Wells-Next-The-Sea [Summer Daze]
Last week we took a day to visit a nearby seaside town, making the most of the sunshine and the fact that Grandma and Granddad still had a few days left off of work. The sun was shining for us…
Radio Controlled Truck
My brother, after some rooting around earlier in the week, dug up his old radio controlled truck for Mikey to play with while we are staying here in England. Mikey hasn’t played with one before, our apartment is too small…
Fields and Nettles
I discovered myself absentmindedly scratching at my ankle while editing photos in the late evening after Mikey had gone to sleep. Walking through long grass at the roadside, I had managed to get stung by nettles. Little raised itchy red…
Butterfly & Wildlife Park [Summer Daze]
I have memories of visiting this same butterfly and wildlife park quite a few times when I was growing up here, Mikey has been to the park once before too on our last trip to England a few years ago….
Flowers & Beehives
There are flowers in bloom all over the garden, Mikey has been out there helping his grandad and taking short rides in the wheelbarrow. He’s been examining the bees as they travel from flower to flower and has sneaked a…
English Countryside [Summer Daze]
We arrived in England on Wednesday morning after flying through the night from Chicago through to London and then being picked up at the airport and driven to my parents house. We’re still both a little tired and jet-lagged a…
Printer’s Row Lit Fest
This is a scheduled post and I’m probably at the airport by now, perhaps even boarding my plane to England where I’ll be visiting my family for six weeks this summer. This past weekend though, my last in Chicago for…
Summer Travels
It’s been nearly two years since Mikey and I were last in England, it seems like a long time and a short time all at once. But we’re going to be flying out to England again this week, to spend…
Watermelon Red
I bought a skirt on Thursday. A bright bold skirt the colour of watermelon, so unlike my usual closet of greys and blacks. I was out for breakfast with Mikey and a friend that morning, enjoying delicious fluffy pancakes and…




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