March-April ~My First Solo Exhibition!
I don’t want to be defined as being solely a Carer, I have finally, in the last year or so, allowed myself to admit to being, and, also allow myself to be, an artist. However, as I am both, combining the two it felt very appropriate to have my first solo art exhibition at the […]
Making Winter Retreat
Just recently I went on a ‘Making Winter Creative Retreat’ https://silverpebble.net/product/making-winter-retreat-february-2017 in a tiny little village in Cambridgeshire fens called Reach. I was headed to a creative weekend retreat in a small medieval village at the edge of the Fens to quote Emma’s blog: The aim is to use seasonal creativity, good food, good company and cosiness […]
Days 20 – 25 #savouringjanuary2017
Day 20 of #savouringjanuary2017 with @gabrielletreanor *Listen*..I love Audio books, the spoken voice, and cannot listen to music for any length of time.I am a huge reader but can’t read and work, cook, iron, drive, et al, at the same time.When doing my A-levels I discovered talking books, audio books and have been addicted ever […]
Days 13 – 19 #SavouringJanuary2017
Day 13 of #savouringjanuary2017 with @gabrielletreanor *Work*..Pondered over this one for a while what picture to share. In the end I thought I would share where #work happened. I am a very very lucky girl. The wooden cabin is my ‘Studio’. My parents farmhouse just behind. This picture was taken by my brother from the […]
Catching up: Days 6-12 #SavouringJanuary2017
*Read*..I love @simplethingsmag and try to make it last as long as I can and it’s such a lovely cover this month. Still cosy. Unlike a couple of other ones who have jumped into spring way too quickly. We have too much winter to get through yet before thinking about spring. Also reading my new #DreamPlanDo […]
Day 5 – Savouring January
Day 5 of #savouringjanuary2017 with @gabrielletreanor *Gentle *..I’ve had quite a gentle day today. Still on ‘holiday’ from work.I started with Morning Pages, and a new exercise I’ve invented for myself, ‘Writing Pages’. A single page of fiction from a prompt. The prompt is derived from any book lying around. Use the date eg 5 as […]
Savouring January Days 1 to 4
#Savouring January I spotted Gabrielle Treanor’s post on Facebook on her ‘Live Happy Your Way’ page “Welcome to the new year and #SavouringJanuary2017! Let’s begin the year with a little mindful intention, noticing those small moments of joy and pausing to savour them. Feel free to share the list, join in as much or as little as you […]
The Adventures of Dora & Dymph
This morning and my New Year began with ‘Morning Pages’ reading about them on a couple of websites and watching this video from Julia Cameron auther of The Artists Way. I hope that it will become a habit, we’ll have to see and I’ll give it a go. Another habit I would like to cultivte is […]
HYGGE – the distilled essence of cosiness
But So much more than just cosy. A way of life for the Danes, who adopted a Norse word for well-being in the 18th Century and have hugged it ever since. Recently it has crossed to our shores and there is a lot about Hygge everywhere, magazines, Pinterest, new books, a whole movement towards the […]
Sew today
I’m up in my cabin all day today, I thoroughly enjoy ‘my space’, and I know I am a very lucky girl to have such a great space to play err I mean WORK in! The views from here are great and I have been known to take my sewing machine outside and set up at the […]
