This little chap below made his home in my garden last year. Sadly I haven’t seen any hedgehogs this year, possibly because we’ve cleared a lot of the shrubs away but I used to love watching out for this one. Linking in with PODcast on the Black & White Photography Project:
It’s been another month where finding time for us as a couple has very much taken a back seat to the demands of day-to-day life. We had a few days away together as a family towards the end of August and enjoyed celebrating Jessica’s third birthday a couple of weeks ago but other than this,… Read More
Most people who know me would agree that gardening is not a skill which comes naturally to me. I have never had a lot of success with plants – pot plants (with the exception of aloe vera which seems to be virtually indestructible) usually meet with a swift demise. I have managed to keep an… Read More
It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are: Rosey at PNDandme shares her reflections on her road to recovery from postnatal depression – her blog is well worth a read if you’ve struggled with PND: http://pndandme.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/my-road-to-recovery-my-steps-so-far/ Baby… Read More
This week has mostly seen me trying to find the right: It’s been quite an exhausting week in many ways especially as hubby has been working crazy hours and has barely been home other than to grab a few short hours of sleep before heading back to work again. September is always a bit of… Read More
This week’s prompt asks the question: ‘Are women better parents than men?’ Someone (I suspect it was a man) once said that when you’re a child you learn the difference between right and wrong and when you get married you learn the difference between right and ‘correct’. Hubby and I laugh over this, but there… Read More
Drifting through dreamland, my blissful slumber Is suddenly shattered by cries of hunger The baby’s awake and she wants to be fed I pick her up and stumble back to my bed Finding the breast, she latches on with a sigh I cuddle her close and we both close our eyes Dozing together, snuggling sleepily… Read More