Category: Archive
Snippets of beauty
I really miss my snippets posts, but at the same time, I feel really awkward about writing here at the moment. But I know the longer I leave it without writing, the harder it gets. So. Big is in full on GCSE prep mode. It is, as they say, on. Small did his first iGCSE…
You and blu
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. Readers must be 18 years of age or older. All opinions are mine alone. #bluForYou #CollectiveBias Tim has been a smoker for a very long time, certainly all his adult life. It’s not something he’s particularly proud of, and he’s tried a few…
The calming wild.
It is no secret that I am fond of outdoor time. Most days I try to get outside even if only into the garden, camera in hand. You can find little secrets and treasures everywhere, even in your own garden, if you look carefully. It’s all about perspective. I have two favourite walks at the…
Sunlight on a Sunday.
Inspired by the weekend hashtag project on Instagram, I went looking for light and shadows in the garden. Here are a few of the pictures I didn’t use on there. When light is time. Daisy. Because, well, daisy. Blowing a rainbow. The Instagram pics are in my sidebar, or pop over there…
Beach days.
Yesterday. I went for a walk in the afternoon (I try to every day) and stopped in at a bundle of book, sorry, charity shops on the way. Books acquired? A few. Oops. And then the Works where I resisted a beautiful book on how to crochet a doll and all the accessories for it…
Little moments of happy
We visited Kentwell Hall. We saw flowers and baby animals and Tudors and a rainbow. Somewhere during the day I found a few moments of happy. A boy in a puddle. A peacock under a tree. A few moments of a day. A starting place at least. And tomorrow, as they say, is…
Snippets and snapshots
{missing} my weekly round up – I know I’ll regret those holes in the archives when I’m looking back at our lives. {feeling} like wading through mud would be easier than living through days steeped in depression. I want to be happy. I can’t remember how. I can’t find any energy to do things that…
Pet Parade play garden with exclusive kitten.
My children love my blog. They particularly love my blog when big parcels containing toys arrive. This particular parcel had a Pet parade play garden, including an exclusive kitten, and they didn’t know where to put themselves – the excitement was almost too much. From the top – the box has carry handles, so that…
Blog awards – the 'yes please I would like one' approach
I have blogged many times on my attitude to blog awards. I have said that I won’t ask for votes. That if people want to nominate me that’s lovely but I won’t seek it out. Do you know what? Stuff that. This year, this blog is 13. It’s never won an award, and has recently…
On being OK and not OK
Today I’m not OK. I didn’t realise how not OK I am until I massively and completely overreacted to realising I’d messed up the diary, and an event I had in mind as next week turned out to have been and gone this Wednesday. I dissolved, comprehensively and messily, and even now, some several…
