Today the circus is in our village! The boys have been behaving well whist daddy is away on a massive cycling trip to Paris, and so I treated them to the circus show that is in town for a few days. They loved it, although Alexei did keep muttering that the acts were not scary […]

Today was my turn in front of the camera, as the lovely Claire was here taking pictures of my bump and, when they agreed to participate, the two youngest kids! Barnaby missed out as he was at school, but when we chatted later stated that mummies and daddies had to have the same eye colour […]

I wanted to focus on the lines  in the yellow rapeseed and green wheat fields, but a major car accident meant closed roads and heavy traffic (which is unheard of here!) and so I had little time left to take pictures after I had finally dropped the boys off….. so another quick snap from the comfort of the […]

Although I had my usual model in the van with me, he was engrossed in a magazine, so when I stopped to snap the view I had to rely on just the landscapes colour and form, taken from a low angle. This is as low as I can get at the moment! Sorry for the […]

I had a few hours to sort through some paperwork, but popped outside to enjoy the brief sunshine. I have not had a chance to do any gardening this year and this is normally my veggie patch, now full of weeds. But to me, a weed is just a flower in the wrong place, and […]

A quick stop on the way back home from swimming lessons, to admire the view and capture a cheeky smile once again.

Today we went to the field where the boys have football and tennis practice, for my husband to compete in the Hairy Legs Challenge – a 5k run, followed by a 20k ride, finishing with a 5k run again. Paul did really well and came 19th overall and 8th in the old fart category he […]

Today Alexei and I took the others on our new walk, but they were not overly excited – especially as the promise of horses was slightly underwhelming as they seemed aloof today. But, we still have fun running in and out of the rapeseed and trying to hunt down George Pig who seemed to get […]

I realise that Alexei has appeared in a few photos recently, but I can’t resist his cuteness – and on Friday’s we get to spend a couple of hours just the two of us, and I treasure these mornings as all too soon he will be starting a school. We discovered a new walk really […]

Today it was actually quite nice weather in the morning, but I spent it in the darkroom….. but come the afternoon, the rain came. It is normally the other way round! Typical.