Tag: It’s where it is
Sisters
My beautiful girls. We were at my sister’s wedding renewal vows, 10 years after her wedding. My younger two are similar ages now to what the older two were back first time around, so there were some very odd deja vu moments through the day. And a few bittersweet moments too. As when we raised…
Saturday snippets 29 August 2015
{Pondering} blogging. I went kind of cold turkey this week at Kentwell and I didn’t miss it nearly as much as I thought I would. (I went cold turkey on stats as well which probably helped with the not missing! ) need to find my focus really. {Enjoying} dancing. I really do like cheesy disco…
Have you heard of Funfest UK?
It’s billing itself as the UK’s first family-friendly blogger conference and brand ambassador exhibition. Taking place on Saturday, September 12th 2015 at Whittlebury Hall (near Milton Keynes) in Northampton, Funfest will provide bloggers from across the UK with the opportunity to Learn from their peers and leading media experts Attend masterclasses on how to grow…
Saturday snippets 21 August 2015
{putting} a tent up Kentwell Hall, ready for this week’s hands on living history reenactment. Forecast was for a very hot day, so I went as early as I could to get sorted before the heat set in. Still hot work, particularly putting it up on my own, but I have now cracked how to…
Playing with light, and doodling
I love experimenting with my camera, which is not something I expected to be saying here. Today I was scrabbling around in the garden, trying to get the angle to get a shot against the sinking sun. I think it went pretty well. Then I finally got around to doing a sketch for sketchalong. Which…
Where do you think you'll be in 5 years time?
How about in 10? 20? In 20 years time my youngest child will be 23 and presumably have flown the nest. My eldest will be 35 (eek!) and I guess we could well be grandparents. It’s hard to look that far into the future and come up with plans, and that’s with the benefit of…
Fencing. And drawing.
Something about small children, their bodies, their movement. It’s fascinating. Plus, if I can draw them, I can draw picture books. (Well, if I come up with words as well 😉 )
Saturday snippets 15 August 2015
{reading} M is for autism. Even reviewed it, all in one day. Well worth a read. There’ll be a link to the review down there somewhere if you want to check it out {watching} Hector and the search for happiness on Netflix. Surprisingly good, particularly enjoyed how the sketching ran through the film as well.…
You're going to miss this
Sitting in the library at a local sixth form, I suddenly realised that life is racing by. Big is pondering next steps in education – her story not mine, so no details here at the moment – and one thing seems certain, September will bring big changes to our family’s way of life. Years turn…
A good picture book day
Yesterday I took the three youngest over to a home ed fencing session near Cambridge. A long way to go for a couple of hours, but we made the most of it with a visit to a nearby library for the little ones while Small was fencing, and then we spent the afternoon in a…
