My husband and I are actually very bad at this, in that we usually spend our weekends going for very long walks around our area. The bad thing, is that we rarely plan to do this and are often very unprepared - a 15km walk is very much standard for us, and then we wonder … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 6 – Go for a mindful walk
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The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 5 – Share your favourite place in nature
Where do I begin? Here are a few pictures of some of my favourite places: St James Park in London - especially when you see Buckingham Palace in the background! Plus there is a ton of wildlife to see, so it makes a really lovely place to explore. One of my local running routes that … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 5 – Share your favourite place in nature
The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 4 – Find an inspiring story
Today's focus is on finding some inspiring stories about the work that people are doing within conversation or within the environmental protection movement as a whole. This is such a fun activity, and it also acts as a nice reminder that you are not alone in this fight, that there are so many people out … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 4 – Find an inspiring story
The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 3 – Make a commitment
Today's focus is on making a change in your life to benefit the planet. The Wildlife Trust has a number of really helpful ideas that you can look into on their website here. The issue I am having with today though is that I am quite limited. For starters, I already try to do a … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 3 – Make a commitment
The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 2 – Be more tree
Today is all about grounding yourself. 'Grounding' is a set of simple and practical techniques designed to reconnect you to the present moment, helping you find balance, calm, and stability when things feel hectic or stressful. These techniques can be used by anyone at any time, whether at home, work, or on the go and … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 2 – Be more tree
The Wildlife Trust Hope Week
Given everything that has happened in the past week or so, no matter where you are in the world, things are all seeming very scary. Here in the UK, that British Winter has truly set in and has gotten to the point where sunlight is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Apparently last week, … Continue reading The Wildlife Trust Hope Week
Sunday Musings
Daily writing promptWhat is good about having a pet?View all responses I think the question should really be, what is bad about having a companion animal? Personally, any negatives are absolutely minor in comparison to the wonderful things that companion animals can bring to your life. For me, I think the best thing is the … Continue reading Sunday Musings
How to help pets during firework season
It is Halloween tomorrow, and here in the UK Halloween tends to signal a roughly 2 week period where we get a lot of fireworks. In the UK, we celebrate Bonfire night - also known as Guy Fawkes Night - which traditionally involves, as you can guess, bonfires and over the last few years lots … Continue reading How to help pets during firework season
Floof Friday
I recently got to cat sit my family cat, Jinx, whilst my parents were away for bit. I sat down on the sofa on the first day, Jinx took up her favourite nap spot on my lap, and that's basically how I sat for the whole time she was with us. Every time I sat … Continue reading Floof Friday
Sunday Musings
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. Where my food comes from. I know that it is likely a cliche at this point, but I really do wish I had moved towards a vegan diet earlier. Whilst going vegetarian was a good way for 16 year old me to learn how … Continue reading Sunday Musings
Taylor Talks Vegan 