Archive for September 2012
Walking pixels: 27 September
Strange light and skies this morning…
Read MoreMy convolvulus is rampant!
“That garden’s a mess!” muttered my Dad as he gazed out of our kitchen window on Sunday afternoon. He was right of course – as usual my early spring enthusiasm for planting, growing and tending is now just a dim and distant memory. At the beginning of the summer – after watching an episode of…
Read MoreA year of walking pixels
As well as being my daughters birthday the 16th September was also the first anniversary of my morning walking campaign. I won’t pretend that I have walked every morning for the whole year but as a general rule I’ve managed at least four or five days a week. As I said in my first Blog…
Read MoreA teenager at last!
It seems like my daughter Reya has been a tweenager for ever! But yesterday we finally reached that great milestone of full teendom when Reya turned 13 (and finally got her own Facebook account!) It was a pretty full on weekend. I took her and some friends shopping in Norwich and let them get on…
Read MoreShutters, châteaux and sunshine
As I type the wind is howling outside the window and the rain is lashing down – a far cry the glorious weekend that has just passed and our lovely last minute, end of August holiday in France. The Pixel Chef Blog has been more than a little neglected over the summer – we have…
Read MoreShutters, signs and Châteaux – 2up takes a holiday!
For the last couple of weeks we’ve been away in France – our first proper family holiday for five years! As is usual with us, we left things until the very last minute and booked everything in just under 14 days! We were so lucky to find a beautiful gite called Grand Houx to rent…
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