Simple living Ellie ~ Petalplum Simple living Ellie ~ Petalplum

The daily shifts we barely notice

In my garden the sun is changing it's shifting light. We live under a mountain (well a sort of hill with lots of tall rainforest trees), which means that in Winter our sunshine comes later in the morning and leaves earlier in the afternoon. We become a little like hibernating animals, snuggled by the fire and scuttling about the garden seeking patches of sun. 

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Creative making, Simple living Ellie ~ Petalplum Creative making, Simple living Ellie ~ Petalplum

Tips to slow down & add more creativity to your days

How to fit creativity into the everyday busy of life can be a big challenge for all of us. It doesn't matter if you're a parent of 6, or 1, or have no kids at all. Life can be full, hectic, non-stop. Just regular living - cooking, cleaning, buying food, paying bills, going to work, sitting in traffic.... all those things seem to fill our days before we even get to think about spending time with family and friends, before we can even consider adding in our own creative making time.

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