I despair. I honestly believe my children have the ability to argue over anything at all. I am not joking. They argue over one piece of LEGO. Who on earth knows who one piece of Lego out of thousands of pieces that can be found in every nook and cranny of our home belongs… Read More
Change happens. Even when you don’t plan it, you don’t like it and you think you don’t want it. Change is good. It’s what you make it. I never could have envisaged how differently our lives would be now compared to five years ago. Life has this habit of taking unexpected turns. Sometimes the… Read More
Street photography often conjures up images of travel bloggers and influencers setting up shots in far flung places but the truth is that you don’t need to travel far at all to get the perfect shot. We all too often overlook the opportunities that are right here on our doorstep. Look around, there is… Read More
I do love to hear the children talk about their plans for the future. Ollie in particular is one whose dreams captivate me, as mine are still pretty much the same. Both our dreams involve buying a campervan and hitting the road. Wherever will do. I fell in love with Volkswagen Beetles many, many… Read More
There have been a lot of changes lately. I have felt a number of emotions and, while writing was usually cathartic for me to do, I didn’t feel this blog was the place to do it. Not for what I wanted to say or wanted to do or wanted to talk about. Or how… Read More
Three years ago my brother was told that the leukaemia he had been fighting for the previous ten months had returned. Two months later, he died. He was 34. He was my baby brother. He was seven years younger than me. I remember clearly the day he was born, how I excitedly visited him… Read More