Back in October, which seems forever ago now, we had to choose which three high schools we wanted to put down on Ella’s application for placement this coming September. Firstly, I still can’t quite believe that my baby, the one who made me a mother, is going to high school in less than six months…
I’ve been wrestling with writing this post for six weeks now. Six weeks ago, on 7th February 2018, it was the third anniversary of my Dad’s death. As is natural, I thought about Dad a lot around that date, and felt a whole mixture of feelings that I’m only just beginning to untangle, which is…
This post marks the start of a brand new year of Project Happy. I still can’t quite believe that I’m about to embark on my fifth consecutive year of a 365 project. I have absolutely no intention of stopping whatsoever – it’s become as familiar to me as breathing. I love looking back at random…
A few weeks ago, back in February half term, I stepped out of my comfort zone and attended a Wedding Photography Workshop up in Leeds, which was being run by Steve Gerrard. The girls and I had a family photoshoot with Steve last summer and I really liked his easygoing manner, so much so that…
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…
This post, all about Animal Kingdom and Disney Springs, is Part Five in a travel diaries series about our trip to Walt Disney World in Florida in October 2017. You can read Part One, all about where we stayed and our first ever visit to The Magic Kingdom, here. Part Two, covering the fun we…
Back in half term at the end of February, the girls and I spent a winter afternoon together at Trentham Gardens. It’s one of our favourite places to visit and we hadn’t been for absolutely ages. In fact, we hadn’t really been anywhere for months thanks to weekends being taken up with other activities (such…
Somehow I’ve reached the end of another full year of Project Happy. It still amazes me that I’ve committed to this project for such a long time. For something that began it’s existence as a humble ‘100 days of happy’ project in the lead up/countdown to my husband and I’s wedding day four years ago,…
This post, all about Hollywood Studios, is Part Four in a travel diaries series about our trip to Walt Disney World in Florida in October 2017. You can read Part One, all about where we stayed and our first ever visit to The Magic Kingdom, here. Part Two, covering the fun we had at Pirate…
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…