As things go, the Gallery provided too many opportunities for reflection this month. Too many I couldn’t walk past: they felt like a summons. But April hasn’t been a sad month, after all, it has been a happy month, one that has helped me see how lucky I am, even if it takes a certain […]
Garden & Allotment Stuff
This last week or so has been a flurry of visitors, visiting and being places. The bank holidays – and with them the end of April and the passing of all ‘those’ dates have flown by. I think they are not really the same for us, given in the Spring and Summer we can please […]
That's a lot…ment. *whooty whoot whoot*
Ahem, just to get this out of the way,So, just in case you didn’t know, the last day for The Mads Nominations is tomorrow; I’m in Blogger of the Year, Writer, Inspirational, Craft, Family Life and Small Business and if you have time to vote for any blogs before closing date, I’d appreciate it so […]
Making something grow
Thanks to my many lovely friends, the garden is still looking beautiful; daffs are hanging on, tulips blooming, one magnolia is still making new blooms and the other is about to burst open. Not bad for an iPhone. It’s worth a thank you. I didn’t want to garden last year, but being sent trees and […]
On this day
On this day, 19 years ago, I attended the funeral of one of my school friends, a boy aged just 17. That was one of the saddest days of my life. On this day 5 years ago, I found out I was pregnant and saying it out loud caused horror. That was one of the […]
Silent Sunday
A Million Feelings, a photo by Merrily Me on Flickr.
The Other Nice Bits of the Week.
Fran and I have spent a very pleasant few bits of time sat at the table and making bracelets and dragons; she’s started to sell a few to friends now and has been invited to a charity coffee morning with them tomorrow. hard to know how that will go but I hope she sells some. […]
Ups and downs
After a week of all the girls being poorly, Max and I came down with milder versions of it this weekend. We pootled about though and did things – the girls indulged in a lot of rabbit play and pet worship, which was great to see. I made these and Josie sat with me, also […]
A Day in the Garden (and a chance for a present :) )
After a grumpy day yesterday (I think top of the list of ‘how to help your friend if she loses a child’ should be ‘if she says the day is starting happy, she’ll crash within an hour and needs hourly moral boosts and love all day’) I wanted to do better today. The sun was […]
I'd mulch if only I knew how.
This Summer the girls and I dabbled with gardening again. We’d planned to anyway, I had thought it would be a good way to get us all outside in a season I expected to spend with a smallish baby and probably a lack of inclination for going very far away. The way our house is […]
