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Five Things

Behind the Ivy — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:25:00 +0000

Five joyful little things from the past two weeks These autumn colours. This new leaf. This happy half hour sheltering from the drizzle under the trees, munching on homemade cake and tea. This tiny visitor (although I suspect this is a...

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Five Things Friday

Behind the Ivy — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:27:00 +0000

Five joyful little things from the past few weeks 1. Watching the moon rise over the sea. 2. Baking sourdough bread. Sourdough is the most delicious alchemy, but I stopped baking it on a regular basis because yeasted loaves felt...

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Five Things Friday

Behind the Ivy — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:42:00 +0000

Five joyful things from the past fortnight. 1. YarndaleI still can’t quite believe that this was my first ever fibre festival, but I had a great time there. Skipton is a beautiful little town, and the weather was so perfect...

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Five Things Friday

Behind the Ivy — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:13:00 +0000

1. Ice-cream from Di Meo’s in Whitley Bay. If you’re ever up in the North East I urge you to take a trip to Whitley Bay to try Di Meo’s ice-cream – it is so so good! They make their...

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Five Things

Behind the Ivy — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:07:00 +0000

Five things… Wednesday. Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, but Friday managed to slip away from me last week. Still, a lot of good things have happened over the past fortnight and I wanted to note them down....

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Five Things Friday

Behind the Ivy — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 07:12:00 +0000

Five little things that have brought me joy this fortnight… 1. My orchid is finally blooming after two years of dormancy, and she’s looking spectacular! Orchids are my favourite flower, but for some reason I always forget to water my orchid...

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Five Things Friday

Behind the Ivy — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:52:00 +0000

Jedburgh Abbey A handful of things that have been bringing me joy lately. 1. A week off work! Old Bridge End, Jedburgh Graeme and I took a little time out of work to relax and explore. We didn’t venture too...

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six things saturday

Behind the Ivy — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:04:00 +0000

Since I missed Friday, here are six things that have brought me joy this week. This has been a difficult week, and I can’t remember the last time I was this relieved to have made it to the weekend so...

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five things friday

Behind the Ivy — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:12:00 +0000

Oh dear, a week in and I’m already tardy! Needless to say, this week has flown, but here are five things that have made me smile this week. 1. Sunday afternoon at the beach. Salt tang in the air, the...

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five things friday

Behind the Ivy — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:32:00 +0000

Sometime at the beginning of last year I started a daily gratitude journal. As an anxious overthinker who tends to dwell on the negative, I loved how it shifted my perspective and refocused my attention onto more positive emotions. Then...

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