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winter in summer and a fistful of fives 5 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
I took this photograph of winter hellebores in March, which was when I started thinking about writing a blog post. Five months later I've finally got round to it. If I'd had to take another photograph...
a little make 14 Mar 2013 | 02:26 pm
I made this little string of birds for a friend's birthday this week. I hadn't made anything crafty for a good long while and it was fun to get the fabric and thread out for a couple of hours of snipp...
spring 1 Mar 2013 | 11:04 pm
The first of March is the beginning of Spring for me, whatever the calendar or anybody else says. March is about birdsong, rabbits, primroses, the clocks going forward, more light, green buds, the beg...
the perseverance of bulbs 21 Jan 2013 | 04:14 pm
The force for change in a bulb is immense and unstoppable. Only two weeks ago I posted a photograph of this little pot of hyacinths in their stubby green-shooted infancy. Ten days later they were burs...
a thousand and one days 10 Jan 2013 | 12:59 am
It's three years since I started writing a list of five happy things every day, a sort of gratitude journal, a sort of diary, a sort of storytelling. It's become the thing I do every day, the thing I ...
turning over an old leaf 1 Jan 2013 | 08:54 pm
An old leaf is just as inviting as a new leaf I can't help feeling, and an old leaf is what I feel like after the ravages of 2012, which was probably just about as bad as a year ever was. But an old ...
the first cut 23 Oct 2012 | 02:22 am
On Sunday I went to see Manchester Art Gallery's new exhibition 'The First Cut' which is all about paper, mostly paper cutting, but also other techniques including making huge leaves out of seaweed an...
out for a walk 14 Oct 2012 | 09:58 pm
Here I am resting at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park after what seemed like a very steep climb but which was in fact a pathetically gentle incline... ...unfortunately I fear my girth is not too far away...
autumn is here... 27 Sep 2012 | 09:32 pm
...and so am I... at last! I have wanted to write a post for ages but I've kept on stalling... I haven't known what to say... I've started a few lines in my notebook and then given up, and then sudde...
reflected glory 4 Jul 2012 | 04:04 am
I just thought I would show you this page from last month's Country Living magazine. It shows the studio of the lovely Emma, aka Silverpebble, who was featured in their 'Women and their Sheds' series....
