Week 29: We spent a few more hours walking through the woods at Hughenden. We had an unexpected photo opportunity with Cachirulo and Los Pequeños. We were invited for socially-distanced drinks in a friend's garden and The Boy Child was invited to take a dip ... I made a flip card to record the story. … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 29 and 30
Did July turn out to be joyous? Let's see what the numbers have to say: Another 31 days with lockdown measures in place. 132 days since the UK lockdown began. 12 pieces of Happy Mail sent. 6 visits with family members. 7 day of homeschooling. 3 haircuts. 100 days of the 100 Day Project complete. … Continue reading Month in Numbers | July 2020
It's only now, at the back end of July, that I've completed May and June's Pause pages. For May, I chose to record my birthday selfie - complete with a make up-free face and a nasty stye. I couldn't decide on patterned paper, so opted to go without. I blew the dust of a few … Continue reading One Little Word | Pause – May and June 2020
At this point of the year I usually have a day-to-day plan written out of how the Summer holidays might play out ... not this year. Obviously. The Boy Child's basic plan for Summer 2017 But The Boy Child still prefers to know how a day or days might be filled and winging it every … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Summer Plans
Source "I won't be a minute, I'm just tweezing my moustache!" Are you willing to share the strangest thing you may have said over the last few months?
Up there alongside Hughenden, Grays Court is one of our favourite National Trust properties to visit. We visited earlier this week and enjoyed a few hours walking around the gardens and woods with Miss Tilly. The house is currently closed, but you can learn a little about the family who owned it here. Although the … Continue reading A Socially-Distanced Return to Greys Court
Since the easing of lockdown began a few weeks ago, we have been meeting up with my lovely sister-in-law weekly to walk our dogs together in the countryside near where she lives. We choose a route through the woods and around farmers' fields which keeps us away from other people. Not that we're anti-sociable, or … Continue reading The Three of Us, Two Dogs and One Sister-in-Law | Photo Heavy
Week 27: The Boy Child met up with his friend for an hour. I was first through the door for a haircut. 🙂 We spent the day hanging out with The Oldest Friends. Week 28: A week with not many photos. Tilly and I spent spent a lot of time outside. I spent a happy … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 27 and 28
Of the three projects I've completed for The 100 Day Project, this year's has been my runaway favourite. 🙂 I didn't miss a single day and I had a lot of fun strolling down Memory Lane. I began with writing down memories and stories and adding photos, if I had them, from the seven different … Continue reading The 100 Day Project | 100 Days Later
This is possibly the most accurate piece of Happy Mail that I've received in months! Thanks go to lovely Deb. 🙂
