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Kew Palace, one of my favourites in London ❤️ Kew Palace, one of my favourites in London ❤️ Kew Gardens is still open during lockdown and is beautiful this time of year (as always!)👌🏻🌳 If you have a chance, suss out where the #eucalyptus tree is, it smells incredible 🍃😍
Tiny aromatherapy test bottles have arrived! I’m Tiny aromatherapy test bottles have arrived! I’m doing an essential oil diploma at the moment (making the most of lockdown 2.0 😅) so I can make scented candles 🕯 • Some candles out there are scented with fragrance oils which are synthetic (there’s a ‘Christmas tree’ fragrance oil in the photo I bought before realising and signing up for the course!). Essential oils on the other hand are pure and natural 🌱 It’s taken a good month to do the diploma so far and I’m about half way but it will be so worth it 🙏🏻 • First candle attempted today, glue dots didn’t keep the wick stuck to the container when I poured the wax so round 2 begins tomorrow! In other news 🗞 I made a lovely oil blend of lavender, frankincense and tangerine. Super calming and uplifting 🙌🏻
Emo leaves 🍁❤️ Emo leaves 🍁❤️
Have you ever fallen in love with an independent s Have you ever fallen in love with an independent shop on a staycation so much that it lures you back? Before lockdown I popped into @scriptumoxford 📝 on a trip to Oxford and it just encapsulated the magic of buying from an independent boutique 🙏🏻🌟 I will be back!
If there’s anything I’ve embraced in 2020, it’s appreciating being in and connecting with England on a level I haven’t felt for many years 🇬🇧 While I’ve had moments of longing to travel, especially in Sri Lanka, this time (where it’s been necessary to slow down and be a bit more conscious) has inspired me to embrace what’s so close- nature, family & friends, places, the seasons etc without the background noise of anxiety that was so overwhelming before 🙏🏻 So today, on #selfcare Sunday, I choose to take each step with a little bit more gratitude ❤️ p.s I took this photo pre lockdown 2.0, today is a cosy candle/farm shop kind of day!
Finally heading into chestnut season! 🌰 I was a Finally heading into chestnut season! 🌰 I was a little impatient this year (I forgot chestnuts are more of a November/December than October thing 😅) so I’ve been scouring supermarkets for weeks 🛒 So delicious and oh so satisfying 😍 #worththewait
The most beautiful book on essential oils and arom The most beautiful book on essential oils and aromatherapy 🥰 I love the section on scenting paper to write cards & letters, must give that a try soon! 📝 This book was first published in 1990, the year I was born. A gorgeous, informative classic. L O V E 💚🌿🌹🌸
Day 1 lockdown 2.0 🙏🏻 As well as feeling a b Day 1 lockdown 2.0 🙏🏻 As well as feeling a bit anxious about the American elections (despite not living in America the impact of the president no doubt impacts the world) I’m feeling calm and unapologetically slower paced as the country presses pause for a month. I’ve signed up to study a diploma in essential oils- I plan to give candle making a go. That is, when the kit has arrived in the post piece by piece!🕯 • My mum and I visited @kewgardens a couple of days ago and bought quite a handful (ok several arm fulls 😂) of Christmas presents in their shop 🌳 not only do they have some beautiful, unique gifts -whoever is their buyer has great taste!- but the profits go back into the charity to keep the gardens open and thriving 🥰 FYI they have an online shop too 👩🏻‍💻 • Wishing you peace and calm amidst these uncertain times 💕 Tips to embrace the darker winter days- adopt a cosy mindset. Light a candle or some incense, have a soak in the bath, invest in some nice warm mood lighting. Drink tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc and cook up some soul healing comfort food. Read a book, wrap up in a blanket. There’s so many things we can do to nourish our body, mind and soul 💫 Even if it’s just a little time each day 🙏🏻
I’ve appreciated Autumn this year more than I ha I’ve appreciated Autumn this year more than I have in many years (especially those I was living in Sri Lanka and missed it entirely!) since I was a kid. I think with all the lockdowns and ‘limitations’ it’s inspired me to look inwards, and outwards to nature and the immediate world around me. I’m building a mental encyclopaedia of plants and trees that flourish different seasons, including these beautiful pink flowers 🌸 called nerines in October. • When the sun decides to peer out from behind the clouds, I spring into gear for a dose of precious vitamin D. There is beauty in simplicity A N D there is calm to be had in a world brimming with an endless stream of anxious energy 🙏🏻✨ We can seek the calm, seek the beauty. It’s all around us and always available within us 🌍 • 📍 Clivedon @nationaltrust October 2020
