The Smallest Smallholding

Rain stops Play

Lucy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:44:26 +0000

Big ‘F’ for Fail! No, I didn’t cajole myself into trudging out into the pissing rain and wind and cold to plant my raspberries. I’m sorry. I just couldn’t do it. It was my last day before my new job started, it was warm in the house, fecking cold out of the house, and I was [...]

In February it snows, and it rains.

Lucy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:25:27 +0000

I was hoping to greet you all with many pictures and words detailing the amazing number of things I’d done this week. But it was not to be. I finished work on Monday, and was given a beautiful bay tree as a leaving present. During Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I waited for my wages to arrive. And [...]

With a list of jobs as long as my arm…

Lucy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:12:08 +0000

Feckin’ grey weather. I can’t stand it. It’s bleak and dull and sucks the life and colour out of everything. BOO. I’m over it. I’ve had enough of jumpers, and wearing three pairs of socks. I don’t feel snuggly and warm and certainly not festive at all. I’m fed up of having to wrap up [...]

New Job

Lucy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:44:09 +0000

So. I said I would write about my new job, and so I will… To be honest, I can’t really say too much about it. You know how it is - in the world of blogging there’s a fine line between being open, honest and personal, and being really personal. It’s a creative content writing job, [...]

With Spring in my Step

Lucy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:10:11 +0000

Last night I sat swathed in my dressing gown, slouched across the sofa, having just had a long and relaxing bath. I’d been soaking my aching muscles in the hot, lavender-scented water after a long, satisfying day of Being Productive. Since I went back to work after Christmas, I feel like I’ve been trying to catch [...]

Blue skies and thoughts on a Saturday morning

Lucy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:58:04 +0000

I’m sitting here on a bright, Saturday morning wondering what to do with my day. Well, I know that the first portion is going to be taken up finishing all my accounting bits and bobs. Dull, humdrum work but somebody (i.e. me) has to do it… I want to get outside and get some fresh air. [...]

The best antidote to a grey January afternoon

Lucy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:22:01 +0000

Well one of my resolutions was to post more on my blog. I’m sorry I haven’t kept up as much as I intended - I managed to break my laptop. And with Rich working morning, noon and night, it’s nigh on impossible to boot him off so I can write. But here I am. Ahhh Fridays. I [...]

Wartime spirit when battling the weather - snow, snow and more snow

Lucy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:49:06 +0000

As if you hadn’t have guessed, this post is going to feature that current bloging trending topic… snow. We’ve had our fair share of it here in Bedfordshire, and we also have among the highest number of schools closed in the country. Joy. I’ve been feeding the birds like nobody’s business; as well as keeping the [...]

Resolutions for 2010

Lucy — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:45:00 +0000

2010 has arrived! It’s still cold, too. I had my birthday on New Year’s Eve. I turned 27. It felt a bit strange. 27 used to feel like half a lifetime away to me, and here I am, creeping up on my 30s. The thing is, the closer I get to 30, the less I start to [...]

Post-Christmas Catch Up

Lucy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:14:19 +0000

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I’m sorry! I’m here… finally. Things got a bit manic for a while back there. We were snowed in. Sort of. Gah. It’s annoying isn’t it, when people say “sorry…blah blah blah I’ve been busy”. I could have found 10 minutes or so to write something, I know I could have. But I didn’t. And, actually, [...]