This Moment
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful...
View ArticleHappy Father’s Day – ish
I know, I am a little late. But last weekend we were so busy having a lovely time that I didn’t get on here to record…and then the week filled up with graduation events at the University and sadly I...
View ArticleBirdy Birds…
One of the wonderful delights of our little rural idyll are the birds. This morning our house was bombarded by housemartins as we got ready for the day. We recently signed up as family members of the...
View ArticleThis Moment
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful...
View ArticleThis Moment
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful...
View ArticleFearsome Mr Fox
A week or so ago I was having a bit of a bad day… Kazuo was ill (and that is another long and ghastly story, for another day perhaps) and things just didn’t go at all according to plan… Last Monday...
View ArticleHenny Hen Hen…
After the Fearsome Mr Fox encounter a few weeks ago, we really had to find the enduring little Naynaynay Number Four some company. By all accounts, chickens do not fare so well alone, being social...
View ArticleSummer Visitors
A Scottish summer… The temperatures have not soared above 20degC very often, in fact they hover around the 15degC mark or below most days. The Haar has rolled in from the sea on many an afternoon,...
View ArticleThis Moment
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful...
View ArticleThis Moment
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful...
View ArticleFinally At Home
It has been a rather lengthy hiatus of painting, re-insulating, packing, unpacking, getting a hundred colds and flus and trying to juggle the minutiae of daily life with the desire to prettify and make...
View ArticleChristmas Countdown
Only eight more sleeps to go…This year I really wanted to initiate Kazuo into the counting down to Christmas that was such a cherished part of my childhood. He is still acquiring the capacity to deal...
View ArticleThis Moment – Yuletide Gladness
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a wonderful...
View ArticleChristmas Recap
And, January disappeared! Where did it go? Before the rest of the year escapes me…let me fill in a couple of gaps. Christmas was a fab festivity. Finally I get why it becomes all about the kiddoes...
View ArticleConstruction Zone
Another catch up from me…a couple of weeks ago our lounge was taken over by tiny construction workers. Kazuo has been fixated by all things building and constructing for some months now, and when it...
View ArticleWhiling Away the Winter Days
The winter days are lengthening finally. We no longer leave for work and drive home in the dark. But there is an icy grip on the land still, and whilst darling little buds are appearing in the garden...
View ArticleSpringing Again
Lately I have been making a habit of taking an early morning stroll over the hill to the nearest town and this little fellow often kept me company on my way through the woods: Since then, we have...
View ArticleLondon Town
Earlier this month, we ventured south to visit the grandparents and take in some of the sights and sounds of London. This was our first trip the the capital since returning to the UK in 2010, and the...
View ArticleEaster Antics
Easter is a magical time for me. Just like Christmas, I took quite a bit of pleasure in introducing Kaz to the wonderful delights of poking about in the garden looking for chocolatey treats from the...
View ArticleMay Highlights
It seems that the weekends have flown by this month. Summer is not really making much of an appearance. Though from last year, we are not expecting too much! But we have managed the odd outing,...
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