August has been a busy, busy, busy month full of good things. We haven’t gone away on holiday anywhere this summer (either in the UK or abroad) for various reasons, and I was feeling quite sad and a bit guilty about that, but actually, even though I’ve had to work a fair bit and there…
It has been a long and intense season of exams for all three of the girls over the last few months. To celebrate finally reaching the culmination of them at the end of June, I booked us a long weekend in North Wales – a little road trip adventure to discover somewhere new. We arrived…
It’s finally the summer holidays! It has felt like the longest term ever and there were multiple challenges along the way as we were getting towards the end of it (an emergency lockdown at school; plus a last minute, out-of-the-blue decision to transfer back to sixth form from college…), but we made it and all…
June felt non-stop with busy-ness. Ella finally finished her A Level exams, only for Lola to immediately launch into sitting her Year 10 GCSE Mocks. The month-long glorious heatwave (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I am solar-powered and the sunshine & warmth nourishes me more than I can ever possibly explain)…
I take hundreds of photos every month, and most of them don’t get shared with anyone, let alone online. And yet the moments in time that those photos capture are just as important a part of our story as the other images that I do choose to share. I originally created this blog as a…
May is one of my favourite months of the year. Firstly, it’s peony season. Enough said. Plus, everything is gloriously green and the promise of summer is hovering on the horizon… It’s also my birthday month and so, as I embark on a new trip around the sun, I thought I’d refresh this blog series…
In September 2023 I spent a few days exploring Lisbon in Portugal on a solo trip that I’d been dreaming about for a long time. This (ahem, eighteen months late) blog post is part two of a series of travel diaries documenting what I got up to whilst I was there. You can read all…
I have very little to say this month beyond being very grateful that April blessed us with absolutely glorious weather and an abundance of beautiful Spring blooms, which I made the most of whenever I could. A reminder that the seasons continue onwards no matter what’s going on in our own personal worlds. Here are…
In September 2023 I went on a solo adventure to Lisbon in Portugal. This (ahem, eighteen months late) blog post is part one of a series of travel diaries documenting what I got up to whilst I was there. Travel Addict I love to travel – in the UK and abroad. I caught the bug…
March has been a stressful and difficult month for a multitude of reasons. And yet, in the midst of all the messy feelings and circumstances, there have been both big and little things to love, and they have been an important part of me being able to manage. The anchor I find in the unwavering…