On a winter walk in the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge, I was mesmerised with these beautiful physalis and silver dollars ❄️ I have not visited the world of Hive recently, not least because the latest lockdown

Santa has been 🎅🏼 How does he manage to get so many presents in his sleigh?!🎁 I wonder if he has left Rudolph the red nosed reindeer behind (that’s me with a bad cold 😪) We did a little last minute

Red sky at night... A horse in our village 🐴 October is the time of year when I hunker down at home and review my finances and career. Last year I invested a little in Steem and being airdropped Hive

Photos taken at Wimpole, Cambridge 🐝 To my absolute horror, I discovered that my daughter had threadworm last week! 🙄 Cue trying to catch these late night critters and a long day of washing and cleaning

Visiting the farm 🐑🐄

Photos taken at Wimpole, Cambridge 🍂 It is decidedly autumnal here and the toadstools are thriving in the moist, cooler weather 🍄 Time to get the duvets, woolly hats, gloves and coats out🧤🧣 This report

Floatation pods

Just in case anyone has missed me terribly since I last posted, I have this unusual photo of a conjoined field mushroom that I found in our supermarket mushroom box 😆 And then there are dahlias in bloom

A little radio silence from me as I have been settling my daughter into school in the mornings and having pampered afternoons with her this week. I realise that these are precious times and she has reached

Photos taken at Cambridge Botanic Garden today 📷 The glasshouse was open and these beautiful purple lilies were in bloom. We were celebrating my birthday today and the sun was shining ☀️ My children ran

The Adriatic fish stew at the Agli Artisti, Venice 🦞 This was the best trattoria we visited after a recommendation from a Gondolia. Libreria Acqua Alta bookshop, Castello 📚 My photo does not show how

Rialto Bridge, Venice (courtesy of Pixabay) We are in Venice, in San Lio between Rialto and San Marco, in an apartment for a week. We visited 5 years ago with our son. We have returned this time with both

This is the talking book that I’m listening to at the moment. The author is a psychiatrist and has a calming Irish voice. I am impressed that he commits to meditate for 15 minutes every day and write a

Photos taken by me at Wimpole Hall, Cambridge☀️ My kids love scrumping for juicy, sweet plums. Hot, sunny weather, beautiful gardens laden with fruit ripening on the trees and farm animals make a perfect

In my 20’s I spent a lot of time at the London Buddhist Centre meditating and learning about Buddhism. I worked at the Wild Cherry Vegetarian Cafe on a Saturday. The main shrine room hasn’t changed as

Photos taken in Cambridge 📸 Paddington Bear is a British Institution and you can see that he wears a mask when shopping 😷 You may know that Paddington came from Peru and loves marmalade. Recently, he

Photos taken at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire today 🍃 I absolutely love spiky flowers. Perhaps it reflects my nature 😆 I also love prickly animals like hedgehogs 🦔 and porcupines 💭 A walk in nature is a

Photos taken at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire today. Can you see the butterfly? 🦋 I have had a break from blogging and concentrated on work and family life. A walk in nature with the family on a warm

We strolled over to our village gastropub for lunch this afternoon. The pub has a thatched roof and a lush green garden. We haven’t eaten out since March and so this was a real treat, particularly for

Photos taken by me at the Cambridge Botanic Garden 🍄 A steam of beautiful, yellow lotuses. A symbol of spiritual awakening 🧘🏻‍♀️ And a tree repaired with bricks! 🧱 @fleur 🐝 This report was published