Tagged: daughters

A pair of green and yellow patterned socks modelled on feet. The wearer is sitting with her legs over the edge of a wooden wall so that she is suspended above the ground. There's a monkey face on the socks, and the wearer is holding a small toy monkey

Monkey Puzzle Socks

I love the words “monkey puzzle”.  They make me think of a fun game, or perhaps that tree that you see growing in people’s gardens sometimes which apparently got its name from someone saying...

A pair blue variegated socks on sock blockers lying on a wooden floor next to a pair of hiking boots

Nepal countdown

“I think I’m going to sign up for the trip to Nepal.” I can’t believe it’s nearly two years since not so small daughter made her announcement and next weekend, we’ll be waving her...

A view across Coniston water to the hills beyond. There is an abundance of green in the fields and the trees

Busy resting

It seems something of a paradox that you can be very busy but resting at the same time.  However, that’s the weekend that we’ve had for the last three years at big daughter’s Fearless...

A view from cliff tops onto a beach. There are big waves and the sky is grey, but the sun is shining in from the left

Well-travelled

Surprise!  It’s Monday and I’m here with a blog post rather than at the weekend … and that’s because we made an epic journey from the north west of England allllll the way down...

A black dog in a muddy pond. There is a trail of black mud in the water where he's walking

Why is the dog always so smelly?

Hello, hello, how are you doing? It feels like aaaaages since I’ve written a catch-up chat blog post and I’ve really missed it!  Having said that, I have thoroughly enjoyed the posts of the last...

A shrine gate on a lake. The gate looks like it is floating on the water

Postcards from Japan – part two

Hello, not so small daughter here again!  Thanks for coming back to read more about my trip to Japan.  If you missed it, you can read yesterday’s Postcards from Japan post here.   Our...