was 32 months in the making. Yes, I have not cut my hair in well over 2 years and it was getting, naturally, rather difficult to manage. But I powered through to grow [...]
I haven't baked cookies or biscuits in a long time, maybe since last Christmas. But let's be honest, it wasn't really me baking, it was more the hubby and I was "overseeing". I suppose, likewise, these biscuits weren't really baked by me either. For some reason the hubby wanted to bake some home-made biscuits and [...]
I must admit, for a couple of nights this month I did forget to have a moment of gratitude and write in my gratitude journal. This meant the next day was an extra long moment of gratitude, thinking of both the current day and the previous day. I also realise, reading back on this, how [...]
Here is the second part to my recount of our Edinburgh trips, the first part is here: Edinburgh – part 1. This post is more outdoors, but just as cultural, and a little more historical: Princes Street Gardens and Sir Walter Scott Monument We walked through here whenever we could, right by Waverley train station, [...]
This time last year we visited Edinburgh, not the first time we had been there, but the first time exploring the amazing city (the first time was going to a lovely wedding). We loved Edinburgh so much that we went again last month, where it was still autumnal and not too cold. So here is [...]
Last weekend we went to Excel House to see the best exhibition there could be: Discover Dogs. Essentially it was a large place to meet almost every breed of dog and a perfect place to ask breeders questions, stroke and cuddle dogs, and just be around fur balls. There were also merchandise, dog related items, [...]
Earlier this summer we went on a week long cruise calling at three European ports, the first of which was St Peter Port in Guernsey, which is 30 miles off the coast of France and is the oldest settlement in the Channel Islands. We were enamoured by Guernsey, partially because of the film The Guernsey Literary [...]
September has been a busy month: having a little holiday up in Edinburgh, celebrating birthdays, and seeing friends; I almost feel like I haven't had much time to relax or recover from anything. After reading over what I was grateful for each day, it seems like mainly food, walking, nature, learning, just little things or [...]
Endless May Dreams 