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• An Allotment Reunion

  

  What the bloomin' heck happened to February!?I think someone stole mine; I remember so very little, I've lost time (anyone believe in UFOs? Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tenerife (living Dangerously)

  

  In the middle of our trip my body just simply shut down and so I ended up on the very comfy sofa of our wee house for the morning/afternoon. What a... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tenerife (the Quiet Life)

  

  I'm at that point in the year where it feels like I have been doing push ups everyday and now, well my arms are trembling and my knees are weak and each... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• What's Going On?

  

  It's like that feeling most often attributed to Mondays and getting back to work. The sudden increase in heaviness and utter exhaustion hits and simply moving... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Coming and Going

  

  It was yesterday I thought of them. I knew where to look of course and under a fine layer of dead bamboo leaves I found them. Sweet, fresh green harbingers of... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• 101 Organic Gardening Hacks - Book Review

  

  Well I have been either living under a rock or the Americans have been keeping Shawna Coronado away from me; she's huge with 7 thousand + followers on You... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Two Allotment Afternoons

  

  I had a good mental health afternoon on Monday and experience has taught me that I need to grab these windows and get out there. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Year and a Winner!

  

  I thought it would be wonderful to start the new year off with a blog post, a sort of sign of my good intentions to write more in 2017. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Delectable Feasting

  

  It can not be left quiet anymore - my hubby is a fabulous cook and I am so lucky to have him in my life! I wanted to shout it from the roof tops on Christmas Da... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pushing Our Boundaries

  Sometimes you really have to wake up and grab the day by the shoulders and give it a damn good shake. Saturday was one of those days, a day to be used to the... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pushing the Boundary (full Version)

  

  Sometimes you really have to wake up and grab the day by the shoulders and give it a damn good shake. Saturday was one of those days, a day to be used to the... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Damp Dander

  

  Times have been tough with my mental health (not helped by these darker mornings and evenings) and the training of Toby. Oh Lord, I had forgotten how frustratin... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wild Camping and Toby

  

  I'm not doing too well with the old blog post writing these past months am I? Well to try and remedy that here's another catch up post, non-allotment related I'... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Photo Update from Last Weekend

  

  'Things' have not been good inside the head of your exhausted writer, my dear friends. The debilitation of Depression, Anxiety and BPD is real, really real and ... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Conquering Slieve Binnan

  

  We slept in. That's how the day started, oh to sleep in to 11 o'clock is not great when a hiking adventure is in mind. Quickly Andrew's mind went to the negativ... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Clock Keeps Ticking

  

  It was been a week and life goes on, as of course it should and indeed, must. These past few days have been so terribly painful that I have found myself numb... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• In the Shade of the Shed

  

  Time marches on, callously and without any regard to the quiet devastation that has occurred to myself and Andrew. How can anything, anyone, continue to live... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Simple Courgette Salad Ideas

  

  I'm not a cook, I'll put that out there to begin with! I like baking (maybe twice a year, haha) and I am not a fan of courgettes BUT this way of eating up our... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Dungonnell Way

  

  Cargan, a little village in the back of beyond. A school, a garage, a pizza/chippy takeout and a petrol station with a Mace food market attached. This, and... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wabi-Sabi

  

  **********Life, I just don't 'get' it, why is it so hard, so painful, so full of angst and disappointment? There's something in me that constantly wants it to... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME