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August break 2014: the last week

September 1, 2014September 1, 2014 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

So, a whole month has passed, just like that. *Clicks fingers* Much as I love participating in projects like the August break, or my monthly garden moodboards, I am often put off by the side effect of an increasing awareness of time passing. You start out thinking, oh yes, a photo a day for August, … Continue reading August break 2014: the last week

August break 2014: week three

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 ~ Wolves in London ~ 2 Comments

Well, another week over and another weekend reached. Tick, result, breathe... It's started to feel a bit like that as I've been battling not only toddler daytime meltdowns but toddler and baby lack-of-nighttime-sleeping this week. I just keep trying to remind myself that one day I will look back on this time and remember only … Continue reading August break 2014: week three

August break 2014: week two

August 16, 2014 ~ Wolves in London ~ 5 Comments

The photos continue... Phew, this has been a tough week. The hubby was back at work on Monday after a five week hol between jobs. Of course, in that time, the sprog and the babe had become completely used to having him around all the time (as, for that matter, had I) so it's been … Continue reading August break 2014: week two

August Break 2014: lots of photos

August 9, 2014August 8, 2014 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

Well, 31 photos to be precise. These are the first nine... Last year, I took part in Susannah Conway’s August Break for the first time. It’s a brilliant (and brilliantly simple) idea. For the month of August, you take a photo every day and publish it on your blog or share on Instagram (or Facebook … Continue reading August Break 2014: lots of photos

A photo a day: August 31st

August 31, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 13 Comments

AKA the last day! So this is it, people, my very last photo of the day. My last contribution to the August break. This is me. Collapsed in bed, my hand resting on my weary brow. A subtle photographic representation of how absolutely bloody exhausted I am from posting a photo (or sometimes more than … Continue reading A photo a day: August 31st

A photo a day: August 30th

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Do you remember my blogging view, the view I see when I sit here writing my blog? Well, this morning I was sitting in the chair in front of the window, looking the opposite way for once and this was my view in that direction: The electricity cables are the only thing that would let … Continue reading A photo a day: August 30th

A photo a day: August 28th

August 28, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 2 Comments

I wish it would surprise you if I told you that I still have a wedding present to finish making for my sister who got married in May. (I wish it would surprise me too.) I did give her most of her presents at the time, but I had an idea to pretty up some … Continue reading A photo a day: August 28th

A photo a day: August 27th

August 27, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

An alpaca at the Horniman Museum. I really want one. Joining in with the August break. Related articles: See all my August break photos

A photo a day: August 26th

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Apologies to those who follow me on Instagram, as you will have already seen this, but I couldn't resist posting it here too. Outside my local junk shop, old chisels and the like were lined up on a table. I was sorely, sorely tempted to buy the whole lot of them... Joining in with the … Continue reading A photo a day: August 26th

A photo a day: August 25th

August 25, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 2 Comments

Sunday evening. This is the sitting room floor: This is the disastrous fudge that looked like a turd, tasted little better and was as solid as a piece of granite: This is the sproglet's chair: And this is just one of the many piles of washing up covering up every single surface in the kitchen … Continue reading A photo a day: August 25th

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Hello hello, lovely to see you, thanks for stopping by. I'm Sabrina: writer, plant lover and seller of houseplant boxes. This blog is where you can shop for a plant box, find advice with my plant care guides, or even take a deep dive into my archives and find general life musings from the past eight years!

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Rainy Saturday morning. Off to exercise class and then back home to curl up on the sofa and read a book. (Almost tempted to light a fire, the weather is so fucking bleak for April 1st…)
Grief is a complicated thing. It is 15 years today since my first son died — ten months old, asleep in his cot at home when I was out at work. Everything has changed in the years since and in some ways I can hardly imagine how that other life of mine would have played out if he hadn’t died. At other times, I remember the phone call I got from the Homerton as I left work on that day, and the pain is just as deep as it was in the moment. It’s been written many times, I know, but grief doesn’t ever really lessen, you just learn to grow around it, to grow alongside it. You learn to adapt as the rest of the world continues on and people forget, and you become one of the only memory keepers. Which itself is another complicated thing.
So grateful for friends who leave flowers on your doorstep because they know you are feeling sad.
Love this idea from @nurturingfolk — 60 pictures from 2022, set to 1 second each and don’t overthink it or stress!

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