One moment I look forward to each month is when the letterbox rattles and Vanity Fair lands on my hallway floor. This last month feels like it has dragged by – I don’t know if it’s the grey winter, filled with good old-fashioned British liquid sunshine we’ve been having or the sadness of not indulging ourselves after Christmas… Continue Reading
Potty, Fartwell & Knob – Extraordinary but True Names of British People
You know when something just happens? Well, this sort-of-just happened. I’ve been playing about on Periscope (a new live-streaming social media app) for a few weeks now and have loved taking part in the Scope Tribe challenges laid on by David J Bushell (@DavidJBushell) and Jena Nesbitt (@JenaNesbitt) each week. We have ‘scoped our sky, ‘scoped our… Continue Reading
Inside-Out – Repurposing an Old Chest of Drawers into a Herb Garden
With visions of turning my little garden full of weeds and shrubs into a spot of calm this summer, I’d like to share with you phase one of operation ‘Lets Turn This Weed-Fest Into A Haven Of Calm’ by creating a chest of drawers herb garden. We live on an estate of new houses, all… Continue Reading
Postmodern Jukebox – My New (Old) Obsession
Recently while mooching about online, I stumbled across Postmodern Jukebox and let me tell you, I was hooked from the first few seconds. Talk about feel-good, uppy, smile-inducing music! I found myself straight over in iTunes, downloading everything I could find and immediately slicking on some redder than red lipstick and Charleston dancing myself about the place,… Continue Reading
Jungle – My Current Musical Crush
Just recently we’ve been talking about how we’ve not had that feeling from a new album in a long long time – you know the feeling of not being able to wait to hear it. On repeat. All day . . . Well, I can safely say my musical itch has been scratched by Jungle. I’ve… Continue Reading
