Today Barnaby had an inset day and so we decided to go to The Big Smoke as a treat, whilst the two younger boys were packed off to nursery. We had a lovely day at The Natural History Museum and both of us leant so much! As a keen cyclist, Barnaby loved the Barclays […]

  Finding myself with 20 minutes to spare before school pick up, and driving along with camera to hand in case of photo opportunities, I seized the opportunity and pulled into a lorries parking layby on the A4074, a very busy road between Oxford and Reading. I find the views stunning around here in South […]

  Ok so today was meant to be a photograph on some aspect of an evening class on the joys of growing vegetables….. however, we arrived late and the teacher was already in full swing, and there was not much to photograph really, save for a few soil samples! Just before we stepped out for […]

  Well not quite the view from our back garden – you have to hop over the fence and walk across some scrub land, and then you come across this vista. Not bad.

  Not much time for a photo today, after a busy weekend and so with tired children to entertain, but how handy is Justin’s House showing on the computer? Out loud belly laughs in fact! Now I am up to date with my posts, yey, so I hope to get them up here in a […]

  A lovely Sunday afternoon walk in the woods with friends – the light here was just fantastic.

  How many years will it be before Barnaby, or any of the other boys, asks if they can ride a motorbike? How will I say NO, and secretly want to get back on a bike and zoom down the wiggly country lanes.  When they are all at school perhaps – I can hide a […]

  The beautiful rose growing in my garden – the smell is divine.

  Well it finally happened, I have braved it and taken a self portrait. I had originally wanted to photo my nice new snuggly gilet, but then took courage and put myself in it and the shot.

  Our beautiful dog Lotka finally photographed. It is not a funny angle, she has only one front leg, but can still outrun most other dogs, and the cats had better watch out!