I warned you that it was all go until Christmas: two new things for you to get excited about. If you like babies. If you don’t like babies and would rather prong your eyeballs out with a fork than look at…
The AMR Family (Me, Mr, Baby, Dog – no Cat) has just returned from an impromptu mini-holiday on the Isle of Wight. Four nights in a slightly damp and musty cottage, two days of sunshine and two of rain. The…
At 11pm on Saturday night, the dog ate my earplugs. Not any old earplugs (those ten-for-a-quid foamy ones that you have to twist into an impossibly tight roll to be able to get into your ear canal or the waxy numbers…
I’m doing a bit of globetrotting this week. Actually, it’s more like France-trotting, or even, if we’re getting really specific, south-of-France-trotting. I’m in Grasse until Wednesday night and then at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday and Saturday. The Grasse…
There’s something about a fresh notepad with its crisp white pages, or a beautifully bound book waiting to be opened for the first time… I can absolutely see why the term “Stationery P*rn” exists. Here’s my little roundup of some…
The Bobble Bottle. What a great idea and a brilliant design. A reusable water bottle with a built-in filter so that you can fill it with plain old tap water, yet have filtered water with every swig. Marvellous. More eco-friendly…
I thought that some of you might like this; my Mum made a little photo slideshow for me on her blog with some “Mr Bear on holiday” snapshots. I particularly like the ones of him standing guard on top of…
I envy people who can remember to do a proper little picture for their “vlogs”; if I ever make a casual diary-style video I always, without fail, forget to take a decent photograph to use as the thumbnail! Hence I’m stuck with…
Another day, another opportunity to win something amazing for your Mum and give it to her for Mother’s Day. In actual fact, there’s something to be won every day this week because Etsy*, the online Aladdin’s Cave of all things handmade, unique…
I can tell you that it is virtually impossible to do a still life photography shoot when you have a large and determined cat like Mr Bear in the house. There’s something about the set-up – the pristine white foam…
Have you been watching the BBC’s television adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall? If so, do not worry, there is no need to adjust your television set: the Tudor times really were that dark. Lighting was something of a luxury, in the olde…
I know that I’ve gone on about this five year journal loads, but I just want to say one more thing before I shut up about it forever: it is so brilliant! For those who have missed my past raves and…
