I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go. — Jeffrey McDaniel I found it quite liberating traveling around the world with just a back pack. But there were many times when even that was pushed to the limit and my pack was heavy enough to become a … Continue reading Letting Go
This year, Remembrance Day fell on the same weekend as the Albany Agricultural Society Show. Mrs PP was one of a few asked to make a wreath for the Horticultural Society to help mark the occasion. The roses were donated by legendary local gardener Bella Swainston who produces some stunning blooms for presenting at the … Continue reading Remembrance Day 2017
We are not our stuff. We are more than our possessions. Our memories are within us, not our things. Our stuff weighs on us emotionally and mentally. Old photographs can be scanned. You can take pictures of items you want to remember. Items sentimental to us can be useful to others. Letting go is … Continue reading Generation Waste
I do enjoy a good picnic. Less desirable are the large gaps of time between picnics. So taking a break from working in the garden and sitting on a grassy knoll overlooking views of both beauty and destruction (as above) whilst eating a banana and sipping water is my new picnic. From this place, anything … Continue reading A Picnic with Creation & Destruction
My Dad has been working in his shed. Patching and sanding, reassembling items that we have had stored away in order to place into the new house. Some items like the mirror above we've bought to add to the character of the place. We liked the round mirror as it echoes the porthole windows in … Continue reading Update for Tillellan
Petit Paradis 