Why I Wear my Wedding Dress on our Anniversary Posted: 20 August 2019 It's coming up to our 12th wedding anniversary and I always wear my wedding dress again. Well, almost always. One year our son was only a couple of weeks old, and one year we were on holiday!Anyway, we always just have a special meal at home and I wear my dress. Not just a ploy to get my husband to do all of the cooking because he enjoys cooking. It's a lovely tradition which means that the dress isn't just stuck in a box never to be seen again.Read more about Why I Wear my Wedding Dress on our Anniversary2 commentsAdd new comment
International Day of Forests 2019 Posted: 25 March 2019 Last week on 21st March, it was International Day of Forests. Celebrating all types of forest across the world, and why they are so important for us and the environment. As somebody commented on my facebook post, I'd celebrate this every day of the year!Read more about International Day of Forests 2019Add new comment
Autumn Leaves at Kedleston Hall Posted: 27 October 2017 I hope you've all had a chance to enjoy some half term sunshine this week! We had a family christening in Maidenhead over the weekend and stopped off on the way back to visit Kedleston Hall. It was a bit of a grey day but we were very lucky and didn't get rained on.Read more about Autumn Leaves at Kedleston HallAdd new comment
Derwent Walk Posted: 31 July 2017 Yesterday we went and did part of the Derwent Walk which we hadn't done for absolutely ages! We used to take our son's scooter or bike and he would always whinge about being tired when we walked down the path which is the old railway line. I think it was because it was long, straight and boring!Read more about Derwent WalkAdd new comment
Holy Jesus Hospital in Newcastle Posted: 24 July 2017 While we were making our way to the Castle Gate Centre in Newcastle to see our son collect his Chief Scout Silver Award certificate, we walked past the Holy Jesus hospital. This is an area of Newcastle which I very rarely walk around and I loved the repeating arches along the front of the building. On the way back, I took this shot and I've had a play around with some effects.Read more about Holy Jesus Hospital in NewcastleAdd new comment
Sticks in Pots Posted: 17 July 2017 An eventful weekend with a night out with friends, son on cub activity day to Kirkley Hall and the enjoyment of watching the tennis (doubles that is, the men's final was a bit too one-sided to be particularly good.) The most eventful occurence was Sunday evening when my husband accidently cut the side of his wrist with a glass bowl while he was doing the washing up! We grabbed a neighbour to babysit our son and I drove him to A&E.Read more about Sticks in PotsAdd new comment
Painting Boards for the Garden Posted: 10 July 2017 It's been a busy couple of days around the house and garden. Our son used to have a homemade den which unfortunately got damaged over Christmas last year. As I like to recycle and re-use as much as possible, I wanted my husband to cut the pieces of marine plywood into oblongs. I am going to attach the painted boards onto the fences to create some interesting artwork. I already have two boards with some iron flowers on them.Read more about Painting Boards for the GardenAdd new comment
A Trip to Seaton Delaval Hall Posted: 3 July 2017 We met friends at Seaton Delaval Hall yesterday so I took the opportunity to take my camera. The pro camera is quite heavy so I restricted myself to the lighter 60mm lens.Read more about A Trip to Seaton Delaval HallAdd new comment
Patio Weeding Again! Posted: 26 June 2017 Another lovely weekend which was cool enough to actually get some work done in the garden. I started off just tackling the weeds between the patio paving slabs, and ended up hosing the dirt off the slabs. Mind you, it does look a lot better! And I did get a bit of reading time afterwards.I've done some work on the computer to bring aout the details of the slabs.Read more about Patio Weeding Again!Add new comment
A Hot Sunny Weekend Posted: 19 June 2017 I hope you all enjoyed the sunny weekend! We had the usual jobs to do, and moving all of the things back to the lounge/dining room after having the carpet fitted. But most of the time was spent keeping cool in the shade in our garden. We got the hammock out and I managed to be on it for a while. Our son was hogging it for most of the time though.Read more about A Hot Sunny WeekendAdd new comment