No really, it is. Despite the continuing very un-Britishness of our summer weather the evening light is definitely lower, and the apples almost ready to harvest. A whirlwind of writing, vegetable planting and building related chaos later – not to mention wondermuch neglecting – and I seem to be already staring down the barrel of […]
Peeling back the layers : a story behind every one
House brought. Keys exchanged. Door open. Q. Now what? A. Buy a wallpaper stripper. I knew I was going to love this stage; the part where paint flakes and wallpaper peels and history comes away in your fingers. But I wasn’t prepared for how much I was going to love it. The colours, the patterns, […]
Sun, BBQ’s, tennis, carnival, strawberries, camping = an actual (birthday) weekend
Cor, what is with this weather? We went out for dinner on the weekend and sat outside, bare-armed and drinking cold beers, until 10pm. Unheard of behaviour for the UK. I feel like I’m living some kind of double life – and not just because of the weather. It has been a BUSY few weeks. […]
Bristol : in pictures
My photo habits are a source of perpetual entertainment to my boyfriend Dan. We’ll be walking to a pub, restaurant, or anywhere, and he’ll eventually notice that I’m no longer walking beside him but crouched behind a bin. I mean, bins are really interesting things: they’re full of unexpected items and are nearly always covered […]
The house project
So, I’ve been meaning to post about this for a while now, but life – or rather, the house project in question – just keeps getting in the way of any actual writing about it. To buy or not to buy Just over two months ago my partner and I bought a house in Bristol. […]
An unexpected harvest
After a lovely couple of days sailing I spent the Monday of the bank holiday catching up on a bit of gardening in Garden No.1. Currently a cross between an allotment and an overgrown meadow, Garden No.1 is in definite need of attention . My attempts at addressing this usually collapse amidst a raft of other things to do; […]
To the seas…
Few pic’s from a May bank holiday sailing jaunt. Proof that it really was summer, if only for a day…
Foraging: wild garlic
As a novice forager, I’d say that wild garlic has got to be one of the easiest to find and most satisfying foraged foods that there is (aside perhaps from blackberries…). Gathered by the carrier bag full, wild garlic – or ‘Ramsons’ – can be found in woodlands the British Isles over, not to mention […]
Gardening: like buses, only better
Gardening is a new thing to me. I’m a novice. No idea what I’m doing. But I’m keen as a bean (get it?). Okay, enough legume based puns. Gardens – 2 : Experience – 0 This year is my first with a garden to call my own and, as it happens, after being told all […]
hello again old friend
wondermuch, it’s been a while. For those of you who followed my exploits around South America two years ago, this blog might be familiar to you. But after a two-year blogging holiday, wondermuch is officially back. In the time since I last wrote a post, a lot has changed. Back from South America two years […]
the last chapter: parte dos
As the sun got higher and the first rain drops started pattering on the windows we decided to go for it, getting stuck here if the weather turned was not a scenario we wanted to entertain. Dan wearily gathered up our things and started shoving them in our rucksacks as I struggled to find the […]
the last chapter: parte uno
Sitting in Starbucks in Lima airport sipping my soya latte I was in a conundrum. And no judging me for being in Starbucks, we all know they do great coffee. The conundrum was this: should I, or should I not, pay 45 soles – the equivalent of ten English pounds – for a copy of […]
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