Happy New Year! Final sunset of 2019 Let me begin by thanking you for reading, commenting and staying with me throughout 2019. It was quite a year. Let's also take a look at the all-important numbers: I wrote 253 posts, totalling 42,065 words. I have 138 followers. There were 1,604 comments, averaging 6 comments per … Continue reading Blog Review | 2019
Category: Devon
Scrapping in 2019 #6
I haven't made many 12x12 scrapbook pages since the middle of April, and having chosen not to have a specific album for our travels this year, I've decided to add New York to the 2019 album in a series of pocket pages. I found the New York Project Life style cards through Instagram (you can … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #6
Month in Numbers | April 2019
Did I think April was awesome? Let's take a look at the numbers: My largest daily Step Count total: 16,721. 180 lengths swum in the pool. 16 pieces of Happy Mail sent. {We had} 2 nights away from home in beautiful Devon. 29 days of the 100 Day Project done and dusted. 7 scrapbook pages … Continue reading Month in Numbers | April 2019
OLW | Thrive and the Traveler’s Notebook
Two more spreads have been added ... our trip to Devon and a trip we made in the Easter holidays. Devon delight Super Sywell You might that these designs look familiar, and you'd be correct. I'm using just three or four different ones for this traveler's notebook, so that when it's finished, they will join … Continue reading OLW | Thrive and the Traveler’s Notebook
Canonteign Falls
As we were preparing to leave Devon, we made a final stop at the Canonteign Falls near Exeter. Home to England’s highest man-made waterfall, Canonteign Falls is a magnificent example of a Victorian folly set in a magical natural paradise. The waterfalls themselves descend for over 70 metres. The falls were built in 1890 The … Continue reading Canonteign Falls
Devon Delight
My goddaughter and her family invited us recently to spend a few days with them at a cottage in rural Devon, on the eastern edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It's not an area of the UK that I know, so I was imagining chocolate-box cottages and cream teas galore. Chocolate-box cottages The cottages were … Continue reading Devon Delight