Childhood’s Simple Pleasures
Recently, my small, wise 4 year old child achieved a milestone. He got a new scooter and he learned the art of balance. It was a little tiny jump into […]
Tag Archives: family
I barely remember the 5th of November
Bonfire Night. Well, I had one too many vinos for starters, and a punishing pain to my left temple on Sunday morning told me I’m too old for all this […]
Oh, what a luvverly war!
Wartime wardrobes come to Peacetime Pickering! A glorious Autumn morning greeted my family last weekend. A buzz of excitement filled the house as the kids remembered that today we had […]
Spookin’ in Suburbia
When I was a little girl, growing up in 1970s UK, there was no such thing as a Halloween holiday. Halloween was just one of those days that came and […]
Win a Lifetime’s Membership at www.SaveEveryStep.com on Facebook
Our Facebook page looks a bit lonely, so how about popping over and showing us some love (or ‘Like’ to be more precise) and at the same time try to […]
Pandemonium in the Pews – harvest festival nostalgia
Harvest festival. Corn dollies, scarecrows and all manner of crafting entertainment for kids. The time of year that signals Autumn’s arrival more than any other. I can recall being no […]
Letters home rediscovered, 1946
My home is stuffed with precious things. None more so than this small box of envelopes. After 65 years secreted away in a plastic bag, they were discovered by my […]
My baby’s eyes
All throughout my childhood I can remember people telling me that I had pretty eyes. These days it is hard to find them beneath the crinkles, and I have noticed […]
Bonkers for Conkers
We may not call it ‘Fall’ over here, but I felt all Chicken Licken this week when sharp prickly objects started dropping out of the sky in high winds. Yep, […]
Lego Love
Lego. A timeless crowd-pleaser. Now, to be honest, today’s Lego session was borne out of guilt. My little man has been kicking around the house all week trying to entertain […]
Family adventures from Welsh Blogland. Day 14
One of the family holiday traditions which I appear to have inherited by some kind of Osmosis is the arrival and departure ‘greeting’ ritual. Let me explain…..Every year from the […]
Family adventures from Welsh Blogland. Day 1
Standing on this divine stretch of the Pembrokeshire Coastal path, surrounded by heather and gorse, I can see swallows hovering in the sea breeze and hear seagulls announcing their presence. […]
Building my family a home
God, I am such a liar. This is not my home. THAT, down there, is my home. This piece of eye-melting loveliness is my fantasy home. It is a place […]
Making with Mother
Yesterday my 12 year old brought home one of those delightful surprises that so often come from school. Home made sausage rolls. It got me thinking about the amount of […]
My life story in pictures
So I am sitting here looking at pictures of my kids. I am wondering whether there was a time when my own mother did this very same thing. No computers […]
