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Eleanor Leiper

Eleanor Leiper

Bath
Bath-based maker, landlady and bargee. Drawn to places with stories, things made well, and the slow business of learning how to live — and occasionally, I write.
14
Apr
A monkey behind a mosquito netted window with the rooftops of Jaipur in the background

Monkeys, U-eys and Padma!

Upon entering the haveli, we were told to always keep the windows and doors shut....'cos monkeys.
7 min read
22
Mar
Equinox, a Fedge and Sun Gardens

Equinox, a Fedge and Sun Gardens

A signed form, an orchard on the way, and a sense that things are beginning to shift.
3 min read
17
Mar
Underneath a description: Huge posters for Guiness, cocoa, coal and Oxo cubes surround notice board advertising local businesses and events

As one door opens, so another closes

Endings, beginnings, and finally saying yes to something that’s been waiting for a while.
5 min read
24
Feb
The plywood tongue and groove walls of the boot room with a shelf and pegs for coats.

On Space, Timber, and Ever After

Shelves, timber, and the unexpected return of breath.
3 min read
17
Feb
Friends, Roots, and Open Doors

Friends, Roots, and Open Doors

Coffee, planting snails, and the quiet magic of saying yes again.
2 min read
17
Feb
A photo of our greenhouse, shed and a few of the veggies we grow

Light, Soil, and Chance

Flickering lights, turning soil, and books that have the potential to stitch two lives back together.
3 min read
13
Feb
A track leading to a finca in southern Spain, surrounded by almond blossom, with mountains falling toward the sea under a cloudless blue sky.

Nearness, Distance and Knowing

Flats, mountains, memories, and the delicate art of knowing when to hold on and when to pour a glass of wine.
5 min read
02
Feb
An area with lots of garden furniture, umbrellas and other household items on show, mainly in creams, whites and navy blue accents with the odd pop of pale terracotta.

From Fairs and Trees to really Trying

On Sunday Jonny and I went for a jaunt up to the Spring Fair in Birmingham. I hadn’t been
3 min read
21
Jan
A pretty morrocan bowl full of porridge, flaxseed, sunflower and poppy seeds, blueberries, raspberries, pomegranate seeds and greek youghurt

On Porridge, Principle, and Starting Again

When you didn’t particularly plan or want to.
3 min read