Shop your wardrobe – what I am longing to wear this autumn

Mmmm, at last the cooler weather is approaching – finally sweater weather is here, and I’m all ‘falling leaves and pumpkins please’! (Well, actually, its been 28 degrees here is week and I've had a few arguments with the weather forecast!) Autumn is my favourite season for so many reasons, but one of those is…

Autumn dreaming almanac series – August sun

I came across this piece I wrote August 2020 after a summer evening walk on the South Downs where I live, on my old blog space. The beauty it reminded me of was too good not to share. I hope you enjoy walking with me. " Late summer days last longest up on the rise…

Meal planning and prep

So, Hi folks! This blog is in response to the interest many of you showed through Instagram, for meal plans and kitchen inspiration. I did a planning session and shop yesterday, and am cooking this afternoon, so I thought I'd chat through some of what I'm up to this next couple of weeks. So, lets…

A Poem Inspired by Walking One Summer Morning, at The Trundle West Sussex.

A Drop Spindle: Come Cutters (On climbing a hill fort and encountering swifts, on a windy day in June) We climbed a hill today in sweet June-lightThat wind thrill, silvered grasses, chalk-bright.Below afield, far and broadTown and city spreads, cathedral hoard,Woollen woods and plastic seas,Skylark peals on quickened breeze.The lark ascending, old soul-kindle,Shelley’s muse, a…

Autumn Dreaming Almanac Series – Days of Steam and Grain

The Dog Days of Summer are upon us, with a few frays around the edges hinting that it is only a matter of time before we smudge gloriously into Autumn. These are the days of country fairs, before the frantic efforts of harvesting begin in earnest. Grasshoppers zing in the verges, and Red Admiral butterflies…

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and…. Let’s have a picnic!?

So, I think you all know by now how much I love a picnic. (in fact, one of my first posts on the blog was to share my recipe for the perfect cake for picnics, which you can still find *here*). So how did I miss that it was National Picnic Week 17th-25th June? Well,…

Autumn dreaming almanac series – a countdown to our favourite season

"I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers" Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery It's not yet past Wimbledon-and-strawberries- season, but I am already looking ahead to autumn. The later third of the year is by far my favourite, and it seems it is many of yours too!…

Fashion ‘Fail’

At the start of this year, I had grand plans: a year of clothing rationing based on the experiences of British women during WWII. This is where, 6 months in, I admit that things haven't been as strict or successful as I originally set out to achieve. I have come to the decision to pause…

A Good old-Fashioned Sleep

"I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you." ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery My name is Sophie and I have an addiction to blankets. I just can't help it - every autumn new ones creep into the house,…

Summertime news

Hi there folks, well, it's been a while... Things have been a little busy here; good busy but still it's kept me away from all you and this blog for a bit. So, what's been going on? Well, I have been settling in at a new job, whilst simultaneously both making plans for the future,…