Words for Wednesday…

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Remember I was complaining about my house and wanting a blank canvas? Well, scrap that. I fell in love with some wallpaper recently that made me forget all of my dreams of a whitewashed way of life, and now I’m completely hooked. It’s blue, metallic and covered in little birds – and I’m quite besotted…
My “baby” is nearly two. He’s still my baby and there are still so many firsts to experience – such as getting his hair cut. I can’t bear that I might have to change his current Linus [Peanuts] hairdo to a big boy style, or his first real shoes [we’ve been wearing wellyboots and moccasins…
I am beyond excited today to be hosting what is, to me, the most fantastic prize I can give to anyone. The gift of knowledge. If it wasn’t for two very talented, highly patient, just completely lovely tutors in my life, way across the pond in the USA, I would still have my camera in…
I think it’s the teacher in me that misses it all now. Paying it forward, seeing faces light up when they develop a skill or have an “aha” moment. I taught my very first photography retreat last year [and still have to blog it – but I’ll get around to that this week, I promise] and…
When I think back to holidays as a child, there were three kinds. Camping, caravanning and holidays abroad. The first time I sat on an airplane it 1986, I was 10, and we were on a 747 destined for my happy place. I’d never seen an airplane other than the ones that my Granny used…
As a teacher, I know that maths can be tricky to teach children. They either simply don’t care about the subject or find it difficult to get their heads around. As with anything, working at it will make it easier and a more enjoyable process. If you can relate and have a child who absolutely…