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Today is Jane’s 8th birthday, and here are a few photos from 7am this morning. Did you spot the new slippers?! Her main present was a new bike, but the weather has been so wet and stormy today we have not had the opportunity to try it out, or get photos. Can’t believe Jane is…

May the Lord Bless You and Keep You
This layout I have made for a church friend who is facing a tough time ahead with hospital treatment over in London. Her faith and strength has been an inspiration to many of us – and I want to assure her and her family of our prayers. This is her two beautiful children:Situations like this…

Saturday summary
Not a very imaginative name for this post, but I am lacking inspiration. Today, as planned, we packed up the majority of the kitchen cupboards in preparation for the new kitchen being fitted. We have left only the bare essentials to get us through the week. I have also removed all the kids drawings etc…

Retail Therapy…the good news, but first the bad news…
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On the 8th day of December….a Santa Letter
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Red sky at night…..
There was a beautiful sunset over the headland near our cottage the other evening, around 10pm. Here are a just a FEW of the many I took! These are straight from the camera, no editing apart from adding my watermark. The second photo was taken just from the end of our laneway, on my way…