I’ve decided to stop teaching my Sunday morning hatha class because, well, sometimes “I” need to be priority. I may be old fashioned in thinking that Sunday is rest day, but so [...]
I like the process of looking over the day through photographs. Of seeing things so easily missed by the busy wandering eyes of a muma. Another day and another challenging toddler. But just now [...]
we woke, we pottered and we played. che’s little legs walked him all the way up the hill and he chased the wrens all the way down. i’m loving wool, cashmere and mohair. the warmth of [...]
I’m fast learning that just because it’s wet outside it doesn’t mean we have to stay in. I read somewhere recently that there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. [...]
It is so unseasonably warm for late april but we took full advantage the last three days and headed to a quiet spot on the beach. Note that we found vintage tonka (I squealed when he found it and [...]
But yesterday was hideously hot. Our day included: 3 ocean swims 6 cold showers 2 baths icy-cold drinks (too many to count) 3 frozen poppers spaghetti for dinner – alfresco. Ché liked the [...]
I knew when Daniel walked in from work yesterday afternoon that the time of year had come. Where we spend late afternoons and early evenings building sandcastles and bathing in the ocean. Around [...]
Me, almost two, camping under a grey English sky This morning i bundled che in the stroller (wella) and we walked along our street to the old farmhouse at the end. and there, under blue spring [...]
Became naked swimming session in the rock pool (us mamas stayed clothed and dry). sunny and bright i chased my giggling toddler around and around as he threw pebbles into the sea. a fast and [...]
it’s the middle of winter and yet this morning, as ché ché and i dawdled along the beach, the sun was bright, the air was warm and the ocean a little like a bath. tepid, perhaps. seaweed [...]
Doing nothing. After a busy and joyous Christmas we have spent our days just lazing about. Which only makes me realise how important it is to be still and quiet for a while – because it [...]
