Winter

WINTER 2015 The festivals of Yule, Winter Solstice and Christmas have passed; each in their own way connected to the time of the greatest darkness that heralds the return of the light.  The first week of January when the days and nights are of equal length slowly give way to the Sun ascending from its […]

Autumn Abundance

AUTUMN 2014 ABUNDANCE Nature gave us amazing colours and a bumper crop of berries this Autumn. I am sure that the blackberries this year were the plumpest and sweetest I have ever tasted! I hope you have enjoyed the gifts of fruits and maybe even preserved some for the coming winter months. This is the […]

Autumn 2014

AUTUMN 2014   Ta Da!  Autumn has arrived!  And with a roar of windy weather and heavy downpours!  It seems only a few days since we were basking in the warmth of the Indian Summer of 2014.  Put away the salad spinner!  It is time to eat warm and heavier foods to build up immunity […]