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Where’s mummy? A domestic snapshot

September 17, 2018 By Ellen 5 Comments

Where’s mummy?  She can’t be far away, it’s not a very big house.  Where’s mummy?  Have you tried the kitchen? She’s often there.  Where’ s mummy?  At her desk, trying to hit a deadline… No? Where’s mummy?  Putting washing in the machine. Taking washing out of the machine. Folding washing. Occasionally ironing it.  Where’s mummy?  […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos

What do you say to a child about heaven?

November 23, 2017 By Ellen 6 Comments

An old post, but worth another outing… “What does heaven look like?” asked Boy Three from the back seat of the car after he finished stuffing his face with the day’s nursery baking. He’s supposed to take it home for after supper but it rarely makes it as far as the main road.  “Erm,” I […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, death, family, heaven, myths, other things I have learned Tagged With: afterlife, belief, children, heaven

What do you do with your underwear?

April 17, 2017 By Ellen 3 Comments

No not mine, everyone else’s. The male people in this house each have a pair of buttocks. Aged variously seven, fifteen, seventeen and fifty, the bums also range in size. Therefore, each arse owns a selection of pants. At either end of the derrière spectrum it’s very easy to tell whose is whose, it’s the […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, boys, family, Laundry, pants, socks, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: laundry, pants, socks

Last one: Happy New Year

December 31, 2013 By Ellen Leave a Comment

  A contemplative and clearing-out phase here as the old year passes at the Palace of Bundance. I can’t wait to get started with all the wonderful things 2014 is bound to bring. Meantime, happy new year to everyone.   Posted with Blogsy

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, New Year

363/365 Bad weather always looks worse through a window…

December 30, 2013 By Ellen Leave a Comment

And once you’ve been out for a while, you can’t get any damper. So it was time to catch up with my friend and her Jack Russell bitches (strikes me they should be Jill Russells) for a bit of a walk on the cycle path. The soldiers we met looked like they’ve had a coat of paint […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, cycle path., Jack Russell, Kilmacolm

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