At the end of May half term, Ella and I spent a weekend in Exeter for the University of Exeter open day. Exeter is one of the universities that Ella has been most excited to look around. University Visits The University of Exeter is about 180 miles away from where we live so it made…
Back in March, Ella and I spent a whirlwind 48 hours in Dublin for the Trinity College Dublin open day. 2024 is a year full of university visits for us – I still can’t quite believe we’re at this point and that my eldest girl, the one who made me a mama, will be flying…
Last autumn Ella and I spent three days in Edinburgh for the University of Edinburgh open day – the very first open day we went to. We caught the train up to Scotland, stayed in one of the best airbnbs we’ve ever had the pleasure of staying in (with the loveliest host you could imagine),…
June has been… intense. I’ve done a ridiculous amount of moving around this month – spending time in four different cities in the space of 30 days. It’s been a lot, especially alongside one of my busiest seasons of work and Mimi’s exams and school/college finishing for the summer. I feel like I’ve barely had…
The final stretch of late Spring has been intense for many reasons – it’s been a month full of birthdays and big exams with a few mini-adventures thrown into the mix too. Here are all the little things I’ve been loving lately throughout May… READ Instructions For Traveling West: by Joy Sullivan. Confession: Even…
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…
April felt like a bit of a scattered month, much like the erratic rain showers that have dominated many of the days. It’s been alternatively full-on busy then almost achingly slow. I know the latter is needed as we prepare for a busy upcoming season of exams and uni visits, so I’ve tried to welcome…
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…
March feels like it’s been a very long month and yet somehow, at the same time, I’m quite surprised that we’re suddenly already at the end of it. Everyone I’ve spoken to has felt the same. I’m never quite sure how that works. Either way, it’s been a long-short month full of fun things, as…
I find February hard, and despite it being the shortest month of the year, it often feels like the longest. Sometimes I keep my head down and stay quiet and just get on with things, and sometimes, like this year, I fill the month with as many good things as I possibly can to balance…