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Just scooting in really fast to thank everyone who commented and emailed following my post yesterday about Getting It All Wrong. Your thoughts, ideas, reassurrence and shared experiences are hugely appreciated. I’m making my way through all the emails/comments and you will get a response. THANK YOU xx 0

Skippy days…we’re on holiday. In Foreign. Thus far there have been no comedy travel disasters or, more suprisingly, packing disasters. We are all present and correct in full health, in the right place in the right time with appropriate clothing. Still, it’s only day 3 of 10 days so there’s plenty of time. Minor skirmishes [...]

Ooooh Camera Club, haven’t done this for a while…have the biscuits gone stale in our absence? Should we get the club going again? Anyone need any help with anything, got a question…if so please leave a comment and I’ll wrap them up in subsequent Camera Club post. I’ve had a few email questions recently too, [...]

Let’s talk about love…not romantic love because I’m too old and too married for all that. I think we’ll stick with motherly love,  altogether a much more palatable subject and very topical if you’re in the UK (since it’s Mothering Sunday here, but I think not in the US?). I was treated to breakfast in [...]

My first Art Exchange gift arrived in the mail today, all the way from Chelmsford USA (not Chelmsford about 30 miles up the road). But who send the gift? No note, no details…was it you? Do you know who it was? Well thank you to whoever it was. The rest of today’s mail was a [...]

Oh me love this! I saw one of these on Emma Bradshaw’s blog and totally and immediately hearted it. A wee catalogue card with your own list of joy/evil complete with handwritten scribblings. It’s a thing of beauty, right up there with the Grudge Book. Make one for yourself here. Also, announces by stealth, the [...]

People Who Craft…I need you. I need various volunteers to make one item and send to a random stranger somewhere in the world and receive, in theory 36 hand crafted goodies back. Some of you can’t hide, I know you craft so I’ll be emailing you direct. Be afraid….be v..e..r..y afraid. So people who sew, [...]

For my mother, eleven years distant today xxx 0

I’ve been pondering about Life Rules…as in Rules for Life rather than some kind of cringe making affirmation type statement (because if it were an affirmation surely it would have at least one ! if not !! and an OK!!! after it like this…Life Rules!! OK!!…and anyway I don’t do affirmations…I only do moaning & [...]