Hello Darlings, hopefully you will be pleased as raspberry punch to hear that Sweet Paul’s magazine is now available to read online… Pour yourself something cold and fizzy , then click here to go spend an hour or two in this clever man’s company.
In honour of Prince Charles wedding to Camilla tomorrow (Don’t press me. I have nothing to say on the matter-live and let live, except in the face of injustice …), I am officially adding this divine Lucinda Chamber’s Jubilee Wall-hanging to my wish list.
There are things in this world I covet in a nonsensical fashion. Take for example this collection of ten French fabric covered miniature books. I don’t speak French. I have books coming out of my ears. I don’t need them and I can’t read them, but, oh readers, how I want them because they are…
Could there be anything quite as goose-bumpy as this crackly recording of Alfred Hitchcock telling a few of his very own ghost stories? Later tonight when Finley returns from Trick or Treating, I intend to make a jug full of Belgian hot chocolate (ready made from Marks and Spencers because it is heavenly!), bring a…
Because it is raining and it is miserable and I have got body ache from a day spent weeding the front garden and doing myself a whole lot of shaky damage with a chain saw, because I am in a frenzy of tidying and scrubbing and cleaning after falling behind with myself over the past…
I have been reading you for a while and I must tell you that I love all you write but specially when you write about Finley… you have the cuttest baby on the earth!!
I have been reading you for a while and I must tell you that I love all you write but specially when you write about Finley… you have the cuttest baby on the earth!!
lol how sweet! here in NZ they have "the bench" which is actually some steps that the kids have to sit on at lunchtime and morning tea time, of course their behaviour has to be pretty horrendous though 🙂
lol how sweet! here in NZ they have "the bench" which is actually some steps that the kids have to sit on at lunchtime and morning tea time, of course their behaviour has to be pretty horrendous though 🙂
I have been enjoying your blog for months and months and… on the sly! I love all your pictures and the way you put words together. I have been blogging only a short while myself ( here in Ohio, USA)- but I have gone a little mental; feeling the pull of the keyboard!! I would be tickled pink for you to stop by and visit my corner of the blog world at Abundant Curiosities. I do wish that someday I could spend all my time in a frilly apron and a string of pearls like the 1950's TV housewives!! It would just have to make cleaning the toilet more fun…wouldn't it?!!!! [ Read my post titled ON THE LINE.] Thanks for being anoymous (until now) friends with me!! Amy
I, too, love the photos. I would love to see some of the inside of your house. It sounds so cozy and interesting. I do NOT like sparse homes with only the bare essentials in them. They always look like homes that people don't really live in. I love homes filled with trinkets and meaningful objects. As a child, I loved visiting my grandparents' old homes, one of which had been handed down from generation to generation. These homes were filled with everything wonderful from stained glass windows to attics with treasures from the past. So, if you feel you could share some photos of your nest with us, I know that many of us would love that. Elaine in Canada
My "baby" is 14 and I sure would like to borrow that naughty chair sometime. Little boys turn into teenagers and no one understands them, not even Mom. He still has me twisted around his finger though.
okay, so he's probably right! 🙂 Miss Gillard will probably not be the last one, either! How can anyone be cross with a little man that looks like that?? sigh…even as his Mum you must sometimes have a difficult time with that! Lidy
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LOL! I adore that child! he is so funny!
So true.
So very true……as I say with a sly little smile!! Your poppet is marvelous, good job Mama!!
I have been reading you for a while and I must tell you that I love all you write but specially when you write about Finley… you have the cuttest baby on the earth!!
I have been reading you for a while and I must tell you that I love all you write but specially when you write about Finley… you have the cuttest baby on the earth!!
lol how sweet! here in NZ they have "the bench" which is actually some steps that the kids have to sit on at lunchtime and morning tea time, of course their behaviour has to be pretty horrendous though 🙂
lol how sweet! here in NZ they have "the bench" which is actually some steps that the kids have to sit on at lunchtime and morning tea time, of course their behaviour has to be pretty horrendous though 🙂
I love the Finley stories. Dear lord he is a clever one.
Oh, Finley is soooooooooo cute!
Oh, Finley is soooooooooo cute!
That adorable cute one is going to keep you on your toes Alison!! Just you wait…it will only get better as he ages! ROFLOL!!
That adorable cute one is going to keep you on your toes Alison!! Just you wait…it will only get better as he ages! ROFLOL!!
I mostly lurk here, but seldom post. I just HAVE to say, your son is just SO DARN CUTE!!!!!! Just adorable! Well done! 🙂
Heh…my 18-year-old said that about his English teacher…
(wishing he could still be put on the naughty step…)
Heh…my 18-year-old said that about his English teacher…
(wishing he could still be put on the naughty step…)
I have been enjoying your blog for months and months and… on the sly!
I love all your pictures and the way you put words together.
I have been blogging only a short while myself ( here in Ohio, USA)- but I have gone a little mental; feeling the pull of the keyboard!!
I would be tickled pink for you to stop by and visit my corner of the blog world at Abundant Curiosities. I do wish that someday I could spend all my time in a frilly apron and a string of pearls like the 1950's TV housewives!! It would just have to make cleaning the toilet more fun…wouldn't it?!!!! [ Read my post titled ON THE LINE.]
Thanks for being anoymous (until now) friends with me!!
Amy
I, too, love the photos. I would love to see some of the inside of your house. It sounds so cozy and interesting. I do NOT like sparse homes with only the bare essentials in them. They always look like homes that people don't really live in. I love homes filled with trinkets and meaningful objects. As a child, I loved visiting my grandparents' old homes, one of which had been handed down from generation to generation. These homes were filled with everything wonderful from stained glass windows to attics with treasures from the past. So, if you feel you could share some photos of your nest with us, I know that many of us would love that.
Elaine in Canada
My "baby" is 14 and I sure would like to borrow that naughty chair sometime. Little boys turn into teenagers and no one understands them, not even Mom. He still has me twisted around his finger though.
Again…where does that boy come up with these things???? LOL
He must be an old soul.
God bless.
Terri
Again…where does that boy come up with these things???? LOL
He must be an old soul.
God bless.
Terri
ahhh… and what a cute little scally wag he is!
You have a *loverly, loverly* blog!
Delila
You have a *loverly, loverly* blog!
Delila
okay, so he's probably right! 🙂
Miss Gillard will probably not be the last one, either! How can anyone be cross with a little man that looks like that??
sigh…even as his Mum you must sometimes have a difficult time with that!
Lidy
What an adorable little boy he is. How could anyone sit him on the naughty chair!
What an adorable little boy he is. How could anyone sit him on the naughty chair!
Great Blog – would love to do a feature on our site… http://www.boshart.co.uk
Great blog….
Smart son…
Super post…….
This kid is too cute…
This kid is too cute…
I simply adore Finley….such a clever wee imp! I do so admire Momma too….:o) (Can you feel your across the pond love? I sincerely hope so!)
What an absolutely gorgeous little boy he is!