As June is the month of 30 Days Wild it feels only appropriate to dedicate my first craft based post back after a long hiatus, to one of my favourite insects here in the UK, the tansy beetle. I love these little jewelled insects so much, and while I've not had the chance to spot … Continue reading Terrific Tansy Beetles
Hello everyone! Before I begin this post I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you who have stuck around, despite my long absence, and to everyone who left such thoughtful, kind and moving comments on my last post. I am so grateful for all of you. I decided to take … Continue reading Project 365: The Favourite Three – March, April & May.
This post will be a little different to my usual ones but this is something I really wanted to share in the hopes it reaches someone else who needs it right now. {DISCLAIMER: This post does discuss some of the symptoms and issues surrounding depression and anxiety, so if you are currently struggling and find … Continue reading Feeling Grateful & Moving Forwards
I will never get tired of talking about my favourite spots within the Lake District and one of them is Buttermere and the surrounding valley that stretches all the way up to Newlands Pass and onwards to the rocky stretch of road that winds through Honister. We had a lovely family visitor with us a … Continue reading In the Sun by the Lake.
Spring is officially here, and with it comes those beautiful sunsets that seem to turn the sky into a painting. Last week saw one of these such sunsets, and I loved seeing the myriad of colours behind the trees (still leafless, but pretty) as the sun dipped below the horizon. It helped that the breeze … Continue reading A Springtime Sunset
With Easter literally just around the corner I thought it was only fitting that I make some adorable origami rabbits in celebration of this time of year! I followed this brilliant tutorial from Mica's Paper Craft Channels here. I love the way these turned out and they were the perfect way to start this week … Continue reading A Warren of Paper Rabbits!
For this week's Wordless Wednesday I just wanted to share a few of the pretty sites that have appeared up here in Cumbria this week as the weather gets warmer and spring slowly wakes up the wintry landscape. I know I rave on here about how gorgeous I find Cumbria, but it really does just … Continue reading Sunshine Mountains
If you've been with me for a while you may remember that on my old blog, Through Tasha's Camera, I would share five of my favourite photos each month while I was doing Project 365, but last year I didn't take part. When 2018 came around I knew I wanted to get involved again as … Continue reading Project 365: The Favourite Five (January & February)
Before I begin this post I have to apologise because this is so overdue, but I wanted to get it up because I like doing these 'Year in Review' style posts with photography thrown in. So please forgive me for getting this up so late, but better late than never, right? I wanted to do … Continue reading 2017; in photos.
The weather up here in the Lake District has slowly been warming, and while it is still ever so slightly chilly, and the surrounding vegetation still looks decidedly wintry - signs of spring are popping up all over. However, rewind a couple of weeks ago and you would have thought we'd have just been plunged … Continue reading An Icy View
