My daughter’s photography project
I’m taking a bit of a risk on the blog with this post. It’s a very avant garde image I took with my youngest daughter, Izzy. It was a photography project she came up with.
May 3, 2020
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Family Life & parenting
When should you intervene and tidy your child’s bedroom?
I’m facing an age-old problem and I need answers. At what point do you intervene and tidy your child’s bedroom on their behalf? Should you even consider doing this or does it simply create problems in later life?
April 27, 2020
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Family Life & parenting
Bluebells and sun flare
Isn’t it amazing how the plants have all blossomed and grown over the past couple of weeks with the warmer weather? It’s a wonderful time of year and as we’re only allowed out for a short space of time each day, I’m making the most of my nature fix during my daily exercise. I spotted
April 26, 2020
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Family Life & parenting
Making memories in these strange times
I hardly need to point out the past few weeks have been very strange. As a family, I think we adjusted to the ‘new normal’ of lockdown life with incredible speed, but for the first couple of weeks it was all about ensuring Helen and Izzy were settling into being homeschooled and weren’t too stressed
April 18, 2020
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Covid-19
The positive impact of social distancing
I am teetering on the brink of taking up ornithology. This, my friends, is what social distancing / life in lockdown has done to me. I’m finding the greatest pleasure from the simplest things and if there’s one thing I’m really enjoying, it’s birdsong and the dawn chorus.
April 14, 2020
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