Please excuse my silence this week. I have a back that has gone into spasm…very ouchy and not quite recovered yet. As with all these things, you have to choose your attitude. I have been tempted to feel very sorry for myself as its been quite debilitating (not being able to put your own socks […] Read more...
Arts, Kites and Musical Delights
Phew! What a weekend… Isabella, Toby and I went to the launch on our new local community arts gallery, Sprout. It was a drawing free for all, including the walls. Not every day you can draw on walls. Isabella suggested we draw each other and then draw ourselves – can you spot whose who? (clue, […] Read more...
Our beautiful creation
Our little boy turned 3 today. What a beautiful day, the day this beautiful gift of Toby was given to us. We are so grateful, so happy and so in awe of his beautiful, energetic way of being. Here he is enjoying his massive set of duplo (bought from some big boys who had just […] Read more...
Meaningful life…and presents!
My beloved and I try out different ways of doing Christmas presents to each other and about 5 years ago we bought a years worth of experiences for each other to fit categories we’d chosen: “funny”, “creative”, “inspiring” etc… I wrote about it in one of my early blog posts here and thoroughly recommend it […] Read more...
The Nativity Week 4!
Last week it was the shepherds and sheep. This week saw the arrival of wise men, cattle-a-lowing, sheep-a-baaing and angels, lots of them. They sing “Hallelujah” to the Leonard Cohen / X-factor tune in our house because Toby and Isabella love that song. Here are the latest pics of the Nativity. The star path is […] Read more...
Nativity Week Two
It’s been a good but tiring week as have been battling a chest infection. I had my second attempt at doing the Christmas Art Fairs on Friday. Looking back on these two experiences, I am still mulling over if ‘Fairs’ is one of the places where I will put my work out to the world. […] 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...