Create a device free zone with a garden room

Create a device free zone with a garden room

Just 20 years after the internet was founded, it has insinuated itself into the everyday lives of us all and we are only just starting to fathom how the explosion in digital connectivity is shaping society. Perhaps more importantly, there is a general and growing...
Sunny Days Are Here Again

Sunny Days Are Here Again

Spring has arrived and the sun is shining more days than not, providing the opportunity (and oomph) to get out in your garden and get ready for the summer. It’s time to plant your summer bulbs and dig out your lawn mower for the first cut of the year.  Make sure you...
Granny annexe or care home?

Granny annexe or care home?

Be Nice To Your Children…. ..because one day they will choose your care home. Are you one of the growing number of people combining the demands of rearing a young family with the encroaching need to care for ageing parents? The chances are you are also trying to...
Crowded House

Crowded House

Has your family outgrown your house? Are the arguments raging between previously peaceful room sharing siblings as they grow older and larger and their need for personal space develops? Time for a move? Or maybe not. In terms of stress inducing events, moving house is...
The Progress of Spring

The Progress of Spring

THE groundflame of the crocus breaks the mould,  Fair Spring slides hither o’er the Southern sea,  Wavers on her thin stem the snowdrop cold  That trembles not to kisses of the bee:  Come Spring, for now from all the dripping eaves  The spear of ice has wept...
Are You Suffering From HTSD (Half Term Stress Disorder)?

Are You Suffering From HTSD (Half Term Stress Disorder)?

We really look forward to the school holidays: a chance to wind down and reconnect with the kids, for us to enjoy being together without the pressures of the daily routine. And, last week, we did….really we did. Until the winding up process began. A game unfairly...