Author Archives: Amanda Peberdy

It’s started ❤️ Working with plants has begun and it feels so natural. There’s a butterfly lavender plant I felt so drawn to. It’s the start of my menstrual cycle so I feel really sluggish. I felt to place the plant close to me and I noticed particularly the ‘wings’ at the top of theContinue reading “Lavender Wisdom”

We are in Aberdeenshire, in a little dwelling that backs onto the woods. Every day I spend a bit of time in the kitchen cooking up some plant power. Gluten and dairy free with natural sweeteners. I’d love to share some of this with you. It’s such a good feeling when you can have creamyContinue reading “Highland nutrition”

This is our scene right now. Sat by a log burner, relaxing music, so much light, plants everywhere, Ady doing his birthday jigsaw puzzle and me wanting to capture the magic of this holiday. It truly does feel magical so far. I’ll start with our first overnight stay. It was at a beautiful, very luxuriousContinue reading “The Orangery”

Here’s Merlin. The cutest, nicest person encased in fur. ‘Whassup Mama? Yaaaaawn’ (sucks paw) My heart melts.. Sometimes we have to stop to see, to truly love. This is an ancient teaching that has been spoken about for thousands of years. Mindfulness. It can sound so cold, so austere, like ‘sit down, shut up, growContinue reading “Awaken”

There’s a biscuit at the hoof of the cow in the second photo. My new mates. I’m like a squirrel with free biscuits and chocolate, the type you’re given in cafes and restaurants with your hot drink. They can hang around in my bag for months. Well today I had help with my stash. WeContinue reading “Peaks Day 4”

Today was the heaviest menstrual day for me. I felt like I had no blood left in my head so we sloped off for a lazy morning in Buxton. We expected beauty. It’s a spa town. My god we were disappointed. The cold and drizzle mingled with tired old cheap shops that made Heron FoodsContinue reading “Peaks Day 3”

Today is our second day at the Peak District. It has also been littered with magic of the softer kind. My time of the moon started today so everything is slow and fuzzy around the edges. We visited the Mill I spoke about yesterday. The one the sat nav was desperate to get us to.Continue reading “Peaks Day 2”

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. On days like that it’s best to record what happened whilst you still believe it yourself. So here I am. Wide eyed, silenced and amazed. Last week was hard. My yoga theme of the week was Grace, allowing yourself to fall and be caught by unseen thermals, I fellContinue reading “The Peaks”

On Jan 23rd 2021 I turned 43. I still feel like a teenager wondering what I’ll be when I grow up?! I wonder if that’ll ever change? It was a marvellous, magical weekend and I truly adored it in every way. We are in tier 4 lockdown, so none of the usual socialising, but IContinue reading “Birthday Weekend”

It’s serenity week and I spent a few quiet hours sorting through my mums old sewing threads and materials. Some of it was so old that I wondered what’s the story? Why is it here? Where did mum find it? Did she ever use it? Was any of it my grandma’s? Some items were soContinue reading “What’s the Story?”