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The Health Benefits of my Trip to Naples

9 months ago

How I worked from Naples for a month

how I work while travelling digital nomad

10 months ago

How to know when you need to begin living more intentionally

how to know when you need to start living more intentionally slow living

10 months ago

Travelling solo in my Fifties

travelling solo to Naples, Italy in my fifties

10 months ago

My travel filming kit

11 months ago

How to pick sprays of autumn leaves for decoration

how to make autumn leaves last in an arrangement.

1 year ago

How to transform the way you plan out your time

free four part planning course to plan your year 2023

2 years ago

Make a fuss free table setting

making a sustainable seasonal festive table setting for Christmas

2 years ago

Collecting acorns at Loch Lomond

a walk to Loch Lomond to collect acorns for natural dyeing

2 years ago

Visible mending on a knitted jumper

creative visible mending of jumper, wool darning, sustainable fashion

2 years ago

The joy of a sitooterie

Making an outdoor space for working during the winter sitooterie

2 years ago

A revolt against capitalism

Running an anti capitalist business in a period of degrowth

2 years ago

Can a sense of belonging save the world?

A Seasonal Way course How a sense of belonging and empowerment can connect people to the natural world

2 years ago

Blackcurrant and miso ice cream

blackcurrant and miso ice cream recipe

2 years ago

On being social - Instagram changes and virtual coffee breaks

Instagram changes 2022 and the way that social media has shaped my life

2 years ago

Making time (or swapping it)

time management and creating a slower life

2 years ago

Pickled garlic scape recipe

recipe for pickled garlic scape

2 years ago

Late bloomers: lessons from nature

being a late bloomer in life

2 years ago

Bracken folklore and history

History and folklore of bracken

2 years ago

Buttercups as cut flowers

Using buttercups as cut flowers

2 years ago

A new definition of wealth

a new definition of wealth Charles Eisenstein

2 years ago

House Martins

nature notes on house martins

2 years ago

The Hawthorn Tree - Magic and Ritual

hawthorn tree celebrations Neo paganism Beltane

2 years ago

Getting back to making clothes

starting to making your own clothes, freehand machine embroidery

2 years ago

The joy of snail mail and how to send more letters

sending proper letters slow mail

2 years ago

Rainy days in December

3 years ago

Alignment and making things easy

how to create aligned brand values for a small business

3 years ago

What is your idea of a simple Christmas?

3 years ago

Gaps and Fire Breaks - simple tips for when life is too busy

how to reduce overwhelm

3 years ago

Five good things I've learned from having a chronic auto immune disease

living with a chronic illness Addisons disease

3 years ago

Baby chicks

baby chicks in Snapdragon's garden

3 years ago

Forcing spring branches

How to force spring branches

3 years ago

How shrinking my business increased my income.

The minimal viable number of customers, slow business

4 years ago

Bowl of Paperwhite Narcissi

planting up a bowl of bulbs

4 years ago

How to practice gratitude

simple ways to practice gratitude

4 years ago

Introducing a pay what you can option for Studio Club membership

disruptive business models

4 years ago

Visible mending with Flora Collingwood-Norris

visible mending with Flora Collingwood Norris, decorative Manding

4 years ago

Interview: The Bright Blooms

Interview with The Bright Blooms sustainable making

4 years ago

A note on wild swimming

Kat Goldin on wild swimming in Scotland

4 years ago

The history of Scotland's kelp industry

4 years ago

Where selkies swim: meet Alison Moore

Alison Moore on sea swimming in Orkney

4 years ago

How to make cut flowers last

how to make garden flowers last in the vase. Get longer vase life from flowers

4 years ago

Ideas for greening when you need to stay indoors

how does being in nature help with chronic illness. Tips for chronic health problems Addisons disease

4 years ago

It's not about the bread

slow down simple living and making sourdough bread

5 years ago

Seeing yourself

seeing yourself through other eyes and friendship

5 years ago

Create your magical life a little bit at a time

How to plan your year and find time for the things you love.

5 years ago

Natural gift wrap - autumn leaves

5 years ago

Five ways to step back from overwhelm

5 ways to get over overwhelm

5 years ago

Perfectionism and making do

how to get over perfectionism

5 years ago

In search of the simple life

looking for the simple life

5 years ago

How to force small spring bulbs indoors

growing flowering bulbs indoors spring snowdrops crocus

6 years ago

Indoor bulbs - the cheats version

growing hyacinth bulbs inside

6 years ago

Overwhelm and the fruit harvest

how to deal with overwhelm in your business - my 3 techniques for helping with small business overwhelm

6 years ago

Foraging for flowers

foraging for wild flowers and making arrangements from grass

6 years ago

The windowsill flower arrangement - white

tips for arranging flowers in bottles

6 years ago

A walk by Loch Lomond

walking loch lomond national park, Scotland

6 years ago

How to keep a tidy house (sort of)

how to have a calm house when you are a messy person

6 years ago

Just a little posy of flowers . .

making tiny flower arrangements for bedside tables, weddings and guest bedrooms.

6 years ago

The accidental foraging expert (my tv appearance)

recipe for foraged nettle risotto

6 years ago

Peak Yellow - seasonal musings

yellow is the colour of spring.

6 years ago

3 ideas for getting into the flow

3 ways to increase the flow in your life

6 years ago

Seasonal living - why I left my great job because I didn't see Spring.

why Snapdragon is all about seasonal living

6 years ago

Aiming for analogue - switching off my phone

phone addiction and how to stop it.

6 years ago

Where we are - Loch Lomond National Park

Have you ever wondered where Snapdragon is based? Read my blog post . . .

7 years ago

Romantic table flowers

flower arranement for wedding tables

10 years ago

The nature table windowsill.

nature tables, flower arranging on a budget, arranging garden flowers

10 years ago

My top 5 spring flowers for cutting

spring flowers cut flower tips

11 years ago

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