I really really love a wedding – no really!

You’ll see from  yesterday’s post that I love a wedding.  If I could have another career I’d be a wedding dress designer.  Or maybe a stationery guru or perhaps a florist.  You see I really do love a wedding. Now, I hope you can understand that...

How I love weddings

At the beginning of September MT hotfooted it back to the UK to attend his brother’s wedding.  I love weddings and this is one wedding I would have love to have been at but moving to the other side of the world and living a new life means that you can’t...

Just any old stick won’t do!

Walking our basset hounds can be a frustrating business some days.  They drag their feet, sniff every step of the way and get stubborn about moving at all.  None of this is unusual.  If you read any books about basset hounds these are the sorts of warnings...

Liquid lawns, you can’t beat them (apparently!)

It was December last year when our first liquid lawn was laid.  We promptly fell into a drought and despite watering gallons of water on the lawn it was a bit of a failure.  After much gnashing and wailing (well, actually a bit of a chat) with the landscapers it was...

How does your garden grow?

When I see this I get fed up.  Piles of earth, stuff lying around and weeds, lots of weeds.  It gets overwhelming and I get frustrated. I know enough about how to overcome frustration and procrastination but time and time again I get a down moment. Then I turn...