Reflections of a Sussex Girl in the Peak District.
Who would have known being a grandparent would bring so much joy. Little Olive is a real cutey and as a family we are loving getting to know this new little person. Shes even decided already to follow Aston Villa. Daddys team, hmmmm! Im not sure she had much choice but daddy Kev seems happy.…
I am and always will be so very proud of her.
my heart sinks again (I have developed a sixth sense)...
Alarm clocks ring.....
Ah : Used to express a range of emotions including surprise, pleasure, sympathy. Yesterday morning I had to get up early and drive from the Peak District to Derby to take Simon to have his botox injections at the hospital. He has a condition called Dystonia which is a movement disorder in which your muscles…
This Christmas I decided to take on an Icelandic Christmas tradition of giving a book as a present on Christmas Eve. Â Im not sure how I came across this idea but I thought it was rather a good one, and especially with Christmas 2020 having a 'Covid Cloud' hovering above it and everyone having to…
When do you begin to feel full of Christmas spirit? I know that this year is going to be a very different one for most of us, and for many it will undoubtedly be a quiet and possibly lonely one, but I still can't help but feel that little tingle of Christmas expectation building up…
..it was a place where milk could be spilt and tears could be shed...
How are you feeling as we make our way into the coming New Year? Â Are you excited? with a list of new years resolutions, and plans to improve on the year gone by. Â Or are you feeling the January blues, a little sad that Christmas is over and maybe wishing that you hadnt eaten quite…
2018 has been a year of significant change for this Sussex girl in the Midlands, and avid 'rose tinted spectacle' wearer. Â Looking back as I come to the end of the first week of 2019, Â I am amazed at the changes that have occurred, and am immensely proud of the way in which my family…
and fires were lit, in houses both big, and small,
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! Â WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND A BEAUTIFUL NEW YEAR. Love Alison x
the presents we give to each other are not just about the gift inside, but about the process of giving...
While sat on my sofa, comfortably watching tv in the home that I have known and loved for the last 12 years, my thoughts turned to Gary and his family, who over the last few weeks have suffered a loss that I personally find unimaginable. Â I have followed Gary's blog since I joined this lovely…
The natural landscape is changing all around us..
For those of you who follow my blog you will know that I have just been blessed with a lovely healthy grandson. Â We are all so thankful for the safe arrival of Arlo Frank and Im sure our roles in his little life will gradually find their definition, but while mum, dad and baby are…
Its about the love that grows in our hearts....
then one Christmas morning, there it was.
Through rose tinted glasses. 