Old ways

June is the noisiest month of the year in the garden, from the first light birdsong fills the air giving a true sense of the garden being alive. Thrushes & young Blackbirds are abundant especially after a heavy shower of rain, they scratch about beneath bushes & the large Magnolia tree looking to see what may be found there. Sweet little Sparrows & young Starlings are everywhere too, along with the young rabbits they give George many hours of amusement at the windows. The sun barely seems to…

I'm loving the new cottagecore style aesthetic, so come read about it here! What it is, how to get it, and how to apply it to home design.

In 50 Old Fashioned Phrases From My Youth, I recall my great-grandmother had funny sayings I'd never heard before and that made me laugh.

Summer has come to an end once again & the kitchen garden is giving up it's wonderful delights. It is delightful to see how well the marrows, beetroot, tomatoes & potatoes have done. The days are becoming shorter & have a faded deep glow to them. Hay & wheat is all harvested now & the fields all now have their earth all turned & ready to lay bare all Winter. There has been an abundance of hedgerow fruits this year & the robins are back in the garden watching you work. Holly berries are…

Mother and Child Exquisitely Beautiful Vintage Photographs of a Young Tasha Tudor and Her Children

In this modern world we are losing touch with some old fashioned traditional skills that we really should preserve. You don't need to even own land to embrace

Old ways won’t open new doors. Don't I wish certain people could read this and fully understand it.

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girlinthepark: Joe Pickard.