Mindfulness for Mama: Finding Peace in the Pause
If you’re a mama in the thick of raising little (or not-so-little) ones—possibly juggling school/home education, work, meal prep, housework,...
Raspberry & Almond Cake
Happy Monday! It was a wet, overcast autumn day here yesterday, the kiddos and I spent the morning snuggled on the sofa, watching some cartoons and eating pancakes. Sundays often...
Hot Spiced Apple Juice
Oh Autumn! I love this season so much… one of my favourite things about the cooler weather is drinking hot spiced apple juice. The smell and the taste are so...
DIY: Lemon and Lavender Household Cleaner
After having workmen in last week, and decorating the girls bedrooms, my house is a little bit of a tip! We had to empty one bedroom entirely so that the...
Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
There is a Japanese philosophy called wabi-sabi – that has it’s roots in Zen, revering austerity, nature and the everyday. Wabi-sabi is a state of consciousness. Beauty hidden in the...
Peppermint and Rosewater Sugar Scrub
The older I’ve gotten, the more I pay attention to what it is I’m using on my body. I pay attention to all those crazy sounding ingredients...
The Story of Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds
Mabon Blessings! We like to tell this story on Mabon evening, gathered around a fire. I have a pomegranate to show, and when the story is finished, I open the...
Oh Autumn!
I think Autumn is my favourite season… cosy sweaters, hot chocolate, open fires, crunchy leaves, pumpkins, boots…. What is your favourite thing about Autumn?
Homemade bath melts
These are my favourite thing to add to my baths lately, made with sweet almond oil and cocoa butter they leave your skin soft and silky. They are perfect if...
Journal Prompts
Happy Friday!! We’re off to the forest today, exploring, hunting for bugs, den building and getting some much needed down time! September and the arrival of fall always make me...
Things I Love
Girls Cowl // floor cushion // tealight holders animal tails // weather design notebooks // mason jar chandelier // My lovely friend Fritha recently opened up a shop selling some...
Homemade Jam
One of my favourite things about summer here is the abundance of fresh fruit we can harvest. Strawberries, plums, raspberries, currants, blackberries. They taste so good warmed by the sun...
Making lunch times fun
Lunch times…. while we don’t need packed lunches for school every day, we still have plenty of home-ed groups and daytrips that require us to take lunch with us. Soggy...