Ah, summer. Halcyon days of never-ending light, children running wild through meadows blooming with wildflowers and picnics on cosy chequered blankets in the park. The reality? Long evenings / delayed bedtimes / hay fever / nettle stings / sandwich fatigue / military planning may also factor. And the putting the cream on. Don’t get me […]
Tag: motherhood
Gro clock
Hidden amongst all the paraphernalia that makes up a little girl’s bedroom – the doggy money box, the carefully framed and stickered Polaroids, the twirly hanging paper things from pre-school, the ballet kit from the five minutes she loved ballet – is a mechanical clock that for about a month was our saviour. Everyone’s heard […]
Essentials – The Socks
A bit late to the sock party, and embarrassingly slow to move on from shamefully hiding socks deep down in your shoe to flaunting them proudly over your trainers. Always happy to embrace a trend that is comfortable though, and there is something about seeing a flash of glitter – where you’d usually expect something […]
Essentials – The Plant
I love a bit of greenery as much as the next person – the problem is, I just can’t keep anything alive. It gets watered too much / not enough, gets too much sun / not enough etc etc. Absolutely nothing to do with forgetting about them for weeks at a time while I enthusiastically try […]
Essentials – The Skirt
I’ve always loved leather, but before I had kids, I always thought of it as a bit out-of-the-ordinary, a more exciting version of jeans perhaps. How wrong I was. What the pre-me – who had never had milk or wee spilt on her on a daily basis, who washed stained clothes rather then swat them […]
Essentials – The Kettle
Is there anything more mundane / wonderful than that first sip of strong tea in the morning? Doing it in style only makes it better. Every time I flick the switch of this beautifully minimalist, gleaming kettle, I feel happy. Really, I also feel underdressed – slicked back hair and cotton pyjamas do not an […]
Essentials – The Cushion
I have to admit, I have a love affair with velvet that gets out of hand sometimes, and I imagine these will only be the first of many strangely soft velvet things I feature. Sadly, however many times I arrange them perfectly on the sofa they always, every single night, end up in a pile […]
