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The Christmas Glitterball

By: plummybrummy 14th Dec 201814th Dec 2018

Family, Lovely Places and Thingsadvent calendar, anxiety, Bailey's, Big Day, Christmas, Christmas Eve, collywobbles, emotional labour, Father Christmas, glitterball, Lapland UK, list, Matt Haig, Nicola Lowe, notebook, PA, Routine, Santa, Sarah Millican, School Play, Whamageddon, Wisdom for Working Mums, Yule2 Comments on The Christmas Glitterball

For when you feel just a little bit smashed around the edges at Christmas…

Family, Lovely Places and Thingsadvent calendar, anxiety, Bailey's, Big Day, Christmas, Christmas Eve, collywobbles, emotional labour, Father Christmas, glitterball, Lapland UK, list, Matt Haig, Nicola Lowe, notebook, PA, Routine, Santa, Sarah Millican, School Play, Whamageddon, Wisdom for Working Mums, Yule2 Comments on The Christmas Glitterball

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What a wonderful surprise to wake up to when I pulled the curtains back this morning! Well, I say ‘wake up’: more like barely went to sleep thanks to two little bed thieves 😑 Still, what a beauty. Not me, the plant. Definitely not me 🥱 #hippeastrum #hippeastrumclub #amaryllis #christmaspresentsideas #windowsillwonder #reallyfrickingtiredtho #mywindowsillgarden #tiredmumsclub

This is entertaining! Bloody love going all out with the fine china, gold cutlery, candles and firelight 😍😍😍 #emmabridgewater #emmabridgewateraddict #jasperconran #chinoiserie #candlelightdinner #candlepower #familymeals #lovemyhouse

My bee saving kit from Friends of the Earth just arrived through the post! Can’t wait to get started on my wildflower patch at the end of the garden later on in spring. It’s got a garden planner, a bee spotter guide, a bee saver guide, a packet of wildflower seeds and a chance to get involved in a campaign to remove neonic pesticides from farming that kill bees. All for a £5 donation that goes to a good cause. I’ve got to say it’s one of the best collections of wildflower seeds I’ve seen: yarrow, cornflower, common knapweed, wild carrot, vipers bugloss, hedge bedstraw, lady’s bedstraw, kidney vetch, birdsfoot trefoil, common poppy, plantain, cowslip, yellow rattle, meadow buttercup, sorrel, white campion, common bent, chewings fescue, highland bent, crested dogstail. Chewings fescue no less... I reckon tomorrow will be a good day for making wildflower bombs to scatter on our ground - and maybe to make it out to the village’s grass verges too... #friendsoftheearth #beesaverkit #guerillagardening #wildflowers #seedbombs #wildflowermeadow #wildflowermeadowcreation #savethebees #savethebeessavetheworld #honeybee #honeybees #britishbees #britishwildflowers

My wonky old bench outside the front door. No one ever gets to sit on it because it’s usually hosting my latest seasonal effort. This time of year we’ve got lanterns and daffodils - and a little luck and love to see off the worst of the floods this week. #shropshire #shropshirelife #shropshirelifestyle #mygardenthismonth #myhomestyle #myhomevibe #narcissus #porchdecor #welcometomyhouse #stayawayfloods

Hive mind: I’ve got a big ask... This is the local pub in our village. It’s been closed for yonks and is looking distinctly unloved now. Villagers are getting sick of the state it’s in and lack of decision over its status, developer would like to knock it down and build houses all over it. It’s on a busy road, known well locally and, as we’ve found out since, actually dates back to the early 1600s. I want to save it! And so do some friends but we’ve got to swing opinion and show it’s worth saving and that it could be a productive village/heritage asset, possibly as a coffee shop and bakery. So.... If I was going to run a campaign to save it, what would we call ourselves and have you any advice or experience to offer?! (No desperado puns please!) #saveourpub #oldshropshirepubs #villagelife #communityhub #ruralbusiness #theeagles #communitycafe #plunkettfoundation #whatnext #localactivism

I’m at the Elgar’s Birthplace Trust today, getting to know the place and the hardworking staff - and Elgar himself. For a long time I’ve (mistakenly) aligned him with stodgy, flag-waving, Edwardian nationalism but Elgar the man was someone very different. Never happier than when he was living in a series of tiny country cottages, he loved puzzles, jokes and, well, explosions. Moreover, his description of the sensation of flying is as melodious and moving as his music. A new appreciation of him is building in me! #ntelgarsbirthplace #ntworcestershire #visitworcestershire #genius #birthplace #elgar #malvernhills #godinnature

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