tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247762942024-03-23T18:09:41.566+00:00PoshyarnsDay to day life in and out of the studio.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-72137155139985034842017-06-06T16:27:00.001+00:002017-06-06T16:27:09.407+00:00Begining all overI have a shiny new space for the blog and I'd love to welcome you over there: <br />
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I haven't written here for well over a year and indeed did not properly attend for a good while before.<br />
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But it feels right again. Time to reclaim this space.<br />
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Over the last few months I've felt a creative shift occur. I've been spending more time on Instagram and rediscovered my love of photographing the everyday. I've relished the habit of following the light, enjoying the shadows, observing the moments and finding joy in small corners of my life.<br />
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Taking part in the Instagram community has fed my soul in so many ways.<br />
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So somehow reclaiming the blog is a natural progression. I'm not sure what shape it will take, what the balance of work and life will be. But I'm not going to procrastinate or over thing it. For now I'm just going to enjoy showing up.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-43890683714714044272016-02-08T20:33:00.000+00:002017-04-24T17:31:47.945+00:00I'm over here<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've blogged (and just 3 months since the last one) but you will find it over here today: <a href="https://poshyarns.com/blogs/news/the-learning-curve" target="_blank">Handmade at Poshyarns Blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I still get such joy from making my lunch look pretty and taking the time to enjoy it. In fact for me, blogging and Instagram and once upon a time Flickr, are all about appreciating life's perfect little moments, both my own and those of the people I follow. I don't mind when reality creeps in but I really enjoy the beautiful posts. They make me feel thankful, relaxed and zen like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am eating it at a desk adorned in chaos and contemplating the fact that the removal men arrive in a few days and somehow all of the stuff we have needs to move from here to there. It seems insurmountable. And it's been grey and wet for days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I'm going to show you some pretty pictures I took earlier.... When the evenings were warm and the light was golden. As I look at them I can still remember the smell of the freshly harvested field and the sound of the birds in the sky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm well aware of the time that has lapsed since I last posted. My best intentions failed miserably. I guess it just was not the right time for me to find my way back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However I'm a big fan of the saying "it's never too late" and right now I feel I want to record the moments of my days again. Visual memories and the thoughts that go with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not those quick phone snaps, which I do love but the very speed of them means perhaps I don't always take enough time to appreciate the lovely thing I'm pointing that darned phone right at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gentle September evening light deserves to properly enjoyed. The action of dusting off my camera, moving the dish slightly and watching the light play across the table - it's meditative. Moments like these should be bottled and placed in the pantry of the mind. Stored for times of need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night we had some sad news about a friend, someone whose smile and laughter we remember so clearly. We hadn't seen him for several years but we can still pull from our memories so many shared moments. Summer days in London parks, raucous evenings in noisy pubs, the strumming of a guitar and the mixtape he made us to take on our honeymoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I floundered here. As my business grew and the story of my days changed I lost my way to this space. I was no longer sure what to write, I didn't want it all to be about work and my voice just stalled. But now I think I would like to come back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was Father's Day. I've certainly been to more remote islands and dare I say, more beautiful ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But Mersea has merit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a very short drive away and I do so love a causeway island, the thrill of driving along the narrow road as the water begins to rise. The excitement of being cut off from the mainland. Isolation so close to urbanity. It's a wonderful feeling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are painted beach huts, the glitter and crunch of oyster shells galore and a the beach is dog friendly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The highlight was stone skimming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were mesmerised as the flat stones skipped across the water and for those few brief hours on Mersea we felt ourselves a thousand miles away.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-72149752313173402202013-06-07T15:48:00.000+00:002013-06-07T15:48:27.405+00:00Summer food<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week has been entirely gorgeous, the sun has shone every day, the breeze blew warm and kind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have celebrated each of these heavenly days with food that tastes of summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-39950951941377570302013-06-06T16:06:00.001+00:002013-06-06T16:06:46.011+00:00In a month<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bluebells came in a haze of blue and now are fading fast. All is green and lush and Suffolk could hardly be more beautiful right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The wettest and coldest of Spring weeks ended in a glorious blaze of sunshine, just in time for our annual bank holiday "grown-ups versus children water fight".