Helena has a new photographic theme for 2016:Snap, a visually linked group of 2 to 4 images.***We spent the Bank Holiday weekend back in the area where I grew up.The weather couldn't have been more perfect.You can see more Snap images here.
{Project Life type card from Ali Edwards} For a while now, I've thought that we, as a family of three, have too much stuff.And by that, I mean in the physical sense.Books, cushions, framed photos, scrapbook stash {ahem}, clothes, etc.My mum, who lived alone for the last 20 years of her life, had too much stuff.A … Continue reading Less Stuff | More Life
My reading this Summer has been sporadic.The daily paper, a flick through a magazine and that's about it.Waiting to be finished is the children's classic Swallows and Amazonsand waited to be started is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.I've never read Swallows and Amazons before and had hoped to read italoud to The Boy Child … Continue reading Currently Reading
Continuing my new series for Fridays: the contents of that Smythson notebook,one page at a time."Everyday starts witha sunrise but it's whatwe do before it setsthat matters."~ Unknown
Some days, if you time it right,our bit of the London suburbscan look and feel like the countryside.As long as you ignore the ever present sounds of the elevated section of the motorway,the Piccadilly line and aircraft on approach to Heathrow.
Helena has a new photographic theme for 2016:Snap, a visually linked group of 2 to 4 images.***The film La Dolce Vita has a lot to answer for. Doesn't matter what time of day you go, the Trevi is packed with tourists. But if you are patient, you can almost always manage to get a clear shot. I am not a … Continue reading Snap #26 | Trevi Fountain, Rome
Two weeks left of the Summer holidays, and I have time to scrapbook during the day ...because The Boy Child is at Football Camp.It's true, I could have scrapbooked in the eveningsover the last few weeks, but I chose to become an armchair experton all-things Olympic. It was all so thrilling, I'm not complaining.If only I could … Continue reading It’s A Scrap
While I try to not be too regimented about routinefor The Boy Child during the long Summer holidays,I do try to give him some sort of structure to the days.And what works best for me is to see the days written out on paper. I see friends using their smart 'phones to record and plan their movements … Continue reading Keeping Track of Summer
Continuing my new series for Fridays: the contents of that Smythson notebook,one page at a time."Knowledge comesbut wisdom lingers."Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Yesterday, The Boy Child and I attended a matinee perforamnceof Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone.Given that the majority of the cast is made up of childrenand young adults, I was expecting it to be rather mediocre.I couldn't have been more wrong.Ninety minutes flashed by,watching great acting, laughing at fantastic comedy and on my feet, dancing and applauding … Continue reading London Theatre | Bugsy Malone
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