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February 17, 2012 · by gemmaruthbrown · in Uncategorized. ·

“All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.” John Ruskin

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Dan and I are always on the look out for beautiful prints to grace the walls of our home...we love it when they carry special meaning for us. So we were delighted to discover @mapiful who produce gorgeous customised maps of anywhere you choose (handy if you’re looking for somewhere that isn’t New York or Paris etc!) Of course, we picked #Belfast: the city we met, fell in love and got married in. It’s also where Baby B was born, so it’ll always have a special place in our hearts! Ordering from Maplin was super fun: we got to zoom into our favourite area, and choose the style and font of our print - great for font-sticklers like ourselves! I’m plotting our next one...(Not an ad, I’m just very enthusiastic about prints!)

His first #FathersDay. He’s wise and gentle, fun and present, caring and instructive. Baby B’s a lucky wee fella.

WHAT A WEDDING 🌿 @emjowood & @matt_369, you’ve found treasure in each other and your love emanates so much light into the world. I’m so proud of you and chuffed for you. Can’t wait to see your love grow even more with each chapter to come! Signing off, your matron-of-honour (🙄) xx #emmaandmattrimony PS: thanks @jessa207 for the photo 😍

So I probably don’t need to tell you that, as an Irish girl, potatoes feature on my menu board a lot - in summer just as often as in winter! They’re an excellent natural, fat-free source of potassium and fibre, and I love that it’s so easy to find locally grown potatoes, too. Anyway, I created a super easy baby potato & chickpea salad that is giving me LIFE! It’s perfect for a quick midweek meal that is nutritious AND delicious. * Roast potatoes for 30 minutes and chickpeas for 5, both in olive oil, paprika, salt and pepper. * Dress with a mix of one tbsp soy sauce, one tsp honey and the juice of half a lime. * Sprinkle with fresh coriander, serve on a bed of leaves and voila! I’ve added in some tomato and mozzarella I had in the fridge for extra colour today. Enjoy! @potatoes_morethanabitontheside #ad #TastyPotatoes

An honour to witness, legally and literally, the marriage of @emjowood and @matt_369. You know your girl’s found a good’un when you like him as much as her. Well, almost. Depends on what he says in his speech on Saturday. Saturday!!! Bring on the PARTY 🥂 #emmaandmattrimony

Oh Saturday! 😍 This good weather suits us all (apart from when it means babies wake up at 5...thanks for the sympathy on my stories!)

Today is being spent enjoying our garden (from which these flowers have come - what a miracle!) and enjoying our doughnuts. Question is should I wait for Dan to get home from work or devour mine now?! They’re Nutella with cinnamon sugar if that helps sway you in my favour...

I’m a day late but wanted to mark #WorldEnvironmentDay by telling you about Anastasia. We met in Rwanda last year. She’s a mum of four who makes a living by farming. @hazelthompsonphoto & I got to spend an afternoon with her and watched as she showed us around her crops and animals. She was so proud when she told us about how she could afford heath insurance for her kids thanks to her work, and about how chuffed she was she’d put on weight because she could eat better than before. The area she lives in looked so dry: beige and crisp. I asked her about it. “The weather has changed,” she said. There was talk of new irrigation methods, of branching out...if that failed, of having to displace her family. In that moment it clicked - Anastasia wasn’t trying to make a political or controversial point about #climatechange...it was simply (but profoundly) her reality. I realised then that my habits - my eating and drinking, shopping and travelling, my choices - had a direct impact on the lives of people like Anastasia who have to face a changing and hostile environment head on. I didn’t have a big eureka moment in which all my habits changed, but the day I met Anastasia marks the day looking after the environment became a human imperative, something I had to do - a life and death issue. There is still so much to do, but small, daily choices are the only way we’ll get anywhere and avoid catastrophe in Anastasia’s life. Recycling, buying a sustainable water bottle or toothbrush, asking your supermarket to use less plastic, buying better but less, washing your clothes at a lower temperature, sharing a lift...it will help. Slowly, but it will. It’s all we can do. And really, we can’t not. On campaigning and to help people like Anastasia, follow @tearfund. On eco-living, follow @melwiggins @doyourbit.uk @mamalinauk. For sustainable fashion, follow @kindredbyamy @saraoneillstylist. For some fab sustainable shopping, follow @ekoearth @thekindstoreuk.

Sunshine and #froyo with my boys...no hump day here!

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