Words for Wednesday (Rainbow Babies)

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias It’s Fair Trade Fortnight – and nearly Mother’s day and so I decided to combine the two events as this weekend we’re at my parents’ house visiting Drayton Manor Park. I’m no great shakes in the kitchen when…
Have you ever seen anything so cute on the roads today as this little milk float below? Me either. It’s been over 8 years since we had our milk delivered by a float. Sadly, this is not for us grown ups. It’s the world’s smallest milk float, driven by Ella’s dad (of Ella’s Kitchen fame)…
It’s big, hairy spider week here in Hampshire. Seriously, they are EVERYWHERE. The false widow we found on the trampoline yesterday [and swiftly relocated] was by far the biggest I’ve seen, and the pyjama spiders [garden orbital ones, we call them Miss Muffet spiders or pyjama spiders, depending on how stripey they look] on the bushes…
This Sunday, we went conker hunting. It’s bittersweet each year now. This is the third year without my gorgeous fur baby Casanova, the third Autumn when he hasn’t been here to leap in and out of the crunchy golden leaves. I don’t talk about him a great deal, because when I do it brings tears…
Usually when the postman arrives, he comes bearing toy review boxes. This week, he came with two very sturdy, very interesting looking parcels for the boys, from Mrs. Wordsmith. Now sit tight, because this is going to be a long one. I’ve realised more and more over the summer holidays that despite no longer being…
The huskies enjoyed an afternoon in the snowy garden. Paws caked in snow are much more pleasurable to clean than those matted with mud. Casanova is so handsome. I still can’t believe how sick he is. Excalibur just wanted to rumble… Now they’re inside, hogging the sofa as the snow melts…. I’m…