Welcome to Joyful June. We particularly love this month as Mark and I have a double birthday celebration, his being the 2^nd and mine the 3^rd and we met all those years ago on his birthday!

This year will be particularly special as we will be in Cyprus and on his birthday, we renew our wedding vows in a Byzantine chapel celebrating our Golden wedding anniversary! I’ll share photos next month, but for now this ...

Welcome to the most glorious month of May. The garden is at its absolute best this month with a profusion of colour, fragrance and vitality. We certainly start and end our day out amongst the flowers, trees and veg patch, just joy. 

In May, I love the fact that the daylight lasts longer and it’s a real invitation to slow down, breathe, and really notice things again. I don’t know about you, but I find myself craving fresh air, good face-to-face ...

Welcome to the gorgeous month of April. Wow! Is there ever a more stunning month that gives birth to the flora and fauna of spring? A fusion of colour, lighter mornings and evenings, the birds going crazy in song and where I’m blessed to live, the sea turns blue reflecting brighter sunny skies. We just have to get out in nature and appreciate the gift of creation and move from wintery cocooning to springtime energy.

With this in mind, I thought I’d share with you the TEMPLESPA ...

Welcome to Marvellous March! Don’t you just love this month when the clocks change, and it really feels spring is underway? Whilst I’m not quite ready to change the wardrobes over from winter clothing, for sure everything is becoming lighter and optimistic. My personal favourite flower of all time is tulips, and my garden is filled with these beauties, I just love them. Anyway, enough from me…

Fabulous, because it’s short, sweet, and starts to leave winter behind! I’m already seeing the morning dawn and evening dusk getting earlier, the birds are chirping and the snowdrops are peaking through the earth, I love it. And speaking of love, it’s of course Valentine’s this month and for me, this is an opportunity to express gratitude to all those in your life who you love and appreciate ...

Happy January dear friends. I hope you have enjoyed the end of 2025 and are ready to start a whole New Year.

Many of us start our day with scriptures, ...

Dear Friends

I hope you’ve had a wonderful time and have enjoyed the love of friends and family this season and now, welcome to Twixmas, these beautiful days between Christmas and New Year.

We’ve had a full house this Christmas and my famous LIZTINI cocktail has gone down well, here’s the recipe and it’s a doddle to make and will be perfect if you’ve ...