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  • Pet peeve: Ketchup sachets. Those damn things. Not only are they impossible to get into, cover you in ketchup so you stink of sugary tomatoes, but seriously, what an absolute waste of plastic when restaurants could just use ketchup pumps instead. Yes KFC I’m looking at you. And McDonald’s, whilst your ketchup sachets are a lot easier to break into, they’re not exactly environmentally friendly are they? . Anyway. More magnolia. Are you sick of it yet? I’m not 😈 off into London today to hunt down some wisteria as I didn’t get the chance to last year. Can’t believe that long weekend is over already 🤔 . Snapped this house in Kensington, not far from Kensington Gardens. Kensington and Chelsea first originated from Saxon settlements, with both areas mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Royalty first moved into the area in 1689 when William III moved into Kensington Palace. Queen Victoria was born in Kensington Palace in 1819 and continued to reside there until her accession to the throne in 1837. With Queen Victoria’s wishes, the title “Royal Borough” was given to Kensington in 1901, after her death and still remains in place today 👸🏻 . In 1965 Kensington and Chelsea were joined together as boroughs! The name Kensington derives from the manor of Chenesitone which is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, which in the Anglo-Saxon language means "Chenesi's ton" (homestead/settlement). One early spelling is Kesyngton, as written in 1396!
  • One of my favourite corners in Rye, I snapped this last year after three of these most lovely days in Kent (yes I know Rye is in Sussex but everything else I did was in Kent 🤣). It was an absolute scorched of a day but June was a nice time to go, not too busy as the school holidays don’t start till mid July, that’s usually when I start hibernating then I come back out in September when the crowds have died down. . Did you know postboxes were actually invented in France in the 1600s, by 1829, post boxes were in use throughout France. A post box originally installed in the wall of the Wakefield Post Office is dated 1809 and believed to be the oldest example in Britain. Green was adopted as the standard colour for the early Victorian post boxes! 😱😱😱 The first boxes to be painted red were in London in July 1874, although it would be nearly 10 years before all the boxes had been repainted. . We want to make the most of the sun again today, I’m really not ready for it to go 🌞 Got an afternoon planned with the family, all the kids are doing an Easter egg hunt, I’m wondering if it’ll be frowned upon if I start hunting for all the eggs too and keeping them for myself 🙈 considering I feel like I’ve blown up like a big balloon in the space of three days I probably shouldn’t... 🎈
  • Woke up this morning really angry. Why? Because I dreamt I was flying from Sydney back to London and I got an upgrade to Business Class (result!). Got on the plane and I was shown to my usual economy seat. I complained and they wouldn’t let me into Business Class. What a dream. Or a nightmare!! Was really cross at the air stewards for being so mean. But seriously, when there are strangers in my dreams, how did my brain imagine them? Have I based them on people I’ve seen but not noticed and my brain has stored the information? Or did I magic up a complete new face? If it’s the latter, I wish I could apply that imagination to a piece of art. . Happy Easter everyone! It’s finally time to crack open the chocolate (if you had any sort of willpower that is, mine have long been open). You’re never too old to be treated to an Easter Egg, Alex got me an oranger Smarties one and that is what I’ll be having for lunch. Calories don’t count on Sundays, especially Easter Sunday’s. . I’m not religious really but do think we can take some tips from the Easter story. It’s a time to renew and rise again! If you’re feeling sluggish, down or unmotivated, this is a great time to find a new mindset and just go for it! Who needs New Years Resolutions when you can make them in April? . Let me know if you have any fun Easter plans, anyone off to an Easter egg hunt? 🥚🍫 Looks like the sun will be shining on us again here in England 🌞🌞💐
  • Ohhh its a glorious day today, trust me when I say nothing beats a sunny day in England, not even a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean (ok maybe it comes close). . Everyone is in a good mood, the birds chirp, the flowers bloom, parks are full of families playing and friends having picnics, the pub gardens are bustling with life, everyone is out with their dogs, and it’s just a lovely place to be ♥️ . When we get a bit of sunshine it's only natural that it should change our whole outlook on life: tops come off, music blares and we get lairy at 4pm after a few pints in the sun. We have just endured 6 months of bleak, grey days and we all know the lovely weather we are getting now will be long gone in a few days, we have to take it whilst we can. . So, a bit of weather bingo. How easy is it to cross off all the things below in the space of one sunny bank holiday weekend? . - Everyone you meet will first talk about how sunny it is 🌞 - Day drinking everywhere 🍹 - You will spot a number of men with their shirts off and beer bellies proudly on display 🍻 - By Monday people will be complaining it’s too hot 🥵 - You will spot some poor kid who’s just dropped his 99 Flake ice cream on the floor, and his poor mother angry over the fact they no longer cost 99p 🍦 - The scent of BBQs will fill the air of any residential street 🍗 - There will not be an inch of spare space on Brighton Beach 🏖 - Socks and sandals 🧦 - Very patchy sunburn 🤕 - Hay fever, who has started sneezing already? 🐝🌷 . Enjoy your weekend!!
