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  • A Winter Walk

    A Winter Walk

    For no other reason than the sky looked pretty, the sun was setting in 18 minutes and Ben and I had never explored this road in our ‘hood before. It also gave me an opportunity to take some new portraits of B, which I hadn’t done in a while. Is there an area near you that you Continue reading

  • Weekend wanderings

    Happy Monday! How was your weekend? My Friday kicked off with all the feels as I – at long last – finished The Office (US). Totes emosh doesn’t even begin to cover it. Saturday started off wonderfully though, with a lovely yoga class, followed by mint tea here and chats about new year schemes and dreams with Continue reading

  • The Year Ahead

    Hope you had a lovely break! As I had said, I had days of dolce far niente and relished not knowing what day of the week it was or even what meal was last or next. The post-Christmas haze also gave me lots of time for reflecting on the year gone, and the year ahead (the Unravelling Continue reading

  • Happy, Chilled, Lovely Holidays

    The last few days have been utter bliss. From the insane excitement of Christmas Eve, when I helped my sister put a very giddy six-year-old and equally riled up three-year-old to bed (along with a fairly indifferent one-year-old), to sitting down to a mouth-wateringly delicious meal on Christmas Day, cooked with love by Ben’s mum, Lesley and enjoyed Continue reading

  • Breathe & Stop

    The weeks have been a blur. What am I saying? The months have been a blur. Editing a fourth magazine in as many months, while squeezing in photo editing and a girly trip to Lisbon at the weekends, it feels like I’m only now coming back up for air. When I’m working on the mags, I pour everything Continue reading