Category Archives: memories

Apprenticed to my Mother: on camera

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

My mother was 81 when she moved into her new bungalow. She had a knee replacement soon after dad died having been putting it off while he was ill. Never one to exercise or indeed do anything that might be … Continue reading →

Posted in families, family, humour, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , | 34 Comments

Apprenticed to my Mother: The Great Outdoors

Posted on May 6, 2017 by

My mother loved her garden. The family home in Hampshire morphed from an awful clay pit with a few decrepit fruit trees into a beautiful oasis. My parents put extraordinary effort into the conversion. Fortunately their skills were complimentary: mum … Continue reading →

Posted in family, gardens, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , , | 21 Comments

S is for Steam #atozchallenge

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, family, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , , , , | 19 Comments

O is for Opportunities #atozchallenge

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, gardening, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

M is for Monitor #atozchallenge

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, family, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

L is for Leaping #atozchallenge

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, family, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , | 22 Comments

J is for Jumble Sales #atozchallenge

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, families, memories, miscellany | Tagged , , | 18 Comments