  • My feed was looking a little brown and I woke up in a good mood (Alex and I are off to see Baxter again tonight) so I thought I would share a photo of my favourite flowers and place in the world. Unfortunately it seems as though our holidays in Brittany will be coming to an end soon as the house we stay in is being sold. I just don’t think it would be the same not going as a family and not staying in that house, I guess I’ll have to try out a hotel there and see, but I’m not convinced. As soon as we get Baxter we are going to apply for a pet passport in the hope we can come out here in August with my sister and her family, so fingers crossed! I wouldn’t ever take Baxter on a plane, I once read some horror stories on that. When going to France we drive there and get the ferry which I think would be much kinder on him 🙏🏼 . I tried to convince Alex last night we should quit life, but a van, renovate it and travel round Europe with Baxter 🐶 imagine taking him to the Alps, to the lakes, all amazing places where he could run around and be freeee! He might even have a holiday romance and learn how to bark in different languages, he would be full of travels and when we get back to England it would give him something to talk about with his fellow furry friends . It’s sunny in England this weekend, the sun gods have really turned out for the bank holiday weekend tbh. What a perfect time to explore! . Who has Easter plans? Who got to have a lie in this morning? Who is planning on stuffing themselves with Easter eggs? Alex and I have already polished off a few eggs, but it’s all good, if you can’t overeat chocolate at Easter, when can you? (Ok maybe Christmas too) . 🐣🐥🌸🐥🐣🌷🐣🐥🌸🐥🐣
  • Been stuck on the same level of Candy Crush for ages, the date on my iPad is showing as 11th June because I am too impatient to wait for my lives to replenish naturally. Maybe if I read through some of these books I will find the answer on how to get passed this bloomin’ level 📚🤓*** . In all seriousness, the world needs to start appreciating book shops more because if you think the jungle or the beach is the epitome of tranquility then that means you’ve not been into the right book shop. This one for example has Beauty and the Beast -esque ladders AND free tea and coffee for all. I also saw about 75 books I wanted to read then I remembered it was a shop and not a library. . I’ve also learnt they have a branch of this store (Topping & Company) in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and I’ve been telling myself for two years I have to get up to Ely and still haven’t so this may just be the kick up the bum I so needed... . ***PS just passed said level on Candy Crush 🥳🥳🥳
  • Why are flowers so eye catching? Because if they blended in with their surroundings, insects and birds wouldn’t have a look and steal its nectar. The birds and insects use this nectar to pollinate the plants and give us more plants (and often food!), the apples don’t magically appear 🧙🏻‍♀️ . Did you know the earliest magnolia family flowers have been around over 95 million years? That’s pretty ancient. To put it into perspective, this was after the dinosaurs roamed 🦕 but was during the period that the supercontinent ‘Pangea’ began to break up into individual continents. Back then the Earth was actually hotter than today, this surprised me. . I’m slightly obsessed with plate tectonics, it’s nuts to think Madagascar, located in such a hot part of earth used to be attached to Antarctica! It was also attached to India... these then split up 90 million years ago as India moved northwards by 15cm a year - this was a plate tectonic record! New Zealand started splitting from Australia too, that makes more sense to me... . Australia split from Antarctica 40 million years after India and is now moving towards Eastern Asia. Who knows, I’m another 40 million years they could collide! Antarctica hasn’t really moved much at all it has always been in the South Pole. . The Himalayas were created 35 million years ago when India finally collided with Asia, this collision is still happening today which is why earthquakes in this region are common. It also means the mountains are getting taller each year too 🏔 . I’m not sure why I told you all that, it definitely wasn’t the planned narrative for this photo... but there ya go!
  • I always felt like my obsession with buildings and architecture was a little odd, like it was ok in my Instagram bubble but I wouldn’t ever mention it outside of that. Yesterday’s sad events in Paris reminded me why buildings mean so much to people and why they mean so much to me. . Buildings contain memories, they contain history, they contain years of events. Humans come and go, buildings stand for multiple lifetimes as a way of showing us how times have changed. Paris and London are similar in the way you can walk down a street 400 years old and into a street that is lined with buildings built in the last 5 years. The different layers within a city teach us about the different eras and those who lives before us. . Did you know architecture can affect the way we feel? I can only imagine how the people of Europe felt watching the great monuments being built, Notre Dame, Tower Bridge, the Colosseum to name just a few. Whilst new architectural creations are constructed every day, I don’t remember any building in my life time wowing me, just those built long before I was born. It’s mad to me architects would put their heart and soul into designing a building for it to be built over 200 years, continuing long after they have passed.... Yesterday I felt compelled to watch the news in regards to Notre Dame, I couldn’t believe that almost 1000 years of history was being destroyed. That building is older than many countries, including Australia and the US as ‘nations’. I hope to see it rebuilt to its former glory 🙏🏼 I also hope to one day seeing new masterpieces like this pop up across the world 🌎
  • The magnolia is sparse but that’s okay because we are heading into wisteria season. I never took notice of flowers until I started this Instagram account, I am so much more aware of my surroundings now, I would have walked right by these houses before and not looked up.... the wisteria isn’t in full bloom yet but I could see it trying to break out in Richmond last week. However, turned the corner and found this gem, the position of the sun was not playing ball though 🌞 . The people living in Richmond (south-west London) are supposedly the healthiest and the wealthiest. Well I can’t really argue with that... I went to uni just down the road from Richmond and I always loved getting the bus here and always dreamt about living here one day. . Richmond’s first train station opened in 1846 and affluent buyers began moving to the area as an antidote to the crowds of central London, creating micro country estates surrounded by new streets of period houses. Today those houses are bought by commuters who can get to Waterloo in a brisk 18 minutes. There must be a downside you cry! Well yes, if you don’t like aeroplanes then I wouldn’t recommend living here anytime soon because the town is situated right under the Heathrow flight path, the busiest flight path in Europe and one of the busiest in the world. . I have a love hate relationship with the planes.... when it’s between the hours of 8am-10pm I love looking at planes, however when I was living in Hounslow (pretty much bordering Heathrow Airport) I would be woken every day without fail at around 5am by huge planes flying in from long haul destinations. These planes would be so low over the house and my bedroom was in the attic, the entire house would vibrate and I often woke up thinking I actually lived on the runway.... On average there are around 650 arrivals into Heathrow each day with planes arriving into Heathrow from 04:30am ✈️

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