Perspective in sad times
This time last week, almost exactly to the hour, we received a call from Colchester General Hospital to say that Andrew's Mother, Janet, was about to pass away and that Andrew and his father should...
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Colchester 24 update
Today, I found out that one of the three photographs I submitted to a local project called Colchester 24 is on display at the central library in Colchester.Colchester 24 was a photography project where...
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A little road trip
~our spring shadows (I am not really shaped like a turtle! The wind took my clothes and puffed them out!Um, hi there!A month ago we had been packing for a three day little road trip and were only...
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An altered corner of my home
A while ago Andrew and I were discussing streamlining the kitchen and making sure that everything in it was useful or beautiful or both.We had a shelf unit, very cheap pine, that I think I'd had as a...
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A Frank Update
This is Frank.He has Type 1 Diabetes.And he needs a haircut!At the hospital this week Frank was weighed and measured and his HbA1c taken (7.7, up from last time but I am truly happy with anything under...
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Off the Needles ...
... no less than two Ishbels!One in a really not-Jules colour of Golden Phoenix and one in green.I only have photos of them as they were blocking at the moment but I am wearing them all the time and...
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The Pirate King
Sorting through Nana's old costume jewellery, Mr Frank decided he wanted to keep the whole booty in his treasure chest but wear it all at once firstly because "that's just what a Pirate King would do,...
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Hello July
Well, I fell off the Marauders' Map there for a while, didn't I?Clearly I needed some blogging-free time and I have made full use of it, I assure you. We are all well here in my little family and life...
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A Folksy Flannels Quilt
After making the little quilt for Frank's bed I leapt straight into making another for our big bed and had set my heart on some brushed cotton flannel. It's a fabric I remember well from my childhood...
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six
And in the blink of an eye my baby turned six! We have been busy celebrating our Boy Wonder with a family party, a party at a great cafe in town with a walled garden and yummy food and lots and lots of...
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Road Trip sans child - Jinkies!
Yes, you read that right. I am fresh back from a three day, two-night road trip with my friend Anne.For anyone with a diabetic child you will known what a BIG DEAL this is!For myself it is doubly...
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that beach
Oh yes, it's summer for sure now and we spent a beautiful day at my favourite beach ...All these pictures were taken as we left the beach hut that we had kindly been lent for the day and walked along...
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doily bunting
I have been crafting on and off.Summer is not a time for lots of craftng for me as Frank and I tend to be out and about or just enjoying the garden. So I tend to find time when I can fit it in between...
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this boy
this boy is growing upthis boy has had a haircutthis boy adores Scooby-Doo this boy is bright and full of energythis boy loves stories this boy loves to sword fightthis boy loves jacket potatoes...
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Autumn Nature Table
Frank enjoyed freshening up the nature table today. Autumn is my favourite season as I just wilt in the humid heat of summer and seem to come alive again as the air turns that little bit cooler and...
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a milestone
This week saw Frank pass a childhood milestone by losing the first of his milk teeth.We had been told by the dentist at least three months ago that the two middle teeth on the bottom row were already...
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Meri
Barely six months ago I posted about my dear friend Meri's husband Ryan being diagnosed with cancer. Let's make it clear, I have never met Meri but her name and those of her family, and indeed dog,...
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Chocolate Gingerbread ~ Oh, my!
This is the second time I have made this gingerbread and it does go down rather well. I recommend cutting it into fairly small squares as it is rich and dark. Kids don't always go for it but adults...
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Ryan's sunset
Not wanting to let the beautiful sunset of Ryan's Festival go without being officially blogged.A week ago today this was it: the sunset over Prettygate in Colchester, England on the day that Ryan...
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Keeping it Simple
We are a family that don't really fit the mold. We are older parents. We homeschool. We don't desire more, more, more. We try to be as natural as we can, whilst living in suburbia and needing...
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