Hello and welcome back to another Little Loves round up! I had a week off blogging last week and we enjoyed a home-and-away style half term with a trip to see friends in Aberdeenshire followed by a few days chez us while Daddy went off back to work. We spent a lot of time at the swimming pool, out walking and enjoying some glorious Spring-like weather (apparently just in time for the snow to return 😉 ) before rounding off the weekend with a lovely trip ‘up west’ enjoying some of the best beaches the north of Scotland has. Oh, and on top of all the adventuring we still managed to fit in a few new Little Loves. So sit back, grab a cuppa and let me tell you all about my latest list of little joys 🙂
READ
This week I’ve been reading Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan. It’s a page-turner of a thriller about an agony aunt who starts receiving letters from a girl who went missing many years ago. The mystery deepens as links appear between the letters and another girl who has just disappeared. And to top it all off the agony aunt herself seems to have a few skeletons buried in the closet – no, readers, this is one book that is certainly not short on twists and turns! 🙂
WATCHED
Over the half term myself and the kids went to see a kids club showing of Paddington 2 at the local cinema. Ok, only about three months behind everyone else but if you still haven’t managed to catch the adventures of the nation’s favourite marmalade-loving bear – it’s fab! 🙂
WORE
Yet again I fail miserably on this one. Does it count if I tell you I’ve been accessorizing with Spring blooms? 🙂
HEARD
Before half term I caught up on one of my favourites, Dr Rangan Chatterjee and his Feel Better, Live More podcast. I have a particular interest in all things health-related having had a few health issues of my own over the last year. I found the episode on gut health with Dr Megan Rossi (the gut health doctor) incredibly interesting. Their discussion around pre and probiotics and their effect on gut health is really worth listening to if you suffer from chronic illness of any kind.
MADE
In a similar vein, I’ve been making a few yummy dishes from The Doctor’s Kitchen cookbook. I’d been keen to get my hands on this book after hearing Dr Rupy Aujla being interviewed on this same podcast series just a few weeks ago. This is a really interesting book with a large section devoted to explaining the health properties of different foods, backed up with scientific evidence. So many of the things I’ve read and listened to over the last few months (including this) lean towards the benefits of a mainly plant-based diet. I can confirm that Dr Rupy’s recipes are yummy as well as healthy – that’s got to be a foodie win-win right there for sure! 🙂
AND LASTLY
I’ve been really enjoying getting into a better routine with my yoga recently. I wrote on here a couple of weeks ago about some of the routine changes I’ve made for health and creativity and making more of a priority of doing yoga in the mornings is something I think I’m really benefitting from. I’ve recently started using Nadia Narain’s Flow Yoga: Strength & Stability DVD (I’ve been using her Everyday Yoga for Stress Release one now for a while). The Flow yoga is much more focused on strength and it’s made me realise that where balance (of the not-falling-over kind) is concerned, I have a lot of work to do! If you’re looking to get started with yoga I can definitely recommend trying out some of Nadia’s material. And with all those downward dogs in mind, I think it’s time for me to head off and take my furbabe for a walk! 🙂
Gx
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That book sounds very interesting-another to add to the ever growing to read list. I really want to get into yoga. I’ve dabbled and found i beneffitted massively from it in such a short space of time and then I get distracted and don’t do it for ages. Oops! Have a lovely week x
The book is really good and I hope you get the chance to get back into yoga. I drift away from it from time to time but I always feel better when I’m in a regular routine xx
Definitely something I should try again like you say you Know you feel better doing it! X
That book sounds right up my street! I’ll have to add it to my ever growing list.
I want to get back into yoga, I always felt so much better for doing it but have fallen out of the habit. Must change that! x
Hope you like the book Morgana! Yes, yoga definitely helps with everything, I fall in and out of the habit but for now I’m trying to make it a daily routine xx
Dear Amy sounds like a book I’d love! Thanks for sharing that, another one to add to the list! Looks like you had some lovely days out in the sunshine, a far cry from the weather we are currently being subjected to! Enjoy the rest of your week xx
The book is really good Stacie, hope you enjoy it! Yes, all that sun seems a long time ago right now 🙂 xx
I love your recommendations and thoughts – fun to read! So glad I discovered your blog way over here in Canada! I will defintitely pick up Dear Amy and listen to the podcast ( loving podcasts! ). I am a yoga teacher and daily practicioner and it is great to hear about the benefits yoga has for you! Best wishes!
Hi Wendy 🙂 How lovely that you’re enjoying the blog all the way over in Canada! Your job sounds fantastic, and it’s true, yoga can make such a big difference to how the day pans out xx