At one point all my photos were taken with a vintage Pentax from the 1970’s. It was on loan to me from a family member and when I bought a Nikon film SLR back in 2001, I handed the Pentax back, thinking I wouldn’t miss it now I had my Read more…
Last year, rather than making new year resolutions I would doubtless break, I chose a word to live by. That word was WILD. I wanted to see more of my wild self, my wild soul, my true essence. It was time to break down the barriers, let go of the Read more…
It’s early morning as I slip out of the cottage door and head down the short lane alongside the garden. There’s a faint pink glow in the sky as the sun starts to rise behind the clouds. The tide is high in the bay and there’s almost no room to Read more…
So here we are on 21st December, the winter solstice and shortest day of 2014. We’re drinking coffee and eating dark chocolate pretzels and I am sitting here on the sofa (that also doubles as the bed in our tiny studio) trying to find a moment of calm to gather Read more…
All week I have been sitting in the offices at La Défense, the business district of Paris, looking out over the grey skies of these late autumn days. Watching flocks of pigeons scatter, dark shadows against the gold and burnt orange of the last of the autumn leaves, and contemplating Read more…
Hello again! I’m back from what feels like a long blogging break. My last post was exactly one month ago so I guess it’s time to get re-acquainted. We’re back in the farmhouse after a lovely, albeit rather wet, visit to the UK to catch up with folk back there, Read more…
Sitting here next to the open window, a breeze is blowing through the trees, could be a storm later. I can hear Running Boy outside, playing the guitar, beautiful gentle notes, the wind as percussion……. Been feeling a lot lately like I’m shedding layers of myself, shedding my skin, just Read more…
The owl came to me the other night. And I don’t mean in a dream. Literally. Woken from restless sleep by the sound of talons skittering across wooden floorboards, the owl landed unceremoniously on the bathroom floor after flying through the open window. It was so hot, the air so Read more…
Have you ever seen something in someone and longed to experience it for yourself? That’s how it was with Running Boy. The first time I watched him run I saw something in his eyes that I wanted to experience myself. It was as if he was at peace. A deep Read more…
We recently found a new cycle route to the river, meaning that we can leave the house and be in the water within ten minutes – bliss! Perfect for an end of day swim, you can bake in the sun on the rocks and when you do hop in the Read more…
This time last year I was STRESSED out – Big Time! My nails were non-existent, bitten down to nothing, I had that haunted look about me, and I was up in the night two to three times a week with chronic stomach ache, nausea and vomiting – nice! Visits to the Read more…
It was one of those lazy Saturday morning lie-ins. The sun was streaming through the open windows and the first birds of spring were calling to one another. I was just about to pour another cup of tea when the little bat flew in through the window. It gracefully fluttered Read more…
We’ve all heard that “from small beginnings come great things” so with this in mind I spent the best part of yesterday (a lovely sunny Sunday) potting seeds and organising a little cloche for them to live in. It’s a bit basic but it seems to be doing the trick Read more…
Yesterday was a wet, grey Tuesday. When we woke up the house was enveloped in cloud, the finest drizzle. The trees in the distance had disappeared into greyness and the sun was nowhere to be seen. We muddled through the morning and then decided to escape our cloud in the Read more…
I was recently asked an interesting question through an online blogging course and I wanted to share my thoughts as part of my first ever blog post. So here it is: Do you fear not reaching your dreams? No, not at all, if my dreams involve travelling solo through South America, hiking Read more…