It’s been a little bit longer than usual in between recent #projecthappy posts and for once it’s been deliberate rather than unintentional. The reason being that I’ve made it to THREE WHOLE YEARS of documenting a moment of joy every single day. Undertaking a 365 project of any kind is a big commitment. It might not look like…
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…
One Sunday at the start of February we made the hour-long journey further north to spend the afternoon at Rode Hall in Cheshire. Our previous visit to Rode Hall was in May last year. My birthday is at the beginning of May and I like to make a visit somewhere to see the bluebells as they’re usually in bloom…
I can’t believe another month has flown by already, can you? We’re almost at the end of February, almost at the end of half term, and Spring is just around the corner – yay! I’m joining in with Little Loves again this month to document all the little things I’ve loved throughout February. Read I…
A couple of days ago I went to visit my Dad’s wife Annie (my Stepmum). I haven’t seen her for over a year for various reasons…partly my work schedule getting in the way but also, if I’m truthful, because I find it really difficult going to their flat. Dad’s ashes are still there as we…
I’ve been rather quiet on the blog recently and haven’t posted very much. I was a bit poorly for a few days over last weekend with a rotten cold (all better now!), the girls have been flagging a lot as we’ve neared the end of this half term of school (it’s felt like a long one even though…
Another ten days has passed us by already and we are slowly, gradually, beginning to head towards the start of Spring. I don’t know about you but I am so very ready for a touch more sunshine, a few more glimpses of blue skies and a tiny bit more warmth in the air. My husband…
It’s crept up on me a bit this year. I didn’t expect that. Last year I was full of the anticipation of the day arriving, the anniversary of the day I got the phone call to say that you were gone. I thought it would be the same this year, that I’d be waiting, in…
The first Thursday in February every year is a very special evening… it’s Harry Potter Book Night! Our local branch of Waterstones always holds a brilliant event in celebration of all things Harry Potter related, and other bookshops and libraries all over the globe put on special events for fans young and old. Last year Ella and I went…
A couple of weekends ago, on one of our regular-as-clockwork Saturday morning trips to the local library to make sure that Ella (our resident bookworm) was stocked up with enough books to last her for the whole week, I spotted a small display near the self check-out machines. Whilst the girls were choosing their books I wandered…