Archive - The Post House Chronicles

Crunchies and Clay

Today's colour is brown

Jun 19 • Vanessa Simpson

The pain of telling anyone I have things to sell.

Jun 5 • Vanessa Simpson

May 2026

A View from the Kitchen Window

Or sweating profusely in the name of beauty!

May 29 • Vanessa Simpson

A Castle in Scotland

Flowers, ceramics and photography - the perfect trifecta!

May 22 • Vanessa Simpson

May, Apparently

Wood fires and wild flowers

May 15 • Vanessa Simpson

Tears before breakfast

Sometimes even the expected can knock you sideways momentarily

May 1 • Vanessa Simpson

April 2026

Weeks that slip through your fingers

Cuckoo calling, seedling anxiety and the curious business of getting nothing much done.

Apr 24 • Vanessa Simpson

From Kitchen Chaos to Kiln Catastrophe

A finished kitchen, a rogue kiln firing, spring in the garden and small things that keep us going.

Apr 17 • Vanessa Simpson

March 2026

A House in Pieces, A Life Reassembled

Renovation chaos, a memory from Belgium, and the slow work of building a life at home.

Mar 27 • Vanessa Simpson

The House is 87% Dust (But the Tomatoes Have Germinated)

Renovation dust, gardening club beginnings, and a return to the pottery wheel.

Mar 6 • Vanessa Simpson

February 2026

Snowdrops, Surgery & Soggy Socks

Endeavouring to embrace slower seasons

Feb 13 • Vanessa Simpson

January 2026

Is it too late?

To wish you a Happy New Year

Jan 9 • Vanessa Simpson