On the 13th of December…. Alfie and the Christmas treeIf you had told me a year ago I would have a puppy to sit (momentarily!) beside our Christmas tree I definitely wouldn't have believed you!

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Today, on this very snowy MARCH day (when will winter ever be over? – my wee daffodils are buried under the snow!) I plan to share my favourite way to add text to an iphone photo – Phonto, but first a pic of our walk to school this morning App of the Week – Phonto…
It has been a week of contrasts here at our cottage near the sea there have been warm (yes, actually warm!) sunny days and wet and very damp days there has been the crazy busy of CSSM for the kids (but they wouldn’t miss it for the world) and quiet afternoons making jewellery or walking…
It is been ages since I blogged, and in what is now becoming a tradition, here’s what I have been up to (not excuses, just reasons……well, sort of excuses) : ladies night at church – we had chinese takeaway, lovely desserts, books, cupcakes and jewellery (mine) on sale, followed by an unexpected but hilarious “wee”…
Continuing on with my daily blogging about Christmas here, today I thought I would share a few of the Santas that have accumulated in our house over the years. I didn’t realise how many there were until I started to photograph them. I will start with a few from the tree Then an advent one…
One of the many things I love about house swapping holidays / vacations, particularily in a non-touristy area is seeing life in other countries as it really is – not in a picture perfect manicured theme-park version of a country. We are staying on the edge of a lovely medieval french hill-top town, but it…