Garden diaries: my first time growing food
Welcome back to my tiny slice of the internet! I’m reviving my neglected blog to write about my garden and how I’ve started growing food this year. My last post was in February, when I celebrated the start of Spring. I wasn’t sure if I would return to this blog, but I feel the need…
February: Snowdrops embroidery and discovering Imbolc
Welcome to my first post of 2025! It’s hard to believe we’re almost two full months into the new year. I don’t remember much of January, mostly cold and dark days, walking to the office in the dark, coming home in the dark and experimenting with 30 different ways to wear my woolly scarf. It’s…
My favourite books of 2024
Hello, and welcome to my last post of the year! This is also the blog post that will hopefully bring me back to blogging more often in 2025. I read 76 books this year. My original goal was to reach 80 books, but in November, I adjusted my Goodreads goal to 75 because it became…
Autumn 2024 mood board, bucket list and books
Happy Autumn to those who celebrate! It’s mid-September, and it’s been raining non-stop for the last two days. The trees are covered in different shades of orange and red, and there’s a new chill in the air. Foggy mornings accompany me on my walk to work. These dark and moody days give my town the…
Movies to watch when turning 30
Guess what? All the ’94 babies are turning 30 this year, and this month is finally my turn! Growing up in the early 2000s and watching romcoms almost every week, I learned that turning 30 and being single, unmarried and childless was the worst thing a woman could do! At 30, she was too old…
Summer re-cap and favourite books
It’s 18 degrees on my walk home from work, and the air is a bit colder than last week, though it’s still very sunny. Yellow and brown leaves are flying around, starting to cover the pavement, and I can feel the excitement that comes with the ending of one season and the start of another.…
A quiet life, slow living and cosy books
Do you ever blink and realise two whole months have gone by? I haven’t posted anything on this blog since May 1st. My break from blogging was an unconscious choice. We bought a house and had to move during May, and in June, I went to Edinburgh to see the Eras Tour, and then I…
April 2024 book wrap up
I’m not sure what happened in April, but I’ve read nine books (instead of my usual six). It’s like the moody, constant rain of April has made it harder to leave my bed, where I’ve spent most of the month reading, watching Palm Royale episodes, and eating too much popcorn. Emily Herny’s new book came…
Books With Autistic Characters – Autism Acceptance Week 2024
Hi! It’s Autism Acceptance Week in the UK! And this is a very long post, sorry! I was 27 when I had a weird experience that made me seek therapy for the first time. I had gone to a social event with my partner that I would have preferred to avoid. I was my usual…
March 2024 book wrap up
I blinked for a second, and now it’s another month that has gone by! In March, I went back to Spain for a minor nose surgery, and I stayed with my parents for a week while I recovered. I returned to rainy England in time to see the Spring blooming. We’re already three months into…
Spring 2024 mood board: books and bucket list
Growing up in sunny and too-warm Spain, autumn was my favourite season, followed by winter. I would eagerly wait for the endless summer to end, desperately hoping for cold air and the turning of the leaves. But when I moved to England, I discovered spring. A real spring, the one you see in movies and…
February 2024 book wrap up
How is it possible that my mind is still in 2023 time, but somehow, we’re already two months into 2024? How does this make sense? It’s March 1st while I’m finishing this post, and even with an extra day in February, this year is going by really fast, but I’m excited for spring. I can…
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Willow in Winter 