Art
I’ve been known to throw a three-day hissy fit (R: “Year. You mean a three-year hissy fit.”) if whoever does the decorating paints a door without removing all the door furniture first, or at least loosening it enough to mask … Continued
Looking forward
I began taking the Christmas decorations down today – not because it’s Twelfth Night, if I just caused you to experience a sudden panic, but because we’re hosting the Boy Wonder at the weekend, and I want the house restored … Continued
Christmas Day
R and I had a lovely, relaxed Christmas Day with H and S. After breakfast we went for a walk around Chipping Campden (getting rained on, which wasn’t part of the plan), then back at home R and I wandered … Continued
Sutton Hoo
When R and I realised that we were staying very close to Sutton Hoo, we thought that we should go – but really more as a box-ticking exercise, I think, than because we expected to fall in love with the … Continued
Anticipation
R and I had a lovely, happy family day with the Family B, H and S, and my sister, brother-in-law, and nephews, and felt very lucky to be able to be with them all again after so long. Baby B … Continued
