Author: Anny
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Sunshine through the trees…
Today feels like May, not November, just when I think I’ve got the autumn wardrobe sorted, along comes the sun and throws all my plans out the window. I’m not complaining, I am definitely one of those people whose mood swings with the weather. The walk in the woods this morning was saturated with light. And there…
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Sublime and ridiculous…
In a moment of rashness, I suggested an impromptu trip to Oxford Street for number one daughter on Saturday afternoon. Although we live less than an hour away by train, London isn’t somewhere we’ve been in the habit of visiting very much since the girls arrived – but now that they’re older and I don’t…
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Keeping my eyes open…
I’m all over the place today – stressing about half a dozen daft things that really don’t deserve the attention. This is one of those days when you know the theory, but putting it into practise is harder to manage. Still, I couldn’t help being struck by a few of the amazing things I’ve seen…
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First frosts, last roses…
We’ve had a few frosts here this week. Yesterday, I couldn’t help noticing that one of my roses was still putting out blooms. After I’d walked the dog, I took the camera into the garden to capture the splash of colour – the frost already turned to water. The roses have been good this year…
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Farewell thou good and faithful servant…
It’s a sad morning for us, as today we say goodbye to one of the oldest members of our household – the dishwasher. At seventeen, I don’t think we can complain that it was a life cut short, rather we should celebrate all those years of devoted, trouble-free service (and as we live in an…
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Looking for an F word…
Here’s a question for you. Which word do Shakespeare’s King Lear, The Sound of Music, Sir Walter Scott’s Kenilworth, a 1970s Prog Folk group from South Africa, the Jesuits, and the Neolithic long barrow, Wayland’s Smithy, all have in common? Can you guess? Need a clue? Think – mischievous gossip, or ‘fly-by-the-gibbet’ Got it? The answer…
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Daily devotions…
The wonderful thing about having a dog, is that whatever the weather, you are duty bound to take it out for some exercise. Although it was a family decision to have a dog, and we all had our individual reasons for wanting one, my rationale, was that I wanted a proper excuse to go out…
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The stuff of nightmares…
If you go down to the woods today (Rushmere, Bedfordshire), you’re sure of a big surprise… Some lovely person, – I’d really like to know who, so I can add them to my ‘Circles of Hell’ List, – must have thought it would be a really jolly jape, to put a huge wooden/metal spider at the side of one of the tracks…
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Middle distance morning…
I wondered if our family has been hit by some mysterious virus overnight, when this morning at breakfast, there was a pretty universal bout of middle-distance staring. You know how it is when despite all the usual Monday morning chaos of sandwich making, school uniform ironing and finding your cheque-book, your entire family sit at…
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A quick thought on diaries…
It’s about this time of year that the shops start to fill up with diaries and calendars. When I left Corporateland and decided I didn’t need to tote a huge A4 diary with me everywhere I went, I started looking around for an alternative. After a few inevitable false starts, I found my way to…
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Three Part Woman…
It occurred to me recently, that in order to be happy, there are three things I need to be and do every day. The three parts are Housekeeping: By which I mean doing the run of the mill jobs that keep the family engine running; feeding the family reasonably healthy food at appropriate times; keeping…
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Being a tart and settling down…
Are you a blog monogamist, or do you spread yourself around? There’s something about early September that puts me in a tizzy. I’m sure it’s some sort of throw-back to school days, when it was the month you headed back to school after the long holidays – a time of change. To be honest though,…
Mostly Motley 