The problem with surprises is that you can’t tell anyone about them beforehand. Hence the bloggy silence. Those of you that know me in “real life” rather than through t’interweb will know that this past weekend it was my partner’s birthday. … Continue reading
Category Archives: out & about
ins and outs
Gifts. Sometimes, like buses, they all seem to come at once. My lovely little pile of goodies above, however, weren’t birthday or Christmas gifts. They came out of the blue, from two friends made over the interweb. A vintage book … Continue reading
quiet amongst the crowds
There’s nothing quite like a Great British Bank Holiday, is there? Usually, we are the kind of family that pretends Bank Holidays aren’t really happening. I mean, it’s nice to have a day off and all, but usually, all that rushing … Continue reading
technical difficulties
Apologies to anyone who can actually see this post. Apparently modflowers.co.uk is experiencing some technical difficulties. Namely that when people try to view my posts on my home page, they are getting nothing new after March 6th. And some of you have … Continue reading
no sew seaside
Sometimes things don’t quite go as planned. In fact, I would go so far as to say that, in my experience, most of the time things don’t go as planned. I have just returned from a long weekend in Suffolk, staying … 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