Chez Spud

Funky Slug! What a ‘handle’, I thought mine was rather unique but I’m a mere pile of potatoes when compared with Funky Slug. Sigh, I’m so ordinary…
All of which is to say that this week’s guess blogger is a Slug called Funky who takes might fine snaps for a slimy one. Check out his site [...]

Happy Birthday lovely Anna…just turned 3! Look at her curls, look at the red, red hair…just perfect. AND she has the prettiest face, perfect creamy skin with freckles and chocolate coloured eyes. Gah, not fair….unfair distribution of pretties!
Thanks to you all for your lovely comments on Aswirly’s post on making the most of your point [...]

It’s birthday season Chez Spud as Bertie turns 4 in a couple of weeks…which means all the friends we met through ‘baby class’ have children turning 4 too. We’re so fortunate to still be close friends with our baby group but the downside is that late August/early September is sugar rush a go-go.  We went [...]

Drum roll….dim the the lights….queue spotlight…queue vast applause….introducing our first guest blogger here at Chez Spud, the fabulous Amber of Aswirly’s Place. Please take a moment to skip over to her place and be wowed by her amazing photography and her uniquely creative approach to shots. She’s a truly outstanding photographer and has a mind [...]

I accidentally ‘fell’ in to the Crumpler store in London this week and was forced, against my will, to buy stuff. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? You’re skipping along the pavement thinking happy thoughts when BAMMM, a vortex engulfs you and twirls you in to a store where elves and pixies relieve [...]

CCC is a go-go! Hoorah, we’ve even got a logo which Eliane of Creativity and Inspiration in Ireland sweetly made for us…I will load it up later but wanted to get on with Part 2 of CCC and answer all the questions you’ve asked.  Let’s crack on so we can get to the real business [...]

Drum roll…introducing Camera Club for Commencers (CCC). Ta da! Just because we’re not physically together doesn’t mean we can’t all gather round, drink tea, eat cake and talk geeky stuff does it? So, with no further delay, I pronounce the CCC open for business. I’ll be the ChairSpud, Secretary and Treasurer and you can all [...]

… is a Megaboy on your back, giggling and tickling you and then – at the end of a long day on the beach – snuggling in close to you resting his curly locked head in the nape of your neck. Sweet boy of mine xx
Look how he’s grown, here he is two years ago [...]

I’m working on a post about photography. When I say ‘working on’ what I mean is I know I’m going to write one and I have a couple of half baked ideas as to what might go in it…but ‘working on’ sounds much worthier.
HEALTH WARNING: I am not holding myself out as a professional photographer [...]

Shifting sands, that’s what friendship feels like. No different than any other human relationship of course but, in my experience, those sandy friendship beaches are more fickle than the others.
I choose not to have a glut of friends in my life and I’ve always been like that. It’s always been about a few, very VERY [...]