In March 2020, a whole year ago, I attended my first ever ClickAway Photography Conference. ClickAway is an annual photography event run by the brilliant ClickinMoms community and it takes place in a different location in the United States every year. ClickAway 2020 was held in the beautiful city of Atlanta, Georgia. *Please note that…
The end of February represents the end of Winter in my eyes and that is definitely a good thing. I’m desperate for some spring sunshine and very much hoping that it’s just around the corner. It’s felt like this month has gone quite quickly and I can’t quite believe that tomorrow is March. I can’t…
On 1st January 2016 we began what has turned out to be a new family tradition: the Happy Jar. The Happy Jar started out as just a fun activity to do with the girls and, in truth, I wasn’t sure how long it would capture their attention for although I was hopeful it would last. …
Exactly a month ago, at the beginning of January, Lola turned eleven years old. Eleven! I still can’t quite believe it – how is my baby eleven? Looking back at her birthday blog post from last year I’m amazed at how much she’s changed and, well, grown up. Of course this time last year none…
Hello 2021. The start of a brand new year is usually full of anticipation, promise and excitedly scribbled down ideas & plans for the coming months. Instead January began in much the same way as 2020 ended: lockdown number three. Schools closed, shops closed, still unable to see the people we love. It wasn’t what…
In 2017 I took a leaf out of Suzanne from Inside Outside and Beyond’s blog pages and started tracking my year in numbers, measuring the year according to all the things that are important to me and which I value the most: family time; love and connection; travel; creativity; helping others and personal challenges/growth. I enjoyed documenting…
December has felt like an extraordinarily mixed month, as I’m sure it has for many people. I think everyone has experienced the entire spectrum of emotions in rollercoaster form on repeat over the last few weeks: Frustration at extra layers of restrictions and the ‘too little too late’ response from the Government regarding case numbers…
Christmas is a time of year that my girls look forward to for months. They get so enthusiastic about all things festive and one of the things that really ramps up their excitement levels is our modest little advent calendar, which of course appears on the 1st December. Usually, there’s just a small chocolate in…
November 2020 has been a month of naked trees, drizzly rain and lockdown 2.0. Normally I find that November, the cusp between late autumn and early winter, drags on and on and on. This year has been quite the opposite – I feel like I’ve barely been able to catch my breath in between doing…
October felt like it sped by fairly quickly. Usually this autumn school term drags and seems to take forever to get through and yet time seems to be following a completely different set of rules this year. I found myself surprised to be putting the clocks back an hour on the oven and in my…