Judging a book by it's cover...

OK, I'm very aware that you shouldn't! But a chance Instagram post a couple of weeks ago, and a comment that someone made upon it, caused me to think about the books which are my favourites just because they're pretty... I started digging some out and soon realised that it's the pretty spines which grab me (once you've finished reading it you rarely see the cover itself but the spine is there for...

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22September2015

Can we have the summer back please?

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I'm sitting here as the (cold) rain hammers on the window and I'm starting to dread the school run! So, back to some warmer, sunnier days in the summer. We had two breaks during the school holidays (lucky us!) - first stop Herefordshire, second Galicia in northern Spain. To be honest the weather wasn't great for either (but A LOT nice than today!). Here are a few of my photos... ...

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16September2015

In the Garden - Before and After

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Our garden has been a work in progress for a while. We had a little patio garden at our old flat and looking after it was a keen hobby of mine. But then we moved here and got a bigger garden, but also had a baby and it was neglected. Two years ago we took the plunge and paid a garden designer to sort it out for us. The theory being that once the bulk of the initial work was completed (and I'd...

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10September2015

Reading!!!!!

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This time last week I was at the Reading Festival for the 5th time... We only went for the day this time though (I'm still undecided about going for a camping ticket next year - I didn't really want to leave but it was quite nice getting into a warm dry car on Saturday night!). Getting old... Anyway, we've now been in 2007, 2009 (when I was pregnant but I didn't know), 2013, 2014 and 2015. I don't...

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05September2015

Summer Holiday Scrapbook

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Just before the school holidays started I discovered a lovely Paperchase scrapbook which I'd bought in the sale a few years ago. The little man is 5 now and I thought that he might just be ready for a bit of holiday scrapbooking (I remember doing this as a child and loving it). Mr M said it'd all end in tears (mostly mine) as the small boy wouldn't be interested, but it turned out that he was! Armed...

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02September2015