Today I’ve been planting foxgloves. It’s St Nectan’s Day, St Nectan being Devon’s answer to Medusa, but without the snakes, petrifying gaze or Gorgon ancestry.…
16 June 2020 – Bloomsday
Today I’ve just eaten myself into a near food coma and it’s not even 10am. It’s Bloomsday, the day when all things James Joyce is…
15 June 2020 – Magna Carta
Today I’ve been messing around with wax and glue and looking out the window. Today is the anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta in…
14 June 2020 – Honeysuckle
Today I’ve been controversial about honeysuckle. Honeysuckle, along with rose, is June’s birth flower and depending where you are it’s also called woodbine, kettle-smocks, bear-bind…
13 June 2020 – Incense
Today I made some incense. It’s St Antony of Padua’s Day which has nothing to do with incense and everything to do with lost things.…