Via Pinterest I am rather disproportionally excited about the fact that, come Monday, we will be having a milkman calling each morning this winter. How old-school is that?! (yes, we do have our papers delivered at the weekends, too – it’s the small pleasures). Of course there will be the…
CF Family: Country Bebe’s nursery kit
This weekend heralded CB’s 2nd birthday (Duplo, Duplo and a toy hoover – he was in heaven) and with it came the day all parents dread. His first day at nursery. These first two years have whipped by in a blink of an eye. One minute you’re breastfeeding a tiny,…
CF Reads: The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
So, after being enthusiastically recommended to me by a friend, I have just picked up The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. It’s not a newly released title (in fact it’s been in the bestseller lists for two years!) but, if like me, ‘self-helpy’ type books are not really on your…
Object of Desire: Patra silk pyjamas
I have made my mind up. I want to be buried in my Patra silk pyjamas. Actually scrap that, I’m not sure I can wait that long… I LOVE THEM. This is not a new revelation. My mother-in-law bought me a pair last Christmas – here I am resplendent in…
CF Loves: Scarlet & Argent by Hainsworth, blankets and throws
Hainsworth’s British heritage credentials blow me away. Yet until I was contacted by the PR about their relatively new retail brand, Scarlet & Argent, I’d ashamedly never heard of the 225 year old Yorkshire wool mill. One of the UK’s oldest companies, it has been run as a family concern…
CF Buys: Ash studded metallic leather sneakers – from The Outnet
Be still my beating heart. It is not often that a piece of clothing makes my pulse quicken but by George did I get palpitations when I clapped eyes on this pair of beauties: As the photo suggests, I ordered them IMMEDIATELY and they arrived today – on sale at…
5 of the best: winter bath soaks and oils
As a mummy, there are those moments in each day that you learn to cherish. It is all too easy, especially with a teething toddler, for days to pass by in a blaze of tantrums, naps, play dates and messy mealtimes. For me, the 30 mins of each day that…
Autumn pursuits: a sunday stomp and guilt-free hot chocolate
Come October, my favourite Sunday pastime is wandering aimlessly here: I have been stomping through this ancient Beech wood for the last 28 years. Nothing says home to me like this place. It is very, very, very special. Most cherished perhaps, because it was our family tradition to take off…
An Indian summer in Devon
I apologise that this week has been pretty sparse on the post front. It has been so beautiful here in our little corner of Devon that we have spent every moment on the beach, on the bike or pottering in the garden. I know the last vestiges of summer will…
CF Review: The Bristol Hotel, Bristol, UK
The week before last, I lay my head at The Bristol Hotel for the night. It came about as a means to an end, to tide me over between work (I starting a consulting job with a new digital brand in the spring, so spend 1-2 days a week in…
CF Eats: a working lunch and gluten free bread baking
Since my foraging course at Vale House Kitchen last week, I have become *slightly* obsessed with Nettle soup. No, not a confession I thought I’d be making either but imagine a cross between rocket and spinach made into a creamy emulsion with double cream, potato, garlic and stock… it’s amazing.…
Jobs for the weekend: a busy Autumn ‘to-do list’
Blimey, I’ve got my work cut out for me this weekend: Outside, I will be: Planting daffs and bulbs various – as well as tidying up the beds, ditching the annuals and dividing and re-homing some of the herbacious perennials. Planting up various bowls and planters with hyacinths and paper-white…