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Letting Go of the Old to Make Way for the New.

It has been a crazy week here at Travel Light HQ. We now only have 2 weeks left until we hand over the keys for

August 9, 2017 2 Comments

jenny.grainger

Transformational Coach 🔥, yogini & meditator 🧘‍♀️, gardener 🌻, cook 👩‍🍳, lover of the planet 🌎! linktr.ee/jennygrainger

When we moved here 6 years ago we didn't know that

When we moved here 6 years ago we didn't know that we had inherited this wisteria plant which I have since been trying to tame! Although I have managed in some areas it still climbs about 20 metres up through the huge Douglas Fir at the front of the house. This week it is particularly breath-taking and the whole garden is permeated with it's sweet scent. It triggers my heart to soar with joy every time I walk outside. ❤️ #wisteria #wisteriaflowers #glycine

With me living in France and Georgia living in Ed

With me living in France and Georgia living in Edinburgh we don't get to see eachother much and it's been a long time since we have been able to celebrate her birthday together. So it was very sweet to be able to synchronize our separate travel plans and meet for lunch in Dublin on her 29th birthday before both heading off in different directions again! 🥳

Happy happy happy birthday @sniphist ! 🥳🍸🍹🥳

Dublin … it's been a long time! I feel like a ti

Dublin ... it's been a long time! I feel like a time traveller arriving back into another life!

It's been 4 years since and a pandemic since I was

It's been 4 years since and a pandemic since I was last in Ireland and 2 1/2 years since @eoinscolard and I have been away together so it seemed only fitting to celebrate the start our 5 day trip to Dublin with some cocktails. Slàinte. 🍀🍹🍸🍀🍹🍸🍀🍹

3 years ago I made my first no-dig flower bed by

3 years ago I made my first no-dig flower bed by covering a weedy, tarmacked verge outside our front gate with cardboard, laying some leaf mould and grass cuttings on top then planting some cuttings into it. Apart from a few spring bulbs the whole thing didn't cost a penny and it took one day to create. Since then it has needed virtually no maintenance, attracts loads of pollinators and looks like this today ! 🤩🌷🌼🪻🌹#nodiggardening #nodig #womenwhogrowflowers #organicgardening #biodiversity #bio

Happy Spring Equinox from all of us here à la Gir

Happy Spring Equinox from all of us here à la Girouette. 🪻🌼🌷💐 #womenwhogrowflowers #womenwhogrowherbs #springequinox

Today we said a very sad goodbye to our very big,

Today we said a very sad goodbye to our very big, beautiful, eejit of a companion over the last 12 years. This is photo from our last cuddles together this afternoon.😥

Samson chose us as his forever family when he was abandoned at 6 months old. He was HUGE and very boisterous because he was untrained. He was also called BOSS and thought he was the boss! He walked straight into our home and lifted his leg to mark his new territory!

Samson was also affectionately known by @eoinscolard and me as 'ye big prick' because he was extremely obstinate and disobedient at times.🤣🤣🤣 I have had many doggie friends in my life but I have never known one who molted as much as he did. Daily vacuuming was a much hated necessity.

I estimate that Samson and I have walked 30,000,kms together over the years and he was a larger than life presence in our 'pack'.

It is never easy to make the decision to end the life of a being that we love and live with. It is a process, just as our grief and adaptation to his absence will be a process but I am at peace in the knowledge that he is no longer suffering and is frolicking around in doggie heaven with my other furry soul mates. 🐕🐕🐕🌈🌈🌈

RIP my dear companion, Samson.
#dogsofinstagram #dogheaven

I love this photo that I took of @jocoury and his

I love this photo that I took of @jocoury and his very bright aura(!) on the beach in Biarritz a couple of weeks ago.

It is always such a joy to visit @lesfleursdelater

It is always such a joy to visit @lesfleursdelaterre's garden and today it was full of spring vibes.🌼🌞🌱🌷🪻💐 Lucy's flower stall will be back at St Cyprien market tomorrow morning if you are looking for some beautiful, locally and ethically grown cut flowers for your home. #lesfleursdelaterre #fleurs #fleursdesaison

Turn your volume up! Spring is here.

Turn your volume up! Spring is here.

Every time I visit the Basque Country I am blown a

Every time I visit the Basque Country I am blown away by the landscape and views. We had a beautiful walk in the foothills of the Pyrenees yesterday. ❤️

I woke up to a very different view this morning. M

I woke up to a very different view this morning. My nephews @jocoury and @nc_archi have picked quite a nice place to live for a few months while they look for their new home here!! 🌞

No filter view from the terrace bar where @jocoury

No filter view from the terrace bar where @jocoury and I had our aperitif this evening. Totally stunning sunset. #stvalentinesday #valentines #biarritz

Me and my Valentine's date💖💕❤️, @jocoury

Me and my Valentine's date💖💕❤️, @jocoury, who is, after all, one of the great loves of my life. Perfect first evening in beautiful, vibrant Biarritz. ❤️💕💖

Having struggled with SAD (seasonal affective diso

Having struggled with SAD (seasonal affective disorder) for most of my life, over recent years I have finally perfected the art of 'wintering' and this year has been my best winter ever. Today the spring sun is bright and warm 🌞 and I am emerging from my 4 month hibernation to travel to beautiful Biarritz where I will spend a few days on the coast with my family there. My nephews @jocoury and @nc_archi relocated there from Paris over the winter and my big sister @graingerdeirdre lives close by in the hills of the Basque Country.

It's such a joy to be able to hop on the train at the station beside our house and take the easy trip to hang out with them all while getting walks on the beach in the sunshine and filling my lungs with sea air after the winter.

I am feeling very excited and very blessed. ❤️

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