One of the 66 amazing sculptures currently on disp One of the 66 amazing sculptures currently on display at @windsorgreatpark Savill Garden 🍂🌳 This piece is called ‘colours of summer’ which I think looks pretty stunning with the backdrop of autumn 😍 Photographed this morning when the sun first decided to peek out ☀️
Having a lot of fun this year exploring the wild 🌳 2020 has been a year of embracing change for me. For about 3 years I was largely living in Sri Lanka, focusing on running my travel blog @styleinsrilanka 🇱🇰 while I’m still posting on there, I’m happily more settled (as much as I dislike the word settled, maybe more on that later 😂) in the UK and have been mulling a shift of content over here. • What do I love? Exploring outside, historic houses & interesting places, eating in soulful restaurants, cooking soulful food, cosy little villages bursting with character, waking up at dawn to mist rolling on the hills. Decorating our apartment with things I L O V E. Staying in hotels with a conscience, a glass of wine drunk slowly and appreciatively. Kindness, love, authenticity, spirituality. Feeding my body from inside out. Dressing in the way I love to look- for me. Connecting with my creative spirit, having a sense of fun when I don’t need to be serious. • The first year of my 30’s I’m feeling so much calmer and at ease with myself. I don’t ‘want’ as much, but that’s probably because things come more effortlessly. I’ve realised this is how everything should be. Put love and energy into life without it being all consuming. When I feel a sense of resistance, something needs a rethink. It saves what feels like a world of energy 😅🌎 • It’s ironic it’s called the dirty thirties, as I kind of see it as the cleaner thirties 😂
C L I V E D O N H O U S E The season of all seaso C L I V E D O N H O U S E The season of all seasons 🧡🍂🍁
R I S O T T O O’ C L O C K Homemade risotto wit R I S O T T O O’ C L O C K Homemade risotto with roasted fennel, peas, chestnut mushrooms, @quorn_uk pieces (meat substitute/protein, texture a little similar to chicken) and a drizzle of truffle oil. Getting into that comfort food kind of vibe! 💚
G R E Y’ S C O U R T Cosy nooks like this are m G R E Y’ S C O U R T Cosy nooks like this are my idea of heaven 🥰 Knew exactly where I was heading with my hot chocolate ☕️ from the cafe! 💚 At Grey’s Court @nationaltrust near Henley 🇬🇧
S E A S O N S W I N D L E S H A M Super impressed S E A S O N S W I N D L E S H A M Super impressed with this new farm shop in Windlesham @seasonssurrey 👌🏻 I’m hosting afternoon tea for my mum, gran and aunt tomorrow and have some delicious looking scones by @sweetbyellen, local clotted cream, @guildoffinefood approved raspberry jam and lots of other (slightly healthier!) treats ❤️👏🏻
Google maps is such a great resource for staycatio Google maps is such a great resource for staycations in the UK 🇬🇧 When I’m staying somewhere I will scout out the area on maps, look up top rated restaurants, shops etc and flag the places I would potentially want to go. It allows the trip to be spontaneous, while being ‘presearched’! Swipe right for my map of Hartley Witney ❤️
V I R G I N I A W A T E R Tarmac path or crunchy V I R G I N I A W A T E R Tarmac path or crunchy autumn leaves? 😁🍂 the circuit around Virginia Water lake is around 4.5 miles, 11,000 steps on my Fitbit! 🚶🏻‍♀️
I T A L I A N S I M P L I C I T Y When it comes t I T A L I A N S I M P L I C I T Y When it comes to simple dishes, quality and freshness is everything👌🏻 Perfect lunch at Mamma Mia’s Italian in Hartley Witney 🇮🇹 I’m a sucker for balsamic glaze 🙈
W E S T G R E E N H O U S E Autumn is the best W E S T G R E E N H O U S E Autumn is the best 🍂🍁🧡
T H E E L V E T H A M I used to sit and watch at T H E E L V E T H A M I used to sit and watch at least one sunrise a week when I lived in Sri Lanka. Being back in the UK, I do miss that time of day. It may not have been a full spectacular sunrise but this morning’s Misty autumnal rise with the cows grazing in the fields at @theelvetham was pretty magical 💚✨
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Alice Luker

British Photographer & Blogger