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Gemma is a food and lifestyle blogger based on Mersea Island, Essex. The blog is about recipes, books, mental health and Island life.

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Good Me, Bad me.

Mersea Island cottage. Essex blogger and influencer. Photo by Colchester Streets
May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ 1 Comment

An honest post about my relationship with food and my weight.

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A Woman’s Best Friend.

Black and white cockapoo puppy.
April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ 9 Comments

How Hendricks has helped improve my mental health. Plus there's loads of pictures because he's so cute.

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Self-care and keeping busy.

January 29, 2019 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ 11 Comments

A few ideas on how to keep your body and mind busy.

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New Year Goals.

Mersea Island - a beautiful place to live in Essex.
January 21, 2019 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ 4 Comments

My goals and motivations for the following year.

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World Mental Health Day

October 10, 2018 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ Leave a comment

More of a thank you to someone who gets me through my bad days and makes the sun shine again.

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Mental Health Awareness Week

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ 2 Comments

It's #mentalhealthawarenessweek so I've written a post about my random thoughts and feelings.

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My lifestyle, my choice.

March 1, 2018 ~ gemmatidmarsh ~ Leave a comment

A rant about living the life you want to live and enjoying it!

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W I N T E R W A L K S ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ๐ŸŒคโ„๏ธ While the sun is shining, Iโ€™m loving all of the gorgeous walks weโ€™re taking Hendricks on ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป
C H R I S T M A S R E A D Y ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป๐Ÿ”ฅ Does anyone else just love Christmas ornaments? Our living room is so festive and I love it ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ™ˆ
W I N T E R S U N S E T S ๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿงกโค๏ธ Theyโ€™re just stunning, arenโ€™t they? Tonightโ€™s sunset was so beautiful, it was like the sky was burning ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒŒ makes the cold dog walk worth every second ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐ŸปโœŒ๐Ÿป
C H R I S T M A S R E A D Y ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿคฉ Nothing makes me happier than putting up decorations, and being all cosy indoors ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ”ฅ home alone is now on the tv and Hendricks loves wearing his Christmas jumper! Post is edited with the new โ€˜Christmas Cheerโ€™ preset by @littlepaperswanpresets ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ„ how have you spent your Sunday?
L A S T O F A U T U M N ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ๐ŸŒณ The final prompt for the #novemberhashtagchallenge is #lastofautumn and I had to post this as itโ€™s poignant and represents the end of the season perfectly ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿปโ›…๏ธ Iโ€™ve loved this challenge and connecting with new accounts so thank you to @littlepaperswan for taking the time to organise it ๐Ÿงก looking forward to the next one!
F R O S T Y M O R N I N G S โ„๏ธ๐ŸŒŠโ˜€๏ธ Living by the sea is beautiful, especially on cold, frosty mornings ๐ŸŒค๐Ÿฅถ this is my entry for @littlepaperswan #novemberhashtagchallenge โ€˜Frosty morningโ€™.
T H A N K F U L ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒˆโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ‘ซ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿถ Todayโ€™s prompt from @littlepaperswan for the #novemberhashtagchallenge is โ€˜thankfulโ€™. Iโ€™m very grateful and blessed to have these two โฌ†๏ธ in my life and this year has been the best! I just adored the spring/ summer when we were taking our little puppy out on the boat ๐Ÿšค canโ€™t believe heโ€™s one soon! Who are you grateful for? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
R E A D A B O O K ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“•๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿค“ Todayโ€™s #novemberhashtagchallenge prompt is #readabook and Iโ€™m a huge bookworm ๐Ÿ› this is my current reading pile and I just love WW2 literature! I usually read crime thrillers but itโ€™s nice to mix it up every now and again! Whatโ€™s your favourite genre? ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ“š

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