The Cardiff Cwtch - Welsh Food, Fashion and LifestyleIf there’s one thing I’ve learned since moving into the new house it’s that getting things the way you’d like them to be takes time. You know, Rome wasn’t built in a day, blah, blah, blah. No matter how much you visualise pictures, furniture and colours before the boxes are put away, you have to actually […]
I’ve always thought of Castle Coch as “my” castle. That fairytale-esque red keep that’s nestled amongst the trees and perched on the side of a “mountain” enchanted me as a kid. I used to pass by it every day on my way to school, and when I moved to Swansea for University spotting it from the […]
You know how it goes; you buy this great big bunch of green bananas, plonk them in your fruit bowl and vow to eat them in a couple of days once they’ve ripened a bit. Trouble is, close your eyes for too long and they’ve gone all speckled and squidgy. Yuck! This happens to me […]
I’m definitely becoming more and more of a Pamela Isley-esque crazy plant lady these days. And they don’t even have to be flowering plants. Yes, I’ll always be a sucker for a bunch of roses, but these days I’m more likely to gush over bright green leaves than blossoming buds. Our new house is slowly […]
British motorways and highways aren’t particularly pleasant places (Hey I’m looking at you, M25… Grr…), but at this time of year the metal crash barriers along the central reservation and the banks beside the hard-shoulder are bursting with Wild Daisies – or if you want to get all scientific about it; Oxeyes. They’re one of my favourite things […]
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