We recently took a Sunday morning stroll down to Kew Gardens, and specifically the newly restored Temperate House. The restoration took five years and involved a work force of more than 400 people. The Temperate House is, quite simply, a thing of beauty. Here's a few fun facts: 15,000 new panes of glass were installed. … Continue reading The Temperate House |Kew Gardens
Continuing the celebrations of reaching their centenary, the Royal Air Force put on a static display of aircraft at several points across the UK. (c) MoD Horse Guards Parade in Central London was where the tour began and on show were: Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c Biplane - The classic First World War bomber biplane, Supermarine … Continue reading RAF100 | Aircraft Tour
That's it, today's the day. The 100 Day Project comes to an end today.Was I successful? Well, not in so many words … some days I made more than one journaling card, other days I didn't make any at all. Did I enjoy it? Mostly. Would I do it again? probably not in this format … Continue reading 100 Day Project | The End
The Summer holidays are fast approaching … which meant an hour set aside to plan how we'll spend six weeks without school. My Get to Work ® book is the ideal place to set out our timetable, using up some of those seemingly empty double spreads where the month has run out. Scrapbook embellishments may … Continue reading Summer Planning
Today is the day the Royal Air Force officially marks its 100th birthday. The Mall in London is suitably dressed for the occasion and, according to the Royal Air Force's website, "over a thousand servicemen and women will take part in a parade on The Mall at 11:25am. Then at 1:00pm witness the historic flypast … Continue reading RAF100 | The Official Birthday Parade
I can't stop smiling. I can't stop showing off my newly straightened teeth. I wish I'd had orthodontic work sooner.
I managed around a book a week in June, with a 75:25 split between the Kindle and a real book. Our House by Louise Candlish (Kindle): "On a bright morning in the London suburbs, a family moves into the house they’ve just bought on Trinity Avenue. Nothing strange about that. Except it's your house. And … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading June 2018
We recently attended the popular Flywheel event (formal name: the Classic and Sports Car Show) at Bicester Heritage and enjoyed a terrific day out. Bicester is about an hour's drive North of London (and is also home to a shopping village) and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. As well as hundreds of classic … Continue reading Flywheel at Bicester Heritage
It's all too easy to become complacent about the relationships we have with our family and friends. We all know that friendships need to be nurtured. In early June, The Brainy One and I hosted a small birthday dinner party where I ended up making an unrehearsed speech. Nothing fancy or flowery, I simply expressed … Continue reading Loving Out Loud
Four more double spreads have been added to my One Little Word traveler's notebook: our trip to Jersey, the significant birthday I keep mentioning, a dinner party and the GoGo Getaway weekend … the TN is now so fat and bulky, it's actually quite hard to open flat. Which is exactly how it should be. … Continue reading OLW | Nourish and the Traveler’s Notebook
