the gallery
THE GALLERY (yellow)
Sometimes fate works in funny ways. Like when Tara chose the theme ‘Yellow’ for The Gallery the exact same week we got these pics back from…
THE GALLERY (nature)
In the last few years we’ve only really taken autumn breaks (due to work commitments and our refusal to pay obscene peak season prices!). But we quickly discovered…
THE GALLERY (16 august)
When I first read the prompt for The Gallery I thought: Relax? Pfffft! I’m not sure if I even remember the meaning of the word!Then…
THE GALLERY (expressions)
You know how sometimes you see The Gallery prompt, and need to look back through all your old pics to find the perfect shot? And other…
TOGETHER (the gallery)
They fight. They yell at each other. They complain that the other one is picking on them/pushing them/pinching peas off their plate. They scream at one other to:…
THE GALLERY – RED
When Lil Sis was born, she surprised the hell out of OH and me. We were expecting another dark-haired, brown-eyed, olive-skinned bubs, just like Big…
THE GREAT-Y EIGHTIES (the gallery)
• LIKE ME? VOTE FOR ME VIA THE PINK BUTTON (RIGHT) THEN CLICK THE THUMBS UP PLEASE!Ah, the 80s. They’ve a lot to answer for:…
THE GALLERY (autumn)
• LIKE ME? VOTE FOR ME BY CLICKING THE PINK BUTTON ON THE RIGHT! So I was planning to write a flouncy, poetic post about…
HAPPY MEMORIES – the gallery
For 38-ish weeks we worried about how the arrival of another baby would impact on Big Sis. Like all new parents we’d doted on her…
THE GALLERY (what a load of bull)
Big Sis’s Great Grandad raises bullocks on his farm in Devon, and she’s been absolutely obsessed by them since she was a teeny thing. The…
THE GALLERY – Travel
I was born with itchy feet. As a child growing up in New Zealand I pledged to visit every country in the world. I’d pore…
MY WEEKEND – the Gallery
I’m not sure if you heard, but last Saturday was the CyberMummy11 bloggers’ conference. (Yeeeeeeeeees, I was being sarcastic…)And due to unforseen difficulties convincing Lil…
APRIL SHOWERS – THE GALLERY
Historically, an April photo would have me scrabbling for pics of rain, and umbrellas, and maybe an Easter egg or two.However, a sneaky little high…
ONE WORD – Friends
Sticky Fingers – The Gallery I chose this because I just LOVE the way it looks like Lil’ Sis is deep in conversation with her…
MOTHER NATURE – darkness & light
This isn’t the most spectacular rainbow picture, but it’s special to me. It was taken just outside the front gates of the former Sachsenhausen concentration…
Motherhood – Sticky Fingers Gallery
I mulled over this week’s Sticky Fingers Gallery prompt ‘Motherhood’ for ages, before deciding on this photo. This is why this particular picture floated to…
About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ freelance journalist & lifestyle blogger.
I’ve been a magazine features writer for over 20 years, and in 2009 became one of the UK’s original ‘Mummy Bloggers’.
I’m proud mum to two funny & spirited girls; born summer 2008 and autumn 2010, and we all live just outside London with OH and our youngest baby – a miniature dachshund, named Frankie.
