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Stinkers grows
She’s growing so fast! A few weeks ago she managed quite a walk with Daddy before the weather turned to drizzle and ice. Still, there’s plenty of things to be done in the house whilst it rains -...
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A new addition to the family
Since moving here we have sadly lost both of our cats to the road. Whilst we have plenty of fields by our house, the lure of the further fields across the main road was just to much and I swore that...
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Food budget planning – backwards!
This first post on this is going to be a bit of a ramble, but please bear with me… I’m a fan of meal-planning. However, I’m more a fan of other people’s meal-planning because although I always have...
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Meal re-cap for last week {2}
A couple of weeks ago I started paying more attention to what we are spending on our food and how we are eating it. Although I’ve meal-planned in the past, it doesn’t really last long, so I thought it...
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Weekly Meals FAQ
I thought I would add this handy FAQ/notes on the Weekly Meals rather than have to keep typing out loads of notes regarding various repetitive elements (such as how many people the meals are usually...
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Meal re-cap {week 3}
This is the first week that I have gone grain-free. I’m also trying to cut out potatoes, parsnips, sweet potato (etc) and sugar (honey is allowed on full GAPS). I’m still eating/drinking four things...
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Weekly Meal Re-cap {Week 4}
It’s been a week of mistakes and some set-backs. I managed to make a mistake ordering from Riverford and instead of ordering 2 x 2litres of milk ordered 2 x 1l, so managed to get much less milk than...
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{this moment}
Joining in with Soulemama for {This Moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and...
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A few photos from the end of February
A grey morning in the park, followed by some maths with a big brother, who’s now studying Maths at A Level – so he’s rather a handy help on that front, although he had some studying of his own to do.
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TEND magazine
TEND magazine is a new quarterly e-zine that: … hopes to nourish the head, the hands and the heart – by providing articles for our intellect, projects to keep our hands busy, and moreover beautiful,...
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A trip past the Arctic circle #1
Towards the end of June, Stinkers and I had the opportunity to attend a family reunion in Tromsø, Norway (my mother’s family hail from very northern Norway). Tromsø is 350km past the Arctic circle...
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A Trip Past the Arctic Circle #2
Our visit corresponded with Stinker’s (and my brother’s) birthdays (both on the same day) and we travelled up Fjellheisen (a mountain overlooking Tromsø) to celebrate and enjoy the midnight sun. One of...
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An evening at Villelongue-dels-monts
At La Pierranne , a restaurant specialising in Belgian cuisine. We enjoyed some wonderful food and music. Watched the sun set over the Alberres and danced into the night.
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Slow Living :: August 2014
I’ve seen monthly round-ups on various blogs for a while, so thought I’d have a go at taking part (lax on the blogging front as I have often been) and breaking things down (roughly) into the categories...
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A Trip Past the Arctic Circle #3
A few more photos from our trip to Tromso, Norway. We visited Polaria, the Polar museum. Stinkers was a tad worried by the dancing crabs… Next to Polaria was a memorial to Helmer Hanssen (polar...
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Chateau de Valmy
Whilst staying in Sorède recently, we visited the lovely grounds of Château de Valmy in Argelès-sur-Mer. There were some beautiful views towards the mediterranean sea from the front of the château and...
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Arthur Samuel
Born by caesarian section on 27th April 2015, weighing 10lb 11oz and 58cm long – no wonder I was finding things rather hard going towards the end! Not long after being born. Having a caesarian section...
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Slow Living :: March & April 2015
Living in the moment may well be good advice, but as I mentioned in my Slow Living February post, I find doing so in February particular hard. Much as Imbolc (Candlemas) brings the promise of greenery...
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