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A tradition that has become one of the highlights of our year. This time around saw a whole new level of weaponry and cunning employed. It's all in the planning. Well, that and who has control of the hose of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the unfurling Spring blossom and the lengthening days have reaching for my camera and finding my words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a fine day there are few things nicer that a trip up the Suffolk coast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The glint of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi_Hambling" target="_blank">Maggi Hambling's Scallop</a> draws us like magnets, we cannot pass it without a pause. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We strolled from Aldeburgh to Thorpeness where we stopped for ice-cream and wondered at the mist rolling magically across <a href="http://www.themeareatthorpeness.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Meare</a>. Back again to Aldeburgh for fish and chips on the beach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That glorious light catching on the table pot of flowers. Illuminating the edges of pictures, searching through the kitchen, dust sparkling in its rays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is so good to know that it is out there, climbing higher by the day and soon, surely soon, it will win out against winter and light up our days once more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Work got rather crazy in the last few months. Good but crazy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things got out of balance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I am finding my way back and there have been some rather fabulous bits in between all the work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was perfect. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-62911930384248765202012-11-07T12:42:00.000+00:002012-11-07T12:42:07.027+00:00In from the cold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not sure I have ever been away from my blog for so long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, the more time passes the harder it is find the words. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I am just breaking the seal, so to speak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And gosh yes, my goodness is it cold. October has passed in a flash and right now the trees are alight, leaves falling fast and the air crisp and sharp. There has been plenty of that November gloom already, thick heavy fog which hangs around all day but in between there are sudden bursts of light, clear cold skies and the berries on fire in the sunlight.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for each and every one of your kind words on the last post, they brought great comfort. We have adjusted mostly though the young dog has taken to occasional night time howling, we think he wakes up lonely. It rather breaks the heart. </span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-35925740650113594522012-10-03T11:29:00.000+00:002012-10-03T11:29:01.925+00:00An old friend<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last few weeks we have watched our old lady age before our eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her eyesight and hearing fading faster than ever, her body growing thinner and weaker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The figs are ripe and juicy. The ham is salty and thinly sliced. On the first day I had no bread other than English muffins. On subsequent days I could not dream of accompanying my figs and ham in any other way. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-52132339333047785232012-09-06T09:07:00.000+00:002012-09-06T09:07:04.894+00:00Right now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now the silence is deafening as the house silently breathes in the lonely air and as suddenly as the noise and chaos erupted six short weeks ago it stops. Just like that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why it is 42, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There has been a lot of living these last few weeks. The long awaited school holidays arrived bringing sunny days and some wet ones too. There have been beach days and city trips. Busy times and here with some long stretches of absolutely nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes my children surprise me by sleeping late these days. I find it hard to stay in bed, The Technical Advisor would be cross at this waste of a lie-in, he would be sure to take advantage if he were not city bound on the early train.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now to admin duties. Thank you to everyone who entered into the draw for a copy of </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471102114/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1471102114&linkCode=as2&tag=poshyarns-21">Build a Business from Your Kitchen Table</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=poshyarns-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1471102114" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, it was lovely to hear from so many of you and I only wish I had more copies to give away. I entered the numbers into www.random.org and felt mightily pleased with my technical savy, unfortunately almost an hour later I have failed to get this information to appear by magic here upon my page and the children are too busy to help me so I have decided to pull no more hair and you must take my word that the winner is number 4: <a href="http://little-homebird.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ali, of Little Homebird.</a> Ali, can you please email me your address and I will pop your book in the post.