Wembley's famous arch On a sunny afternoon just before the Easter weekend, The Boy Child and I hopped on a bus heading up to the home of English football, Wembley Stadium, to go on the tour. (Long-time readers may well recall that we first visited for the Ladies FA Cup in May 2017.) In England's … Continue reading Tour of Wembley Stadium
Valencia is Spain's third city, after Madrid and Barcelona, and the Old Town in particular is well worth a visit. Take a look ... Valencia's Old Town is easy to explore and many roads are pedestrian only. We spent several happy hours simply roaming the narrow streets and alleyways. Well, I say several happy hours, … Continue reading Valencia’s Old Town | Photos
This month has seen me finally wrapping up an outstanding project ... some six months or so since our return from Spain, and I've added the final page to our holiday album. Because, tapas. And who could resist those cute embellishments?I made a page about The Boy Child's coffee and books remark. Ferrari: Under … Continue reading Scrapping in 2018 #2
October saw me devour a few excellent novels! Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson: "For one boy, fitting in means standing out." I loved, loved, loved this story. Frank is the 10-year-old son of a one-hit-wonder author (think Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird). The story revolves around Frank, Mimi, his mother, as she … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading October 2017
Mary-Lou of Patio Postcardsis hosting the third of three link-ups today for this year'sPhotography Scavenger Hunt.(As she lives in Canada, you might want to wait until afternoonhere in the UK before heading over there.) You can see the full list here.My Link #1 is here and Link #2 is here.Here's what I was missing:4) A zig zag.6) A pipe.9) … Continue reading Photography Scavenger Hunt | Link Up #3
Earlier this week, I mentioned that we had visited Camp Nou recently.For those of you who may not know what it is, it's the home of Barcelona Football Club.As it's the largest football stadium in Europe, it's a tourist destination in its own right. There's plenty to keep the non-footie fan interested, and although parts of … Continue reading Camp Nou
Aside from all but finishing the Traveler's Notebook about our exploits in Sapin,I managed to make a whopping 11 scrapbook pages over the course of two days! Four were 12x12 pocket pages, three were 8.5x11 (a size I'd challenged myself to produce) and the remainder were 12x12(three were double-page spreads and one was a single-page spread). That's what I … Continue reading Weekend Retreat | What Did I Make?
One thing that I was determined to complete during the weekend retreat was my Traveler's Notebook about our recent visit to Spain.See that cake? It was made by one of the delegates and it was there on my work space as an incentive/reward for me finishing the TN. It was a Chocolate Orange cupcake and it was delicious.I … Continue reading Traveler’s Notebook | Spain | Complete
Blimey, September ... how is that even possible?But August? Did it turnout to be awesome?Let's take a look ... 2: the number of times we went to the theatre in the West End- one musical and one straight play. Both were very goodand we all had a good time.14: the number of pieces of Happy Mail … Continue reading Month in Numbers | August
We were in Barcelona on 17th August.We were a mere block away from the tragedy,but were quite safe and well.Although obviously shaken, The Boy Child particularly so,we continued with our plans.We'd all fallen in love with how beautiful Barcelona was,and felt that by keeping calm and carrying on,we were honouring our new Spanish friends the … Continue reading Beautiful Barcelona | Photos
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