I had the honour of being in the audience at this year's Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall. Organised by the Royal British Legion, this year the festival commemorated the charity's 100 years of service to the Armed Forces community. Tomos Roberts (aka Tomfoolery) reciting Alive with Poppies Also marked were the 30th … Continue reading Festival of Remembrance 2021
Royal Albert Hall and the Albert Memorial It was primarily a week for remembrance. Tilly and I met a friend for a catch-upThere was a Zoom meeting that required some serious pre-meeting prepI had my haircutWe met up with my sister-in-love to walk our dogs togetherI attended the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert … Continue reading Me on Monday
Three more 12x12 pages - these are from the New Zealand leg: Friends took us on an overnight road trip to Rotorua and en route we stopped at a small place called Waitomo. It appears to be famous for two things - its glow worms and Rottweiler Angora Giant Rabbits ... 🙂 Did you notice … Continue reading Scrapbooking 2021 | Honeymoon Album – New Zealand
I have few close friends and I'm happy with that. I'm not someone who needs hundreds of friends. Those people on Facebook who claim more than 1,000 friends? To me, that sounds simply exhausting. But what I have noticed about my close friends is that a fair few are much older than me. The ladies … Continue reading Celebrating All Age Friendship
For September's spread, I chose a double page highlighting Chelsea in Bloom. I went with splashes of paint, flowery embellishments and a glittery title. I used this design as my jumping off point. For October, I chose The Brainy One's significant birthday and reused this design.
It was only a fancy burger restaurant but a Saturday night without The Boy or Tilly made it utterly fantastic! 🙂
It was a week of colder days and earlier sunsets. The Boy had one remaining day of half-termThe Boy and I baked togetherI had my Covid booster jab 🙂 Twenty four hours of tiredness and a sore armTilly and I met friends for coffee and a catch-upWe decided to go ahead with our annual Christmas … Continue reading Me on Monday
On the final day of half term, a Monday, The Boy made these cookies to take in the next day for his class mates. They are delicious but very chocolatey. 🙂 Ingredients: 250g butter, softened 350g light soft brown sugar 2 large eggs 350g self-raising flour 100g cocoa powder 200g chocolate chips Method: Beat the … Continue reading The Boy’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
On a recent Sunday morning, I took The Boy to the cinema to see Dear Evan Hansen. We had tickets for the 09.50 screening and snacks in my bag. 🙂 In the time of Covid, go to the cinema for the first screening of the day Screen 15 turned out to be in the broom … Continue reading An Epic Fail by Mum
For September's spread, I chose a reflective image of The Brainy One and me. 🙂 I modified a design I'd scraplifted earlier in the year. For October, I went with my favourite grid design to record The Brainy One's significant birthday. I've also realised that this is a great design for when you don't have … Continue reading Recording 2021’s One Little Word | Heart – September and October
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