30 life lessons by 30.

Well my birthday is Monday, at I’m the big three zero. I feel like I’m hit with a life lesson every week at the moment. 1. Life will keep surprising you: it seems like life will never be predictable. Whether it’s something bad lurking around the corner or something spectacular ready to jump out at...

Hazard :- 11 weeks old

I can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks! Crazy! Hazard has had a busy week filled with family visits, her first proper walk and the discovery of the sea! Hazard’s house training is going well; now and again she has the odd accident but on the whole she is really good and let’s us know she...

Me, my clothes and my body

Bodies are such funny things, they carry us through the world and keep us alive and yet many of us hate them. We hate our own and strangely we have opinions on the bodies of others! Our bodies impact the way people see us, the way we are able to navigate the world, the way...

Surviving Quarantine

Well we certainly are living in “strange times”, if I’ve ended a conversation once with “stay safe” I’ve done it a hundred times. suddenly our worlds have become much, much smaller. Mine consists of my house, garden, dog, husband and a woodland circuit. As a natural introvert who probably spends more time in my own...

Starting with a splash

For some reason 8 weeks ago I decided to add swimming to my routine. My husband and I are lucky enough to have a swimming pool on camp, so thankfully there was somewhere nearby that we could go that wouldn’t be too busy. My swimming was a little bit rubbish, lots of splashing, huffing and...

The old Bucket list.

The “new” Bucket list is getting longer and longer. I have been crossing things off and adding more on. Everything I cross off, every new experience, leads me to find more things to add and more things to try. I started the list in 2017 and it’s brought me a lot of joy. It’s forced...

Bucket list update: 457. Start a herb garden.

I’ve always liked the idea of cooking with something I’ve grown. I love the look of fresh herbs, they always look so green and healthy. But I’m not particularly green fingered which is what’s always put me off attempting it! However after discarding some mint cuttings from a plant I had in the kitchen in...

Bucket list update: 29.Be able to do a handstand for 10 seconds or more

Remember the days you did cartwheels and handstands with no fear of falling, arrow springs and rollypollys with no fear of hurting yourself. I use to be able to walk on my hands and all sorts but as a grown up I have always been too chicken to try any of it ! I lost...

2019 Monthly Challenge : June

At the start of the year I gave myself a list of things I wanted to do every single month of 2019. The list is seemingly random , but each item was carefully picked. I wanted to focus on making the most out of the year; corny I know! But I wanted 2019 to be...