I limp, therefore I am
Sometimes the elephant in the room must be acknowledged and embraced. This is me. A slightly unconventional, but truthful self-portrait. Oh, and the dogs whom, paradoxically, were badgering me to […]
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C is for Cat
For no other reason than that he is 6 this month, and a silent but treasured part of the family, I give you…Tarzan. My beautiful Siberian cat. He must be […]
Shoulder Pads & Kajagoogoo
Time, I think to raise a glass to my decade. Wow, it seems like yesterday. 1984 – me, second from the right. A gawky, too-tall awkward netball player with prettier friends […]
Learning to swim (‘Life’s a Journey’ nostalgia Link-Up, week 43)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). ————————————————————————- I love it when I […]
Remember Remember (‘Life’s a Journey’ nostalgia Link-Up, week 42)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). ————————————————————————- This is the season which […]
I am Spartacus
There is one day in the calendar of crazy fitness fanatics which cannot be missed. It takes place over a 5 km military training ground course, and involves tyre-carrying, crawling […]
Beauty in passing
I can remember getting ready to go out on my 18th birthday. It was 1985 and I thought I looked HOT. 27 years on, I am sporting a similar look […]
Every Single Day
Life here in North Yorkshire is beautifully, predictably dull. I wouldn’t change it for the world. Every Single Day I wake my beauties… Every Single Day, we get ready and […]
Family Stories
“FAMILY”. Definition – Ancestry; descendants; lineage; clan…. Let me take you to the back-to back slums of Birmingham, 1892. George Henry Spicer……. has married Ellen Harwood. Together they had 12 children. […]
Summer Fayre Sunshine
People now run when they see me coming with my camera at school events. Luckily I can run faster. Saturday was our Summer Fayre, and the sunshine was hot, hot, […]
Family Postcard
Postcards. What if you could design your own? An image to represent your family holidays, memories, a time that you can only live once, but remember forever. So how do […]
Close Up on a Classic – Eagle Eyed Action Man!
Since I am actually a girl, the best thing about Action Man (or GI Joe if you’re from across the Pond) during my childhood was that I could use him […]
Close Up On a Classic – The ‘Clackers’
I hope you haven’t come here for mind-blowing super-macro photography this week, chaps. You may be disappointed. This is an in-depth delve into the social history of Clackers. Homage to […]
‘Blue’: Girl Guides, Revisited (Life’s a Journey, week 11)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). I noticed last week […]
Degrees of Lightness
Light is the breaking of the dawn Light is the load when you are just born Light is a place without any fear Light is when your lover is near […]
