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The Adventures of Cherry, the travelling cat
find me on instagram.com/kitty.in.a.van I thought that I’d take this opportunity to introduce myself. I’m Cherry, Louisa’s familiar. I originally came from California, where myself and my sister had been cast out into the desert and left to fend for ourselves. At 8 weeks old we were lucky enough to be found up a tree…
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ONLINE COURSES
I have 3 main online courses available over the next couple of months. All of which can be booked through my shop. The first 2 start next week, June 7th and June 11th. Redressing the Balance Online course £40 In this 4 week course we will be working with the Sacred Feminine and the Sacred…
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A Fermented Forage
A friend came over to learn how to make a simple veggie ferment (Kimchi or Sauerkraut), which I thought would be nice to base around wild food. So we had a short walk around the block gathering a variety of tasty specimens to add to our bowl of sliced carrots, leek, peeled root ginger, sweet…
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Beltane Labyrinth
A gloriously sunny day, filled with blue skies, bird song, woodpecker wooing and the burgeoning beauty of bluebells in the surrounding ancient woodlands of Alfoxton Park, Holford, at the foot of the Quantock Hills. This was the sitting of our Beltane celebrations for the Somerset Nature Connections, part of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. We met…
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Recycled Kitchen
Apart from new white goods everything in my kitchen has been built from scratch, mostly with materials that have been up-cycled, recycled and reclaimed. The sink support was made from pallet wood although the cupboard framework wood was purpose bought. Luckily for me a friend of mine saw that I was building a kitchen and…
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Recycled Courtyard
The courtyard had been the general builders yard dump for anything we couldn’t store in the workshop. The ground was uneven and sloping, a mixture of bare earth, rubble, concrete and weeds. Having dug up patches of old concrete, I sledge hammered them into smaller usable rubble, together with any other useful hardcore lying around…
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Bespoke Topiary frames
This cockerel topiary frame was commissioned for a country house in Longdown. The client required a frame that would act as a garden sculpture whilst the box plant takes it’s time to grow through it, and needed to be seen from a distance. I started with a prototype, 2 feet high by 4 feet long, made…
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The Writer
I have always had a passion for writing, as a small child learning to read and write I would make up little stories and illustrate them with the images in my mind. I would often tell stories to the nature beings of the hedgerows and hidey holes that I would climb into, to find refuge…
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Sourdough Cheesie Scones with Wild Garlic
I do love a good cheesie scone and the addition of sourdough to the mix really does take them to the next level, let alone the tasty wild garlic. If you haven’t got one already, then google search “sourdough starter” and you’ll find a plethora of great recipes and tips out there. This recipe requires…
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MoonHare is ready for her new home
Some of you may have been watching her progress into being and completion. MoonHare is now finished, dry and ready for her new home. If you would like to give her a home please get in touch. Oil painting on stretched canvas 900 x 600 mm Unframed Price £1,250 Free delivery Don’t forget, if you…
Louisa Shorney
Intuitive Therapist