by Jane Haselden | Sep 16, 2022 | A Simple Life
The changing of seasons is always a special time. Each season brings with it memories from childhood, traditions, celebrations, things that you look forward to and sometimes things that you don’t. Whatever the seasons mean to you, they are such an important part...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 1, 2022 | A Simple Life
The past couple of months have sped by. We finally got the necessary planning permission to reinstate our derelict farmhouse and outbuildings into a home. With autumn and winter fast approaching, we have been trying to fit in as much work on the house and cabin as we...
by Jane Haselden | Jun 2, 2022 | A Simple Life
Well we seem to have arrived at June already, but I couldn’t tell you how. When we bought our house, back in December, I naively thought that we would be making great strides forward in our renovations, by this point in the year. How wrong I was! Half way...
by Jane Haselden | Mar 13, 2022 | A Simple Life
The last month has just flown by and here we are finally living full-time in our new home. Last week (the first week), was really hard and I don’t mind admitting that there were times when I questioned my decision making skills and whether I was up to the...
by Jane Haselden | Jan 30, 2022 | A Simple Life
It’s been a whole month since we took ownership of our new home and what a month it has been! We’ve been so busy, that January has just flown by, but we have still reached the end of the month wishing that we had done more. The winter weather has slowed us...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 28, 2021 | A Simple Life
Over the past couple of months, I have been experimenting with some of the plants that I have gathered and dried from my garden. Much as I love working with raffia, exploring and developing ways to use the plants that I grow or that grow naturally around me, has...
