Back home to beautiful roses

I was recently sent the Wii game Bonsai Barber by to review on my blog. The kids were all excited by the prospect of a new Wii game, and this one was no exception. The instructions were easy to follow, and once I read the inital on-screen instructions to my 5 year old, he could…

I love Christmas, and I love the weekend we bring down our Christmas decorations from the attic and start unpacking – my husband may not share me enthusiasm, but he tolerates it well!

Happy New Year! As has now become a tradition on my blog, at the end of the year I share a post with  my favourite highlights  and photos of the past year. I love to read back over these recap posts, and thank YOU for taking time to read this one. January We started the…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

Today was “Carol Service Sunday” – in the morning we had the Sunday School Carol Service – with probably over 100 kids taking part. The youngest 2 classes performed the Nativity With the inevitable cute sheep, cows, angels, wise men, shepherds, inn keeper, Mary, Joseph and of course featuring Baby Jesus. Our son was one…

I’ve been learning lots on the two short photo courses I’m involved in. One of the recent challenges was to take images in and around our town and crop them down to letterbox size – so they are at least 3 times as long as they are high (or vice versa) It is amazing how…