Welcome to the ‘Look At All The Women’ Carnival: Week 2 – ‘The Mothers’ This post was written especially for inclusion in the three-week-long ‘Look At All The Women’ carnival, hosted by Mother’s Milk Books, to celebrate the launch of Cathy Bryant’s new book ‘Look At All The Women’. This week our participants share their […]
The Cold Cup of Tea Read More »
Welcome to the ‘Look At All The Women’ Carnival: Week 1 – ‘The Lovers’ This post was written especially for inclusion in the three-week-long ‘Look At All The Women’ carnival, hosted by Mother’s Milk Books, to celebrate the launch of Cathy Bryant’s new book ‘Look At All The Women’. This week our participants share their
But I did, and guess what? My children had grown; they were older and not so dependent on me. Months had gone by, possibly years, and somehow it had happened in the blink of an eye. A woman in well-worn clothes, hair unkempt, stared back at me from the mirror. When, exactly, did her
Welcome to the April 2014 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Pastimes This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared stories and wisdom about family pastimes. *** What came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s a
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I’ve been loving drawing with coloured pencils recently – particularly after I saw the beautiful images that Jennifer Healy creates. Her pictures are amazing and I really admire the fact that she’s self-taught – it gives me hope that one day I may be able to create something as stunning. This is my first portrait
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So… painting a fence is not the most fun of jobs. Yet I managed to invest a little zest into the proceedings by seeing it as an opportunity to do some art on a large scale. Here is the end result, although sorry to say, the lady has now been covered over…
Being a mother of two children – one who is 6 years old and one who is 3 years old – means that I spend a lot of my time helping to calm nerves and sort out disputes. It gets tiring (particularly when I’ve only been awake for half an hour and had to ‘referee’
Words to live by: “I’m on your side” Read More »
Inspired by this wonderful post by the busy mockingbird my daughter and I have been having a great time collaborating on all sort of artistic projects, but this image is one that I particularly like. We’re hoping to do lots more collaborations, just as soon as mummy gets off the computer! p.s. I don’t know why
Collaborative art – a.k.a. having fun! Read More »