43/365 red door

Today’s challenge (the month of daily blogging is nearing an end!) was to share an old photo, but I thought this would be an appropriate post to share a pencil sketch an artist relative (my Dad’s cousin, Elizabeth McEwen) did of me when I was about 7. Elizabeth is more known for her botanical paintings…

So today is the day before the day we fly to Paris for our 4 day trip to the Disneyland Paris Resort. The euros have been purchased, the passports have been triple checked to ensure they have not expired, and the final packing is being done. I have decided to post my euros and passport…

 Can you guess what this is?  Read on!  I am starting my lessons learned this week with two I forgot to include last week! Exams and results are almost as stressful when being sat by your kids. My daughter may disagree! We were very proud of her results anyway irrespective of who found it more…

With Christmas approaching, it is always great to have some family friendly DVD’s to watch. When given the opportunity to review the DVD The Littlest Angel, it seemed like a good match for our family.  It is based on the beloved best-selling children’s novel by Charles Tazewell. We settled down last night at the cottage,…

1. It is wonderful when the hour changes over a half-term break – gives all of us more time to adjust, although for a certain 5 year old in our house it is taking MUCH later than it should! 2. When you plan to post a lesson about how much more delicious home-made chocolate brownies…