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Month: February 2014

Build happiness into your life

February 2, 2014December 18, 2015 ~ Vicki Oliver ~ Leave a comment

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The adventures round here have been little of late. Partly because round here is so beautiful and travelling 30 minutes down the road is just as satisfying as travelling further afield. This is the beautiful Salutation Gardens and house in Sandwich. Always a great place to feel inspired and revived. If you follow my stories you’ll know that I’ve been struggling physically so mini adventures are just what the doctor ordered! I’m also in the middle of writing a #spooniesolutions blogpost about the well documented #spoonieproblems issue: travel with a #chronicillness . Do any if you #spoonies have any travel tips? Or any issues you’d like me to cover?

I think this will be my year of plants. It makes me so immensely happy to grow a garden. It’s manual and repetitive tasks, mixed with growing knowledge and a whole lot of patience that results in immense beauty. I’m hugely enjoying growing flowers then bringing the outside into the house to continue the enjoyment. These are my sweet peas, cornflowers and dahlias. Planting a garden gives you hope. I recommend it for anyone who is struggling with mental health. Not only does it get you outside and moving, but you are planting a future too. It gives you a different sense of time passing and something to be responsible for. My next project will be to dehydrate some of the flowers so I can enjoy the fruits of my labours when the glorious sunshine has gone. I want to figure out which are edible for making teas, and which are beautiful in hand poured candles. Issue three of @plants_are_magic has also given me so much inspiration to think about how plants are seriously magical creatures.

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