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-25016466844601362662012-07-18T19:32:00.000+00:002012-07-18T19:33:28.977+00:00A sprint towards the finish line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Right now my days are filled with linen and Liberty. Tissue paper and postage bags and weekends filled with fairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In June I made time to attend the Not On The High Street partners meeting and I felt truly part of something. It was very apparent that the majority of <a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/" target="_blank">Not On The High Street</a> businesses are run by women and it was incredibly empowering to be amongst all those creative, passionate and inspiring women. Being in that room felt like a marvellous validation of my business, it made it feel so very real. As I review my year I cannot quite believe how far I have come and, as a result of that, how much further I have set my sights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Holly and Sophie, the founders of Not On The High Street, have written a business book. I placed it on pre-order weeks ago, but then, to my delight, I received an unexpected signed copy. So, I have a spare book to give away. Let me tell you, it is a very good book. There is plenty of excellent business advice and information but what strikes me in particular is that this is very much a book for women, the information is pertinent to both sexes but will particularly inspire women. It will make you want to do things and tell you how to do them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So what are you waiting for? Do you have a kernel of an idea? An itch that needs scratching? Are you ready to jump in head first? If you would like the opportunity to win a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471102114/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1471102114&linkCode=as2&tag=poshyarns-21">Build a Business from Your Kitchen Table</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=poshyarns-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1471102114" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> , just leave me a comment on this post and I will pop the names in a hat. You can tell me about your business dreams and wishes if you like or keep it quiet if you prefer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And I have to tell you, that all of these pictures are taken on my very own kitchen table. The place where I wrap my orders, feed my family, photograph products, help with homework, chat with friends and make wishes and dreams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The evening sunlight rendered the ordinary more beautiful, tenfold. Summer nights like these have been few and far between this year and we soaked up every second.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The air heavy with the scent of honeysuckle and rose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But buttons. A bouquet of vintage buttons. I like that Sarah lady. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then I set to cutting some Liberty print hearts for bookmarks. I always cut them freehand, I like them to be uneven, each heart a little different. The fabric is Betsy and as the hearts fell to the table I looked at the flowers and the little bag of buttons, then put down my scissors and stopped to really enjoy the scene before me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lately it seems that too often I take pictures only from necessity - product shots or the recording of family details. Today I just enjoyed the moment. The beautiful June sunlight falling on the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The gentle rose and lilac of the buttons and the heart shapes in the petals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was fun. I am so very glad I stopped to enjoy the tableau on my table. Stopping to take in something beautiful is a tonic like no other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My new red clogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This old Radio Flyer wagon - still hauling children and deitrus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">An old lady of fifteen. How can it be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But I still cannot give up on that Friday feeling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It fills me with bonhomie and the urge to partake in kitchen dancing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> If you saw the sorry state of the cushions in this house you might tell me to attend to my own soft furnishings before trying to persuade anyone else to buy them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But I am hoping that adding pillows to the Handmade at Poshyarns range might inspire to me to run up a few for myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And as I daydream I can quite put out of my mind the tatty, dog hair covered cushions upon my sofa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This weekend the sun came to visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It warmed our skin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We gazed across the fields.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sipped gin and enjoyed the scent of charcoal on the breeze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We loved and laughed and wished for more days just like these. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776294.post-50668623491009183632012-05-23T10:37:00.000+00:002012-05-23T10:37:20.801+00:00Slipping back in quietly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This space has been terribly neglected of late but as the sun returns to Suffolk I feel my tongue unfurl beneath its warmth and find myself reaching for my camera and my finding my words once more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This weekend was the first to be
work free in what felt like ages, I rejoiced in every moment; even those
moments spent on my knees persuading weeds to part company with paving
cracks. Slow weekend breakfast is the very stuff of restoration - fluffy buttermilk
pancakes, the first fresh raspberries of the year, salty butter and
sweet maple syrup. Washed down with orange juice and lashings of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I stayed at the table
long after children and husband dispersed. Sipping coffee and flicking
the pages of a magazine and enjoying the sunlight dancing on the table.
It was heaven and three days later in the depths of another crazy week I still feel the benefits.</span><br />
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