At the start of January I began a new year-long photography project: Life In 52. The idea is simple – to take one photo a week for each week of the year. It’s a lifestyle photography project, documenting little snippets of my life that I want to remember. The project is being hosted by Sarah…
It’s been a very ordinary few weeks. Barely any adventures and mostly just keeping our heads down and getting on with all things work and school related. Even so, this project continues to prove to me time and time again that in the midst of all the ‘normal’ life there is so much beauty and…
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 created this blog as a way…
This time a year ago, at the end of September 2017, I was getting ready to head off on my first solo adventure in thirteen years. I’d been trying to mentally prepare myself for my trip for the best part of nine months, ever since I found out that I’d won a competition to travel…
September is my favourite month of the year and it feels like it has zoomed by. I always see September as my ‘new year’ and begin the month full of ideas and with plenty of grand plans I want to put into action. It takes me until we’re a couple of weeks in to finally…
Over the last couple of years Instagram has become my favourite social media channel by far. I love the feel of community that has developed, the interesting conversations I have with people, the creative inspiration I draw from those I follow and, of course, the gorgeous images that I get to scroll through on a…
At the start of January I began a new year-long photography project: Life In 52. The idea is simple – to take one photo a week for each week of the year. It’s a lifestyle photography project, documenting little snippets of my life that I want to remember. The project is being hosted by Sarah…
Somehow we are three-quarters of the way through September already. Autumn has most definitely set in and we’ve pretty much settled into our new school routine now I think. It’s not been a gentle start to the term though with homework and spellings and times tables galore, sports event and after school club permission slips…
Every summer we go for a ‘big family day out’ – a day trip to somewhere that we wouldn’t ordinarily be able to afford because as a family of five (sometimes six if we have the teenager staying with us) entry fees for attractions can be rather steep. We save up for it throughout the…
During the first week of the summer holidays we travelled as a family to Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, using a beautiful villa as a base for our Italian adventure amidst vast lakes, imposing mountains and spectacular views. This post is the third and final part of our travel diary, covering the last few days…