Seven months ago we ended our unborn daughters life. She was a day shy of six months in the womb when I gave birth to her at one minute to midnight on the 1st of December 2014. I miss her every single day. [caption id="attachment_1116" align="aligncenter" width="300"]...
[gallery type="circle" ids="1085,1083,1082,1076,1077,1078,1079,1080,1075,1073,1072,1071,1070,1069,1068,1067,1066,1065,1084"] This is the diary I made when I was 17 in the year 2000. From this diary I deduce that I was: 1) Wearing bindis. 2) Watching a lot of Spanish independent cinema when I should have been at school. 3) Buying over priced copies of...
Home. I talk about home a lot. I am endlessly trying to understand what home is. Is it a place? Is it where your bed is? Is it a person? Right now it is a rented house that I am madly, truly, deeply in love with. I've...
Hello. It's been a while, but I haven't forgotten. The love is not lost. See you in a bit. Plenty to tell. Java x...
[gallery type="circle" ids="1030,1029,1031,1033,1034,1035"] A few snaps from the house sale, as we were setting up. It was a blisteringly hot day, so we made double sure we had enough orange squash and chilled white wine to keep us going! And just in case our energies were...
[gallery type="circle" ids="961,964,958,960,967,968,969,974,971,973,972,977,978,979,980,981,982,983,985,986,989,990,991,993,994,995,997,999"] It's sunny in July! In the North West of England, this usually makes headlines...
It's taken me a while to come out of my shell, having been rumbled for coordinating my outfits with all the exciting locations of Glamorganshire in Fossil Hunting in Wales. Well, here are some snaps from my point of view, including one of Java and her...
[gallery type="circle" ids="936"] Yesterday I received an email from a lovely lady called Cat Sampson in Los Angeles who had purchased a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee biscuit tin from the shop. I love knowing where all these wonderful pieces end up and the destiny of...
[gallery type="rectangular" ids="927,923,924,928,925"] On a blustery day recently, Jon, my dad and I went fossil hunting at Sully beach. Jon discovered (what looked like) a dinosaur's claw, my dad found a fossil shell and I went and found a cliff with some daffodils to look out...
[gallery type="circle" ids="915,916,918"] My dressing table holds my entire family and the world all in one place. When feeling sad or confused, I will often rearrange the brooches that once belonged to my Welsh grandmother into different patterns, I will wind up the musical jewellery box...