The prospect of Spring arriving here in my corner of the world after a long and wet winter is rather exciting. For me, it is when nature gradually becomes more colourful, that I feel each new year begins. In our garden, the daffodils are emerging from our lawn as I type – Mr M finds […]
I had for some time been sitting at the breakfast table trying to separate my harvested seeds from their protective coats when I said out loud “I saw Carol Klein on Gardeners World do something like this.” I gently blew what I hoped to be only the dried waste across the table perhaps with a […]
My love of a homemade sign is well documented in this blog. I have a treasured one handmade by the wonderful and kind Rachel @thepaperiemakerie which you may have seen taking centre stage at Belle’s. I also have several, well actually a great many homemade signs of my own too. A selection is nestled comfortably […]
Please do not misconstrue the following sentence… I have been utilising Mr M and his thing-a-me-jig again. That is to say, once he had read last week’s post it was full steam ahead to create a wooden obelisk. “No, no, pallets won’t work” he insisted “I need to use 2×4’s.” We have more than our […]
I recently read a delightful poem entitled Live life in warm yellows – Tiffany Munguia and whilst I am pretty sure Tiffany hoped for a more meaningful message through her poem, the M’s were infact at the point of reading, living their lives in warm summer yellows. This vivid colour was not in my original […]
