Category: 2015
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Hidden in central London, a garden for peace and reconciliation
Although I was looking out for the St Ethelburga’s Garden for Peace and Reconcialition, even so, walking down busy Bishopsgate, I missed this tiny passageway to the garden first time round… Doesn’t look very promising, does it?! But luckily I retraced my steps, and entered into a beautiful little corner that let me time travel ……
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Trails, tea and Tofino
You know those guided meditations which start, ‘imagine yourself in a beautiful place in nature…’? Well, ever since I’ve visited the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Vancouver Island, that’s exactly where I imagine myself. Perhaps it’s not surprising when you feast your eyes on these pictures… In fact it’s both beautiful and surreal. Especially when you…
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Writer in the Flower Shop
How to wire an orchid The weakest part is the throat, submerge head then pull up by the stem and twist – you’ll feel it. Go up and push a little harder. Don’t spear the leaf, but cut to show the silver. Pinch and pinch and then stretch and then twist wire into gutter tape.…