The personal blog of lifestyle photographer and writer Nathalie Marquez Courtney


  • January Snapshots

    January Snapshots

    When I started writing this post, I had been very much enjoying a slow and mindful start to January. Ben and I had taken a few additional days off after the kids went back to school and kindi; we went to one of our favourite coffee spots, did some big picture planning and thinking, finally

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  • A Nollaig na mBan Mother Nourishment Circle

    A Nollaig na mBan Mother Nourishment Circle

    My buddy Maeve is a special kind of human. Warm, giving, generous and just so authentically herself. I recently heard the phrase “We don’t make friends, we recognize them” and this was very much my experience meeting Maeve. By day, she heads up Music Connects, an amazing organisation who bring the most gorgeous musical events

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  • Is this thing still on?

    Is this thing still on?

    “You are a museum of everything you have ever loved.” – via Well, for a while there it wasn’t. This blog, my teeny tiny digital garden had very much gone to seed. For a variety of reasons, it has been offline for a couple of years, but now, thanks to Ben, it’s back, and, with

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  • Everything I’ve been reading on Hamnet

    Everything I’ve been reading on Hamnet

    I went to see Hamnet last week with some mama friends and I’ve been thinking and reading about it ever since. The new film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao, it’s a beautiful and brilliant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2000 book of the same name, which I also loved. Trailer below, if you haven’t seen it

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  • September snapshots

    September snapshots

    Camping with kids, a new TV obsession and a genius way to create a minimalist phone experience 🏕️ We spent a glorious few days with friends camping in Clifden at this lovely campsite. Our first, but likely not out last. 📺 Currently hooked on Mr & Mrs Smith. Slick, funny and fun. 🍾 We’re on

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