Reflections of a Sussex Girl in the Peak District.
My weeks are passing really quickly at the moment going from one Nonna Thursday to the next. Its not long before I'm parking my Beetle 'Daisy' outside my sons house and Sebbie is standing on the sofa, looking out of the window, full of excitement for another 'Nonna bursday'. I crouch down outside so I'm…
if you are cold tea will warm you, if you are heated tea will cool you...
Feeling rather joyful that I accomplished what I set out to do at the beginning of the year. A Christmous Tale can be ordered from Etsy if you would like a copy. https://booksbyalisonstore.etsy.com/ Love Alison x
Being a grandparent is surprisingly lovely, although I still have to pinch myself to believe that I am one. I cant believe that this little baby girl has reached her first birthday already and that Arlo who is soon to be 4 now has a baby brother 'Sebbie Rafe' who is just 5 months old.…
Nothing says 'spring is here' more to me, than the sweet sight of newly born wrinkly lambs skipping and gamboling among the myriad of yellow dandelion heads in the Peak District fields. Oohs and aahs emanate from my mouth on a daily basis as I drive past this field and that, and see those little…
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.…
my heart sinks again (I have developed a sixth sense)...
Alarm clocks ring.....
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill Mums are wise and are good at knowing what to say. Mums are steadfast, always there, even if it's just to sit by our sides and let us know that everything is ok. Mums are…
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...
'Nonna thursdays' are becomming quite a regular event as I drive down from the Peak District every week to spend a day looking after my little grandson. Daddy makes Nonna a coffee and a little voice pipes up asking for a 'babychino'. That little cutey loves the frothy milk and there is nothing sweeter than…
I couldnt resist sharing some of the photos I've taken of lambs cosying up to each other. Im sure just like me, you are longing once again to relish in the freedom of hugging friends and family members, that you have had to distance yourself from over the last couple of months. Human touch is…
How are you coping at the moment with this new way of life? as we carefully keep our distance from those that we really want to just fling our arms around and hug. Today in England it is warm, bright and sunny so the day is passing fairly pleasantly for me, but my son Simon…
How are you feeling as we make our way into the coming New Year? Are you excited? with a list of new years resolutions, and plans to improve on the year gone by. Or are you feeling the January blues, a little sad that Christmas is over and maybe wishing that you hadnt eaten quite…
Well, I'll take the 'all-wise' part, but I think I have a while to go before I'm labelled prehistoric. I do however agree with the fact that being a grandmother is wonderful, and I'm quite sure that I'm not on my own with that feeling. Those of you who follow my blog will know that…
Continue reading ➞ The grand age of 1. (Happy birthday Arlo)
My mind was suddenly awash with memories and a real sense of joy.
The days are getting lighter and longer, and row upon row of daffodils, like long-legged ladies in bonnets are swaying from side to side in the easterly wind. However, nothing says 'Spring is coming' more to me than the arrival of adorable fluffy white lambs in the fields. I've always got my camera at the…
2018 has been a year of significant change for this Sussex girl in the Midlands, and avid 'rose tinted spectacle' wearer. Looking back as I come to the end of the first week of 2019, 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! WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND A BEAUTIFUL NEW YEAR. Love Alison x
It was Christmas Eve, and what nobody saw, was a gift laden mouse run across the floor.
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. I have followed Gary's blog since I joined this lovely…
Through rose tinted glasses. 