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Because life’s too short for boring picnics. 🧺
A joyful rebellion of alfresco living, seasonal inspiration, and gorgeous picnic pieces.

01/11/2026

I used to rush through November, head down, collar up, on my way to December. Not this year.

Swipe for sparklers, Samhain, the Beaver Moon on the 24th, and the one thing I’ve banned until December (the Christmas tree, obviously).

The full November Joyful Almanac is in the link in bio. Come and slow down with me.

27/04/2026

Annual spring clean. Whole family participation. Nobody was happy about it, and I have never loved them more. 🫶🏻

While we were at it I realised our favourite bowl is in need of a top up - printed photos, no frames, just memories you can hold. There’s something about picking one up on a rainy morning that no Instagram scroll will ever quite replace.

If you don’t already have a memory bowl - start one today, leave it somewhere you’ll find them on a Tuesday when you need them most. Thank me in six months. 🥰

27/04/2026

April has been spent prepping the garden and garden room for summer, we’ve dug and planted new borders, the kitchen garden has been pampered and planted. The spring bulbs did their magic, and I nurtured our bedding plants for as long as I could, but they are now safely tucked into their new homes. Summer we are ready for you and fingers crossed for no frosts. 😬🤞🏻

27/04/2026

Easter 2026. 🐣 My mum and the Easter Bunny manage to pull off a completely unique and ridiculously fun Easter Egg hunt every year. 2026 is my favourite so far.

02/04/2026

Chapter four is here 🌸

Hot cross buns. Chocolate eggs. Cherry blossom. Sunglasses on.

Swipe for all the reasons to love April 👉🏻

21/03/2026

Sunshine, tulips and a very important guest, Billy the Bear on his weekend field trip from nursery.

20/03/2026

Sunny days in Somerset. ☀️🦎🌱

05/03/2026

March’s question isn’t about motivation or discipline or becoming a better version of yourself by the end of the month.
It’s simpler than that. And more interesting.

It’s this: are you actually in your life while it’s happening?

Turns out nearly half our waking hours are spent thinking about something other than what we’re actually doing. Not here. Elsewhere. Planning the thing, dreading the other thing, replaying the conversation from three Tuesdays ago.
Joy isn’t hiding in a future version of your day. It’s in the present one. And ritual, tiny, unremarkable, completely free ritual, is how you find it.

Not a 5am club. Not a twelve-step morning. Just the quiet decision to actually be in the kitchen while you’re in the kitchen.

The full March Joy Edit is on the blog - the research, the Somerset version, and why a picnic genuinely tastes better than lunch at your desk. (Science. Actual science.)

Link in bio. Save this for when March gets noisy. 🌿

With love, Gemma x

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05/03/2026

In case you missed it, my third Joyful Almanac is now live.

This one feels like the real beginning.
Longer light. Still mud but with birdsong that sounds slightly unhinged before 7am.

We’re talking the equinox hinge. The Worm Moon (with a total lunar eclipse, because March doesn’t do subtle). Daffodils behaving theatrically. Frogspawn wobbling with ambition. The exact moment you realise it was still light at five and it adds a skip to your step.

It’s not about reinventing yourself.
It’s about noticing what’s already shifting.
If you’re craving a slower, more seasonal way to move through the month - the full March Joyful Almanac is waiting on the blog.

Tea highly recommended while reading. Muddy boots optional but encouraged.

Love, Gemma x

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