I ain’t dead yet
Mother’s Day cometh. My eldest son just turned 12. My millennium baby has managed to suck up 12 years of my life without me hardly noticing the time pass. Was […]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 4: Bestest Friends
Last week in the series, we discussed your earliest school work. Less ‘things’, more ‘people’ from our lives this week….. I have met an awful lot of people in my […]
Visualising 2012
This one’s just for you BabyGenie. You asked us to choose an image that best describes your visualisation of the year you want 2012 to be. I want nothing more […]
The Heirloom
I’m not entirely sure how I came to have this in my possession. I do remember that, some time after Mum passed away, my Dad finally found the strength to […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 3 – Earliest writings, by Helen
Last week in the series we looked at your old school portraits. I apologise for saying this, but quite frankly some were just nasty! This week we are taking a […]
Motivation Monday – Declaring War on The War
My photography resolution for the next few weeks does not involve the camera. It’s a War on scanning. Me versus the black machine and a large pile of precious letters […]
Guest Post – Are you making a childhood to remember?
What I Want My Children To Remember About Their Childhood by Brae Craig at I am NOT a VOLCANO!!!(and other such stories) I have always had a good memory. Most people […]
The hand-me-down kid
This photo was taken in 2009 when Georgie was 9 years old. The coat was beginning to become one of those things which only Losers wear. Not cool. Makes me […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series, Week 2: The School Portrait
From last week’s ‘my earliest baby photo‘, this week we’re taking a step forward a few years to those heady school days…….. 1974. Another miserably disappointing year for the eagerly […]
The Middle Ages
Oh poop. It’s here. At almost-45, I can’t really deny that I’m firmly entrenched in middle age. I mean, I literally did the maths. 45 x 2 = (oh crap) […]
Mobile Memories
Instagram is an awesome little bit of kit. In spite of the fact that we own a very expensive camera, I tend to find that I take the vast majority […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 1: My earliest baby photo
It’s a new year, so time, thought I, to start a more regular series of posts to this family stories Blog. As you know by now, my obsession is the […]
Baby Shoes, revisited 12 years on
I just found these in a box, alongside a picture of the little man in question wearing them. These were George’s first ever shoes. I saved them. I am indeed […]
A tatty old box full of memories
Yesterday I began the traditional New Year clear-out. You know, the one where you use stealth to remove the toys and games which graced previous Christmas stockings but are no […]
About the Boys
Things I love about the big ‘un:- the way his right eye goes all wobbly when he’s drinking with intent. So like his dad (wobbly genes?) the fact that he […]
