Devastated to find my beloved Tom dead this morning. So thankful that he looked unharmed and in tact – just lying there peacefully, so I guess it was a heart attack in old age. He will be greatly missed, not least by brother Charlie; they have seen me through most of my adult life – […]

The last post on Alexei’s birthday – all his cards! What a popular little boy. Now to get back to some sort of normality…….

And the finished cake for Alexei’s birthday party. Thought he would be happy, but he was not impressed that the Peppa Pig and George were not made of icing!! A hard boy to please. he was happy with his party thankfully.

Happy 4th birthday little Alexei – what a fun day you have had. I am glad to see that out of all the presents you received, a little George pig is your favourite! Looking forward to your party tomorrow. Remember we love each other.

Finally, after more than a month of grubbiness, we have a clean house! More importantly, a sparkling bathroom, which had deteriorated in cleanliness after our cleaner had taken a long, extended Christmas break and with recent tiling work done on our shower. Even the Bubble Buzz’s looked happy and ready to defend their position! Wish I […]

As assignment day, canal side at The Oracle, Reading. A miserable day, but at least the rain held off whilst we were there, though the skies remained grey throughout. I am not sure which photo I will end up working on, but I quite like this framing shot, after playing around in Lightroom with downloaded […]

An unexpected play date for Barnaby allowed me to give Alexei and Felix the choice of supper tonight (there was no chance of them eating the fish pie I was making without Barnaby around to lead the way!). The boys chose to have cream cheese and ham sandwiches whilst watching telly! As Barnaby was off […]

Farewell to my little funky kitchen that holds many memories for us; it saw us through our newly wed years as well as the first year of our eldest son.

Finally a picture of Barnaby asleep; I now have my triptych of the boys sleeping.

This one is definitely just for the diary of events! Panto at Oxford – a treat for Alexei’s impending birthday (but that’s just a convenient excuse really). What a lovely day out, though Alexei wasn’t sure about the Wicked Witch –  made him nervous! She was superb, however.