There’s a song by the Saw Doctors (an Irish rock band who were big in the 90s so subsequently now are a bunch of old men!) that says about liking the seasons changing best of all. The song is here if you want to have a listen. Although…
At the moment I have rather a lot of unfinished projects. There’s the flower dress I’ve started. Most of the bits are cut out, and I want to get them all cut out otherwise I’ll forget and then I’ll be an a hopeless muddle when I go back…
In some ways, September feels more like the beginning of a new year than January does. Lots of years of school and university, then being a teacher, and now having school aged children makes it hard to escape the squeaky new shoes feeling that September has. My older…
Thanksgiving is this week, although being an English girl I don’t celebrate it. Our November holiday is Guy Fawkes, also known as Bonfire night, which involves setting off fireworks and eating toffee apples. When I was a little girl, it was usual for children to make a person…
More than any other season, I’ve always loved the autumn. I can remember when I was a little girl, probably about 7 or so, my teacher asked us to write about which was a favourite season and why. I knew mine was the autumn! But being a little…
Nature is a good place to look for inspiration for a creative project. Even just being outside can be enough in itself to make you feel inspired, whether you are actually looking for ideas or not! This is especially true in the autumn, when it’s so easy to…