I am exploring with Isabella (3 1/2) and Toby (2) ways of making mosaics with little children – slightly different to school age and older children as their fine motor skills are still developing and there are materials and tools that they can’t yet have too much access to for obvious reasons! Activity One – […] Read more...
In praise of slow…
Life has really slowed down for me in the last couple of weeks. I’m days off being 40 weeks pregnant (waiting, waiting…..). I have been on maternity leave for just over a month now and it feels fantastic to have used the first 3 weeks of my maternity leave to put to bed household projects […] Read more...
A different way of doing Christmas gifts
Since last posting, the Christmas presents have been bought, wrapped and unwrapped. The decorations have been taken out, hung and put back into the attic. Much food has been eaten and drink drunk. Even the post Christmas 28 day detox (vegan) has been successfully completed (about a stone lost between the two of us). The […] Read more...
Deep thoughts about…carrier bags
I was in a large DIY store last night, shopping for paint samples and varnish etc… We are in the middle of DIY ‘heaven’ at the moment – four rooms plus our hallway being done hence me writing this blog from a room piled high with all the contents of the other rooms! As I […] Read more...
Unseen art & the one-eyed monster
On Sunday we went to see a comedian performing his show called “Britalia”. I spotted it in Time Out and thought “yeah!”. The theme was all about how he grew up in Brixton (London) but in an Italian family. There were several moments of empathic delight as I sat and listened to him, relaying his […] Read more...
Community & urban life
Community has been a word close to my heart since my late teenage years and a subject that my husband, Neil and I talk about a lot. Let me set the scene. We live in London, a 24-hour city of 10 million people, which is not readily associated with a sense of community. The pace […] Read more...