I took this photo on the 2nd January, I don’t know what made me take it. I don’t particularly like it. Even looking at it now makes me feel vulnerable and self-conscious about putting it out into my little corner of the internet. But, it was a new year, a fresh start and I was [...]
Author: jadekostanczuk
Whitby: A Different Kind of Travel Guide
“There was a bright full moon, with heavy black, driving clouds, which threw the whole scene into a fleeting diorama of light and shade as they sailed across. For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary's Church and all around it. Then as the cloud [...]
I tried to escape: Four Mini Book Reviews
I have been reading a lot these past six months. I quickly discovered that escaping into the fictional world and allowing myself to be transported was just what I needed to protect myself from the state of our world at the moment. Devouring book after book helped me to relax. Even now, as life is [...]
5 Easy Ways to Upgrade your Self-Care Routine
If you aren’t practising ‘self-care’ or learning to love yourself then are you even a millennial? In our stifling, yet animated modern day society it is not surprising that there is a fresh prominence surrounding the notions of ‘self-care’ and ‘self-love’. Nonetheless, I have always had a problematic relationship with these concepts. I have spent [...]
My Favourite Things: Volume Two
It’s September on Tuesday and I have one thing to say. MEH! The whole of August has felt like a perpetual Monday morning for me, and I’m glad to see the back of it. Everything has been a chore: from deciding what to wear, what to watch, what to cook for dinner; getting up for [...]
Malta: A Travel Guide
It looks like holidays are back this year as travel restrictions are starting to relax, but I’m not sure that I am brave enough to venture abroad this year. * Everything in this post is in relation to my trip to Malta is September 2019. Obviously, a lot has changed since then so please, please, [...]
The Complete Mary Poppins: A Review
I have never been more excited to start reading a book than I was when Graeme surprised me with The Complete Mary Poppins collection by P.L. Travers in February. It is a hefty volume that comprises of all six original Mary Poppins tales: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary [...]
I Baked a Raspberry and White Chocolate Drizzle Cake
Happy Sunday! I’m not going to lie, I have felt pretty gloomy lately. It’s been hard watching the lockdown easing unfolding around me and knowing that none of it has really applied to my situation. Don’t get me wrong, it has been a wonderful treat being able to finally see my loved ones even from [...]
My Mid-Year Catch Up
Beautiful Spring flowers that had started blooming in Calderstones Park, from my last walk in there before 'isolation'. Happy 1st July! I can not believe that June is already over and we only have another six months left of 2020. Where has this year gone? The months seems to be flying by faster and faster [...]
My Favourite Things: Volume One
I realised that I called my blog ‘My Favourite Things’, but I have also since realised that I rarely talk about my favourite things: my favourite things to read, watch, listen to or even cook, wear and do. Introducing, my new, regular feature where I actually discuss the things that I have been loving from [...]
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