Rescued some hydrangea blooms before storm Ophelia blows through

I last posted on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, so let me update you on what has been happening. On Christmas Eve we went out for our walk around the neighbourhood looking at the Christmas lights. Let’s just say some have less, and some have a lot, lot more! The kids had hot chocolate, my…

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…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Having had great success with Annie Sloan chalk paint on a shiny pine bookcase, so now it was time to target our hall table. Since last year and our hall makeover – changing our internal doors, adding some built-in storage and putting in a new bookcase, we really liked our hall, but had yet to…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram