Turkish delight is one of my family's favourite sweets, and it all began with Arlo's discovery of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe back in 2009. Even though you can buy proper boxes of Middle Eastern TD here, it's something I'd been wanting to try to make for ages, but rosewater was my problem.…

Watering our little vegetable beds this morning, I realised they mainly consist of herbs. Good old herbs, they can always be relied upon to produce something. Unlike my beetroot (lots of leaves, pencil-width roots), carrots, (ditto) or lettuces (withered while we were on holiday.) In the herbal department we have curled and flat parsley, oregano…

I'm regularly offered products to blog about but almost always turn them down, but when Alyssa kindly offered me a pair of Aurora Shoes from her family company, I knew I had to say yes. I mean, look at them! Alyssa had been following this blog and a pinterest board for a while, and noticed…