'It is the season' is one of the most banded around comments I hear this time of year. I also personally use it a lot but why? It is the season to shop like a mad woman? It is the season to eat gluttonously? It
Sometimes we find we dream about these perfect days and try to set them up for the kids, only to end up getting so stressed that you actually ruin a day and give up trying to do nice things. This has happened to us so
This is one of my favourite traditions from living at home. I would think it is about 10 years ago now that my parents started celebrating Sinterklaas. This is the celebration of the feast day of Saint Nicholas. It is a traditional celebration mainly recognised
It isn't a very British tradition to celebrate Thanksgiving as the Americans do. They obviously celebrate it as part of their history in remembrance of the first harvest of the Pilgrims in the new world. However for me I feel it is just as important
You know that it is something I can talk about for hours, hey, you've read my blog posts. While we were away in Cornwall in the summer I picked myself up a new book about LAGOM; the Swedish philosophy about living by just the right
I think what a lot of people worry about when they want to install a fire is that often they think they don't have a place for it. They don't necessarily have a traditional fire place or any kind of recess where they would put
After a much needed break through the summer and what has been gifted as a very lovely and surprisingly warm early autumn, it's fair to say that we have only just got back into using our Stove now, in October. I can't quite believe it
.....we stopped lighting it. I thought it would be a bigger thing than it was. It just started to happen. One night it was so warm and I just couldn't be bothered and all of a sudden it has happened a few nights in a row.
I have been mulling on this question for ages and wondering what life was like before we had a fire. Seems strange, but if you know me personally you will have heard about how our life has changed since the installation of the fire and
I haven't spoken about Hygge for ages. You know that wonderful Scandinavian way of life which is all focused around warming comfort. The ideal cosy life which stirs up all those lovely feelings deep inside you. Well I think it's because we have passed out