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As someone who flirts with extremes (read good and bad, right and wrong etc.) I assumed people were either good at gardening or not … They had a green thumb or they didn’t.  I can not be alone in this. I was pretty good at keeping my outdoor garden and summer pots alive and thriving.  Then I moved and my garden predominantly moved indoors.  Now I’m less sure about my gardening and green thumb theories.   I had to pull out my jasmine.  I think I over-watered it.  Some of the s

When I was little we used to spend New Years Eve at my grandmother's.  My aunts, my cousins … all there.  There would be food, games, party hats, noise makers and all the customs that came with the New Year.   Having New Year’s at my grandmother’s, Auld Lang Syne sung with crossed hands and in a circle and sending my father outside with bread, salt, a coin and a few other items - because my father was the only male sibling and a brunette - all our customs.   While I’m not sur

Does anyone else struggle with their storage? With its function - or lack of function?  I can’t be alone in this?  My closets are driving me mental at the moment.  Mostly because they lack function and this is incredibly frustrating.  Or at least it is to me - so I am left mentally fighting with my closets.  This escalated when I moved some things around so my hats, mitts and scarves were more accessible - it’s that time of year.  I think I’ve pinpointed why this is aggressiv