Hello everyone! How are we all doing? In this post I am interviewing the amazing Megan from Bird's Bees who runs a fantastic small business. Hope you enjoy. The lovely Megan and companion from Bird's Bees. Image from Bird's Bees. Hello Megan, please introduce yourself and your amazing bee friendly business. Hello everyone I'm Meg, [...]
Month: October 2020
Poetry Mondays – My November Guest by Robert Frost.
My November Guest. My Sorrow, when she's here with me,Thinks these dark days of autumn rainAre beautiful as days can be;She loves the bare, the withered tree;She walks the sodden pasture lane. Her pleasure will not let me stay.She talks and I am fain to list:She's glad the birds are gone away,She's glad her simple [...]
Exciting Update!
Let the Autumnal Festivities Begin! Hello everyone, Hope you are all ok and keeping as positive as you can. I just want to let you know that as Half Term is here, I will be posting all sorts from crafts, activities and folklore stories etc all in relation to nature and wildlife to keep [...]
Poetry Mondays – The Dipper by Kathleen Jamie.
Dipper. Image from RSPB. The Dipper. It was winter, near freezing,I'd walked through a forest of firswhen I saw issue out of the waterfalla solitary bird. It lit on a damp rock,and, as water swept stupidly on,wrung from its own throatsupple, undammable song. It isn't mine to give.I can't coax this bird to my [...]
5 Signs Of The Changing Season To Look Out For.
Hello everyone! Hope you are ok. We are now well into the official meteorological start of autumn, but between, darker, crisper days, I think it is fair to say that we are still fortunate enough to have some lovely sunny, blue sky days too. As time goes on, however, we will undoubtedly witness the return [...]
Poetry Mondays – The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.
The Raven. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber [...]
VOAK – Beautiful, Sustainable, Low Waste Candles.
Now anyone who knows me personally, knows that I love a good candle. They make everything feel so cosy and wholesome and of course it is a really nice way to scent your home. Voak is a North Yorkshire company run by a lovely mother and daughter team; Vanessa and Adele. They started from scratch [...]
Feather and Down
Hello everyone and welcome back to another post. It has been a little longer than I expected since I last spoke to you. Today I want to talk to you about one of my favourite sleep and relaxation brands; Feather and Down. I first discovered Feather and Down a couple of years ago in boots. [...]
The Wild Swans at Coole, William Yeats.
Swan on Elterwater. The Wild Swans at Coole The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty swans. The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count; I [...]
