I thought producing an embellished journaling card every day for 100 days would be simple and achievable. But I forgot two things: 1) we would be traveling abroad and although I would be writing in our traveler's notebook, I would not have the stash available to produce a card each day. 2) Once I stopped … Continue reading 100 Day Project | One Month In
Last Monday, I all but told you I'd been away somewhere. And this post's title rather gives the game away, wouldn't you say? New York City. So good they named it twice. The Big Apple. One of my favourite cities in the world (those last three words have more impact if you say them aloud … Continue reading New York City | Why I Went (Again)
I began 2018 with a title page for the coming year's album. As luck would have it, I was able to find three recent photos where we were all wearing red and took it from there. I was astonished by how many 'likes' this image received on Instagram.There's been a page about The Boy Child's … Continue reading Scrapping 2018
Oh, for the love of books and book tokens as Christmas gifts! Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: I received this for Christmas (it may have been a gift to myself ...) and I devoured it between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve. I want to shout it from the rooftops… I loved, loved, loved this book! At … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading January 2018
On the Saturday before Christmas, we took a short road trip out to Hughenden Manor, the former home of Queen Victoria's favourite Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The house has quite a history, not only as Disraeli's home but also as the base for a secret map-making organisation during the Second World War.Some of the rooms in the … Continue reading Hughenden Manor
As we find our feet in early 2018, let's see how December turned out: 1: Just one day of snow and a light covering at that. 22,833: My biggest Daily Step Count. 19: The number of gifts wrapped this month. Some were for me. 5.5: The number of days we were without a kitchen floor (essential repairs … Continue reading Month in Numbers | December 2017
Welcome to my favourite project of the year! Let's see how days 21-25 turned out: Day 21: The first day of the school holidays and we marked it with a visit to the Panto in the West End. It was really quite rude in places.A simple 7x5 photo of The Boy Child, with journaling on the reverse, … Continue reading December Daily | Days 21-25
Welcome to my favourite project of the year! Let's see how days 16-20 looked: Day 16: A fun day in town with our visitors and home in time for pyjamas, Champagne and the Strictly final. Day 17: One set of house guests left and another one arrived. Herman the tortoise came on his holidays as his … Continue reading December Daily | Days 16-20
I wish you all the kind of Christmas you wish for yourselves. I'll be rounding off the year with three scheduled posts: my final two December Daily posts and a round-up of December's reading. I'll then be back in early 2018 with my annual Blog Review. See you on the other side.
Herman is a tortoise. We have him as a house guest over the Christmas period and, I have to confess, it's nowhere as near as exciting as having a dog in the house ...Because, you know, Herman doesn't actually do very much, and I feel certain he should be hibernating. His owners say he doesn't. When … Continue reading Herman
