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Author: BritMumInNZ
A challenge to finish…
A challenge was set, from my friend Cyndi, aka Latte Junkie, for ‘Lyrical Sunday‘ this week. She gave a beautiful, poignant start to a poem for us to continue with (and she is going to finish it too – so, it will be interesting to see the different angles people take on this). The words […]
Wardrobe Wednesday | Getting my stripes & patterns on!
In two days time the family and I fly to Queenstown, in New Zealand’s beautiful South Island, for a holiday. I’m in that pre-packing stage of going through my wardrobe and trying to limit what I take – rather than throwing in too much at the last minute – and then only wear a quarter […]
The Photo Gallery | Youth
Sweet 16. The year 1990. Perms were in, so were floral dresses. I was all dressed up for my school ‘Prom’, after completing my G.C.S.E.’s and readying myself for ‘Sixth Form College’. I’d spent the past few years suffering acne and tram-line braces. I was only just beginning to be interested in boys – up […]
B.M.W.B | Putting face paint on & singing in the bath before coffee!
Browsing Facebook on a Saturday morning in bed doesn’t always make for a peaceful time – but it can create a lot of fun! After coming across an old school friend’s face painting inspiration on Facebook – and sharing it with my three year old – I found myself turfing out cupboards looking for our […]
Prose for Thought – A game of words
When from the past he came, Inviting her to play a game, She didn’t think of danger. The letters on the board, That looked innocent at first, Started to bring about a thirst. Like fortune cards on a table, The letters told a story, That wound her on a cable. Suggestive. Permissive. Evocative. The spell […]
Loving – a weekend in Wellington as autumn shows its face
It’s dark at 6pm, but still warm to play, and cheer on the man of the house in a game of footie. And make sure he’s well looked after, when the match is done… The garden hints at autumn with the leaves on the silver birch starting to turn and fall. The scarves and boots […]
The Photo Gallery | Happy
Happy am I, on the beach, by the sea. On my own, or with my family. Breathing it in, letting it out. The scent of life, in the air, around me. Happy am I, on my own, in the bush, Running on tracks, winding up to the sun. Emerging, fresh, from a green canopy, To […]
Proud Parent Day
You have to celebrate the good days when your children try their best, because they want to from their hearts, and achieve a great outcome in what they set out to do. There’s so many other days – that aren’t worth storing in the memory banks (even though they leave a torturous feeling on your […]
The End of a Legendary Summer in Wellington 2012/13
Daylight saving ended on Saturday, at the close of a legendary summer, leaving Wellington still in drought – but far from thirsty (the bars and restaurants in the city have reported their best summer in years – same with the ice-cream sellers!). There was only one way for me to mark the last day of […]
Silent Sunday
Things I’m Loving – Friendships of long ago connected via warp speed
Facebook – love it or hate it – has changed the way we communicate more than any of my childhood friends and I could have ever anticipated. I was always a letter writer, so managed to keep in touch with many friends after leaving school and university – despite moving to live on the other […]
Wardrobe Wednesday | Shorts
I’ve favoured skirts and dresses way more than shorts this summer, but today I dug out a pair of my fav shorts (previously jeans – but the holes in the knees got obscene from crawling around clearing up after my children!). With autumnal weather starting to hint at its presence, it felt good to throw […]
The Photo Gallery | Together
A long weekend gave us time to be together as a family – even if, at times, my mind wasn’t all ‘together’ with it! In my mind there are always people floating around – physically distant from me, but close in my thoughts, that I wish to be together with – for a moment in […]