Portland Road, W11 The film adaptation of Bridget Jones is twenty! 🙂 I remember reading Bridget Jones's Diary when I first moved to London in May 1997. (I first read a portion of it by looking over someone's shoulder on the number 9 bus (Hammersmith to Aldwych) and tracked it down in a branch of … Continue reading Four Fun Things
London's Holland Park is a favourite place to soak up colourful houses, pretty mews, and gorgeous gardens. 🙂 Holland Park itself is popular with locals and visitors alike. You can meander along woodland paths, visit the Kyoto Garden and admire the huge tulips in the Dutch Garden. Along Melbury Road, Abbotsbury Road and Ilchester Place … Continue reading Weekday Walks | Holland Park
I love London. I love living in the West London suburbs. I love living just 20 minutes away from the West End. The city's history, its architecture, its people, I love all of it. And I'm not alone in that. I hope you enjoy reading the following quotes about London and that they inspire you … Continue reading Six Quotes About London
While The Boy and I are reasonably happy to venture into town, we're not going in that far and we're choosing to go early before the shops open. I love Mayfair for its historic architecture (The Boy is ambivalent about the area), although many original buildings have been stripped back to their facades only, with … Continue reading Weekday Walk | Mayfair
Non-essential shops reopen today :)All three of us have appointments for haircutsThe Boy and I are planning another Weekday Walk in townThe Boy and I are planning a visit to his favourite bookstoreThe garden update is proceeding as plannedWe've made arrangements to see my SiL and our friends again - twice in two weeks!We visited … Continue reading Me on Monday
There's no denying that Spring has arrived in West London. 🙂 How's the arrival of Spring looking in your part of the world? Or is it Autumn that's arriving?
The Boy and I recently ventured into town for the first time this year. 🙂 We chose Soho as our destination for its quirkiness and the fact that the current situation meant that it wouldn't be crowded with tourists. We began our walk at Oxford Circus Tube station and ended at Leicester Square Tube station. … Continue reading Weekday Walk | Soho
It's been a fab few days here ... The Postie delivered the latest offering from Mhairi McFarlane. 🙂 The Brainy One and I tackled the weeding and replanting in our front garden. We met up with my SiL to walk our dogs together and then had lunch in her garden. We revisited Hughenden. We enjoyed … Continue reading Me on Tuesday
The thing about making several pages using the same design is that they invariably end up in different albums, so nobody is any the wiser . 🙂 (And I am closer to having a full set of gap-free albums.) Having said that, these two are side-by-side in The Boy's album. But this one below now … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | Filling in More Gaps
This year's word of heart is being recorded simply - one 12x12 scrapbook page a month. The Boy made me laugh by suggesting that he should appear every month. 🙂 In January, I chose a cute photo of our great nephews after they'd built a snowman: For February, I chose a set of photos taken … Continue reading Recording 2021’s One Little Word | Heart – January and February
