In a flash, 18 years slipped by. Just. Like. That. I have a photo of my two girls, settled side by side in a hospital chair, holding their new baby brother for the first time. They are 4 and 2 years old. Someone had tied Middle daughter’s hair up in […]
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Celebration
Happy Solstice! Blessings to all. We’re just back from watching the sunrise on top of Glastonbury Tor. With everyone home for the summer, all five of us made it out of bed in time today and up the Tor. Not sure when that last happened. Today was a breathtakingly early […]
Read morePink flowers
Dotted around the garden are pink flowers. An abundance of pink flowers. As if dabbed there by an overly enthusiastic amateur painter, buoyed on by their primary success, with no concept of when to stop. In my defence, some were planted by the previous owner. Some, like the foxgloves and […]
Read moreEmbroidered cushions
Back in April, we went to a huge flea market and, among other things, I picked up a length of pink and white stripy fabric. It reminded me of the Milly Molly Mandy books and her dress, described as pink and white striped. That’s not why I bought it. Broken […]
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