‘late 14c., from Old French ellebore, from Latin elleborus, from Greek helleboros, the name given to various plants of both poisonous and medicinal qualities, reputed to cure madness; of uncertain origin. Perhaps literally “plant eaten by fawns,” from Greek ellos/hellos “fawn” . Related: Helleboric; helleboraceous.’ From the Online Etymology Dictionary The origin of words […]
“The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her” -Author unknown This week marks the anniversary of my mothers death last year and it has been a very hard year without her. My father died 5 years ago on Christmas Day and I am an only child, so the loss of my […]
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to be able to spend 3 days visiting Iceland with my husband and middle daughter. My daughter is consumed by wander lust and Iceland was towards the top of her bucket list. I had never really considered Iceland as a place I would want to visit before […]