Weekend Cures.

After a heavy Saturday night out I think few things can cure what ails you than a bit of raspberry picking followed by a Sunday roast. Cobbs, I don't think you'll ever let me down ♥

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End of Season.

Our 'Pick Your Own' at Cobbs Farm Shop has now run out of everything, but their autumn raspberries are thriving and we took full advantage of this last Sunday. It's a little ridiculous that it's August and Moon and I were bundled up like it was autumn but it's appropriate for autumn fruit, I guess.


I'm never really sure what to do with raspberries and usually just end up eating them as they are, very easy when they're this good. I'm determined that if we're able to go back before the season is out that I find at least a few fun raspberry recipes beforehand.

These were far more reasonably priced than I had been expecting, under £2 for more than we really needed, a much better deal than the pre-picked £3.50 packs they were selling in the farm shop and much more fun too!












I personally can't wait for blackberry-picking season to get into full-swing, it's so nice to be able to eat seasonally and ever so slightly more rewarding when it's free.

What I Wore :: PYO

As if it's been nearly a year since I last shared an outfit... I don't have any excuses, maybe it's a self-conscious thing - I've become a bit chunkier than I'm comfortable with over the last year, or I've just been busy taking photographs of other things. Either way, I was pretty pleased with what I put together last Saturday and when given the chance to pose amongst the (delicious) strawberries, it just felt right, you know?

I even have bare legs, which is almost unheard of for me, particularly given that it was a mostly overcast day, what can I say, I'm just hella pleased with dat Portugal tan.


Top:: H&M
Skirt:: Vintage
Necklace:: H&M
Brooch:: Vintage
Belt:: ASOS
Sandals:: Office

This might be one of favourite most recent outfits and I feel like it's definitely going to be making an appearance a few more times before summer is out.






These sandals are my new favourites along with a pair of fake Birkenstocks I picked up at the same time. It's such a treat to get a pair of shoes that don't need any wearing in.




I know I've gushed about Cobbs a few times on here now but I just really like it, as a shop, as a restaurant, as a pick your own. Those were the best strawberries I've had in a while. I'm kind of sad that our homegrown strawberries are just as delicious but oh so tiny but we do have a much better crop than last year so I can at least be happy about that.

#1day12pics :: July

You know one of those weeks where the last thing you want to do is sit in front of a computer when you get home? Yeah, well it's sort of been one of those. I'm kind of sad about that really because blogging is something I really do enjoy and I like to share pictures and thoughts, I guess it's a bit of a shame that I haven't been able to find the motivation lately.

With all that being said, I took quite a few pictures last Saturday and reckon I've managed to get a few posts out of that, the first one being my third 1 Day 12 Pictures Photo Challenge with Michelle from MY Creative and Emma from Photography for Blogs.

We had grand plans for last weekend and had been talking about them before it even hit Wednesday but then the weather decided to be indecisive and it put us off so we ended up on a short and sweet jaunt to the beautiful town of Marlborough with a pit-stop at Cobbs for the Pick Your Own on the way home. It was actually a really nice day, rounded up with a sweet date night and salted caramel Haagen Dasz (what a dream ♥).


1: 9am // Slightly unnervingly sweet behaviour from our little predator first thing in the morning. RIP to the little vole she brought in on Friday night.


2: 10am // It wouldn't be a Saturday without any plans without a little Saturday Kitchen.


3: 11am // Optimistically bopping into Marlborough for Mr Moon's first proper drive since we came back from Portugal.


4: 12pm // A little rain never hurt anyone...


5: 1pm // Marlborough's church is quite wonderful, not only is it pretty beautiful inside, it also features a large local crafts shop and tea room.


6: 2pm // Cobbs really does have the best Pick Your Own, I'm looking forward to heading back there once the raspberry and tayberry crops are better later in the summer.


7: 3pm // I went a little wild at Marlborough's Saturday market, but you can't blame me, their selection is quite something, not pictured is 4 plaice fillets we got for just £5! Their fruit and veg stall puts Newbury's to shame too, I must have come away with three carrier bags full of stuff for around £6.


8: 4pm // An accidental afternoon nap - a 20 minute power nap for me turned into a 2 hour sleep for Mr Moon, something he rarely does but clearly needed.


9: 5pm // Cranky boyfriend waking up to sort out what our dinner plans would be, I haven't seen him faff about so much in ages - wish I got a better picture of it.


10: 6pm // Dressing up and putting my face on.


11: 7pm // We had a lovely meal at a little Donnington pub called The Three Horseshoes. Neither of us were really into the menu but everywhere else was fully booked and we actually felt a little guilty for underestimating it so much. The food was really tasty and the service was great, there's not really much else you want for a relaxing Saturday evening.


12: 8pm //I requested a quick swing by Sainsbury's on the way home to search for this beaut, might be my new favourite ice cream flavour.
So that was my third #1day12pics and the first without any pre-planned events going on in the background, not bad going though, even if I do say so myself.

Photo An Hour: 8/12 – August

31/08/2013
Better late than never, am I right? I can't believe September is here already but I sure am glad that the sun is still shining because I'm definitely not ready to give up summertime just yet. I've got a bunch of photos to share with you from our trip to Ireland last week but I thought getting this out of the way would be a little more logical.



9am – Being creeped on by this little grub // Post-flight blow-dry.



10am – Getting the new towels Moon's dad bought us out to dry by 10am on a Saturday because I'm some kind of super-human // Ridiculously proud of how my cucumbers are coming along.


11am – Popping into town to post off the last of my eBay things.



12pm – Picking up this week's fruit and veg from the market, a pretty good choice, I wish we had the time to do it every week ♥


1pm – Cobbs for lunch, we were attacked by wasps and had to go inside, would definitely recommend their fennel & salmon salad if it didn't have fennel in it.


2pm – Hunting for raspberries.


3pm – Admiring Cobbs' pumpkins and realising how terrible our effort last year was, it didn't even turn orange!


4pm – Homebase for weedkiller(!)


5pm – Last of the errands for the day, a post-holiday shop.



6pm – #firstworldprobleming over having to get my phone back to how I like it. // Fajitas for tea courtesy of a joint-effort by Moon and my sister.



7pm – Post-food mountain walk around the block, such pretty skies.


8pm – X-Factor time, not sure how likely we are to keep watching it this year...


9pm – Time to give Doll a bath, which meant getting almost a whole cat's worth of fur off her first, SO FLUFFY!

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I was pretty lazy again this month but I'm glad I managed to fit August's Photo an Hour on a day where I was running around doing a fair bit. I felt pretty grown up having so many errands to run right after coming back from a holiday, it was also pretty nice to spend some time with my sister and show off Cobbs before raspberry picking - not a bad way to end August really.