Chez Spud

To my boy, on the eve of starting school: Five…the number of years you so nearly are….five…the number of years we’ve hung out together…five…the years which are the most formative of a child’s life … five….the number of years it’s been since I parted ways with corporate life for you…five…the minutes that it seems like [...]

When my boys were babies I thought to answer to any parenting issue could be found in books or on the internet. No problem was insurmountable, if something wasn’t ‘working’ I just hadn’t researched the issue deeply enough. A bit more googling, a smidge more online chat, the purchase of yet another parenting tome would [...]

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, [...]

Mmmm, takes a moment to look around and note absence of butterflies…ah….sweet moment. Finally, thanks to the brilliance of Genevieve at Lilac Creative I have a template for Chez Spud that I adore. I’m so pleased. I’m fairly sure I was a nightmare client, poor Genevieve. Hopefully she’s reclining on a sofa somewhere feasting on [...]

Once upon a time, when Bertie was a baby, my mother-in-law was reminiscing with me about her own children as babies and how ‘everything is different these days’. She wasn’t being snooty or draconian, simply passing comment on how recommended practices change from generation to generation. She mentioned that MrSpud was fed on Carnation Milk [...]

A mere 17 hours after I received A Sign that I should blow a load of cash on a new camera…she arrived. And here she is, my [not very] little bundle of joy….my D700 accessorised with a Big Fat Lens. Since the incident of the Disappearing Wig back in the summer, Andy the Postman can’t [...]

Apologies, this question has been lurking for a while. Amanda asked a while back about how we can protect our images online, to prevent others using them. In short, there is no truly effective way of preventing someone who is very skilled and determined helping themselves to your images. So the basic rule is ‘if [...]

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 [...]

Life is definitely speeding up…ergo…I am definitely getting old. I hate that. Although now I’m all stocked up with No 7 Perfect & Protect Intense Serum I’m all set to be looking like a teenager again in a couple of weeks. But without the spots, attitude and poor judgement, I hope. In this Brave New [...]

News just in…stop press…stop all the clocks…hold the front page…those well-meaning people who say ‘time heals’ to those who are grieving, probably uttered in that slightly whiney, knowitall voice, head cocked to one side, perhaps nodding a bit for emphasis (“Believe me! I’m right, I’m nodding my head and using my special whiney voice, thus [...]