About me

I am 31 (and a half) years old, a year married and living in a village called Monkton in South Ayrshire.  My husband and I were lucky enough to have been able to buy this house from his granny who is now in a care home.  We are delighted to be able to breathe new life into the house but I have discovered an unexpected passion for the garden which has given rise to this blog.  It certainly runs in the paternal side of my family.  My Grandpa was a gardener as was his brother (my great uncle).  My dad, although not a gardener by trade, is very experienced so I get a lot of ideas from him.  My mum also loves her garden and I have learned a lot from her in the past 8 or 9 months.

Life is busy and so time in the garden in precious.

I work full time during the week for a marketing company in Glasgow.  I'm an HR Advisor so I leave the marketing to the people who can do it and instead take on the ups and downs of people's working lives.  A incredibly interesting job that reaps satisfying rewards even if it is hard work.  A bit like the garden I suppose!  Except at work you can't sit back and relax with a cup of coffee and a magazine while taking in the birdsong and the smell of freshly cut grass, especially if you work in the city!

My husband and I both practice aikido twice a week.  It's great exercise, good for relaxation and we have some self-defence to boot.

At the weekend, my family always meet up on Sunday for Brunch.  Any excuse for coffee, cake and a good laugh!  If it's someone's birthday then we'll be out for dinner on the Saturday night too.  I enjoy baking although it doesn't come naturally so I usually make the birthday cake which always looks terrible but tastes good!

Hubby, by contrast, does not like the outdoors.  You'll find him in his man cave with a playstation.  The odd time he'll come out to the garden to compliment my efforts although isn't too sure about the "attack of the killer patio pots".  Nothing like a bit of over exaggeration!

So that's us.  I wouldn't say we are a typical married couple.  We do the best we can and, in this Information Age if we don't know the answer, we Google it!