Silent Sunday…

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We’ve been struck down with Dadda’s bug and so things are a little hard going in our house at the moment. No sleep for Momma, sad Baby Dragon, our Little Adventurer in denial of being ill, and huskies that are traipsing enough mud in for a couple of hippos to wallow in. In any case,…
When we arrived at Granny and Grandad’s house this December to drop off cousin Christmas presents and celebrate a little early with them, there was still a slight covering of snow on the floor. And even though I was in a dress, Gav was in shorts, I had to say it. Let’s have a family…
…was perfect. It was cinnamon sweet, warm and toasty, bursting with freshly grated nutmeg…and sprinkled in teeny tiny candy canes. Every smell, taste, touch, sight or sound said, “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” in large, bold (red) letters. There was no mistaking the season in the Jones household; Baby Dragon’s introduction to “festive” could only have been made…
They just keep on growing, don’t they? Growing up means growing out of things – especially the big things in life that are important, like a car seat. Hero grew out of his last car seat faster than I thought he would. I sat him in the next seat up – the one Lyoto had grown…
Despite getting ridiculously excited over the new Christmas and Hallowe’en scented candles in our local garden centre, I have to confess that I have had my head in the sand – or the candle wax even – when it comes to buying candles for relaxing with at home. Fantastically, the very cheery team at The…
Last summer I was fortunate enough to be able to take a little break by myself with a few other photographers and spend some time in a breathtakingly beautiful property near Winchesea Beach. It was stunning – open plan and white, stripped down floorboards. It wasn’t a palace, there was nothing ornate – it was…