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Things I have learned from 21.5 hours of dog ownership

January 31, 2021 By Ellen

Oh my dog! It’s been intense. Little Yumi hasn’t been in the family for very long but she’s turned our lives upside down already. It’s clear that the learning curves are steep on all sides. If you’re a dog owner as well, it might help a ton to learn details such as diabetes in dogs. […]

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Positive thoughts for days that were dark

January 20, 2021 By Ellen

Two things this week it wasn’t too hard to say goodbye to – Trump’s presidency and Blue (or Black) Monday, the most miserable day of the year. So it’s cheerio to blue, black and orange and hello to better things… or at least different ones. It’s odd how affected I feel by today’s Biden inauguration. A […]

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You can’t have Narnia without first stepping into the wardrobe

January 17, 2021 By Ellen

The snow’s all gone now. Four tiny degrees (the buttoning of a meteorological cardigan) and we’re back to watery grey and green, plough lines and mud. It’s making me think about all the small things and their big consequences. You know – the lines that create a novel, the chocolates resisted and the pennies not […]

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Let me tell you about my splashback…

January 12, 2021 By Ellen

Yeah. I know. Possibly the most Jennifer Aldridge thing I’ve ever said. But look… It’s bloody gorgeous and makes me smile every day. The image? That’s Arran over the Sound of Bute, a digital collage created by the hugely talented Cath Waters.  

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: Cath Waters, kitchen, splashback

Dreaming of blue mud

January 12, 2021 By Ellen

  When I think about mud, I know that it is the inevitable consequence of the nourishing rain meeting hospitable soil. I think about mud quite a lot… being here. I don’t blame the rain. Not at all. Its occasional parade pandemonium comes with a silver lining: snazzy raincoats, lush landscapes and that smell. But the […]

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