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…
In direct contrast to July, August has been a much-needed slow month. We’ve not done a lot during the summer holidays, mostly spending plenty of time at home just pottering about the house and running errands locally in town. It’s been wonderful in many ways (spending so much time with the girls just reading, playing…
I’ve been keeping a secret. I don’t like secrets. Surprises, yes. But not secrets. Secrets feel untrustworthy and trust is important in any relationship, even that relationship between reader and writer. Secrets feel like they’re something to be ashamed of, and what I’m about to share is definitely nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time…
July has felt absolutely non-stop! It’s been jam-packed with end-of-term school activities, soaking up the continuing sunshine and celebrating the start of the summer holidays – the first week of which we have been spending on holiday in Italy on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore. I’m actually currently sat on the balcony of our…
“The stories we love best do live in us forever, so whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home” ~ JK Rowling It’s rumoured that there are people in this world who haven’t read Harry Potter (or even seen the films). I can’t…
June has been an absolutely beautiful month – full of sunshine and hot weather and fun adventures. We’re very much on the countdown towards the summer holidays now with just three weeks of school left before the six week break. We’re all looking forward to having no fixed schedule; going on day trips; enjoying slow,…
May has been the most gorgeous month! It’s my favourite month of the year (along with September). With two bank holidays, half term, copious amounts of beautiful blossom bursting into bloom and two family birthdays to celebrate, how can it not be? And this year it has been full to the brim of the most…
On my birthday two years ago I posted a list of 40 things I want to do, achieve and experience before I turn 40 years old in 2023. I’d originally started the list when I turned thirty but I hadn’t launched my blog at that point so it existed solely in the relative privacy of…
This edition of Little Loves feels like quite a strange one to be putting together. April has been both a busy and a quiet month in many different ways and Easter feels like forever ago. I had to check in my diary that it was actually in April, not March. I don’t see therapy clients…