lovely snail mail

I have never been a great letter writer. I would like to be, I have very good intentions in that direction, but however much I intend to write, I don’t seem to get round to it very often. Nor am … Continue reading

upon our return

We have been gentle with ourselves over the past few days since returning from Australia. Our thirty-eight-hour odyssey homeward from the other side of the world left us severely jet-lagged. Having had lad sprawled across my lap for much of the journey, sleep was … Continue reading

back to black

So we are back from Australia. We arrived back in the UK just as it was getting dark yesterday. As we came in to land, the sky was leaden grey. We drove back in the dark, to a dark house. … Continue reading

hidden costs

Life in Australia is very different from life at home. Fabulously so… So far, we have spent a week in a beachfront villa on Moreton Island, a sandbar with stunning beaches, wild dolphins, breathtaking desert views and the thrills of … Continue reading

sparkling inside

I’m feeling very Christmassy this weekend. My shopping is done. In my head, I am now on holiday. It’s ironic that I feel so Christmassy really, as I am actually not going to see much traditional Christmas at all. We aren’t even … Continue reading

fantastical & magical

I always think that the solstices are the most magical times of year. Midsummer, with its endless lingering twilight, is the time of the faeries. Midwinter however, with it’s sparkling frosts, is host to something altogether darker… These fantastical and magical creatures are … Continue reading