Happy Mothers Day

Jess and I - a Mothers day selfie!

Happy Mothers day!....and what a lovely weekend! Yesterday we travelled down to Dittisham in the South Hams and shared a lovely lunch with some of my husbands friends before doing a spot of kite flying over the river Dart. Today we have been entertaining at home with my parents, in-laws and siblings, and the sun has been shining on us as we sat out in the garden drinking wine!. Normally my mum cooks and we all head to my parents , but today we decided to give mum a break and cook for her. My chorizo and butterbean stew was a hit, and despite the last minute dash to Sainsburys for more cutlery, I carried it off! I have been spoilt by my two children today and as I now type away my husband is doing the ironing! A perfect end to a lovely day!

Proud mummy moment

A busy week has just passed. Parents evenings, A'level drama monologues, a school production (Tues-Sat) and then a Sunday afternoon concert. I am exhausted and I haven't even been involved! (other than taxi duties!)


I am however, the proud mum of a wonderful sixteen year old.  My Jess has been stage managing a production of the new musical, 'The Addams Family', and a few days later performed an amazing duologue as part of her A'level drama. Although I am biased she has a natural acting talent, and a stunning voice and I wanted to share a short clip of her singing on Sunday. A very proud moment :-)

Mondays

Mondays are my writing days. Or shall I rephrase this. Monday is the day that I try to write. It is the one morning of the week that I have to myself. Normally I get sidelined by the washing, shopping ...or more recently rota'd into parent helper role at preschool (this is like going to work for me!),but this week was different. I buried my head for three solid hours and wrote and wrote and wrote.

I am writing a novel. Partly autobiographical, partly fictitious. When I began my story (quite a few years ago now) I had it planned out, chapter by chapter, but as I write I now find that this story takes its own path. 

I am struggling with 'tenses' at the moment. I find that one minute I am writing in the present tense and in the next I am back in the past. Still, I am writing. I have words on paper that take me to another world, and allow me through a door that I thought was closed. Monday morning...we have a date!

It's been a while!

Hello again! It's been a while, but am back. Its been a busy few years, but am determined to make time now to write and be a bit creative. My little boy, now 3 and a half starts school in September (don't get me started on this as this is another post entirely!), but hopefully this will give me a few extra hours a week, to pen to paper or fingers to keyboard.

Since I last wrote we have bought our first house. Very different from where we were living before, but nevertheless its lovely. We're in a town now with shops at the end of the road ( I do like this!) and am starting to feel part of a community which is great. Our house is 200 years old, needs new windows and a front door, but it oozes character and I could never live in a new build. We've been here now nearly a year and it does feel like home. The pictures were taken back in the summer, and the garden looks very different at the moment. Roll on the spring!

Happy Easter - I hope I've mentioned you!

A very quick message to wish you all a Happy Easter.
Its a gorgeous day in Devon today and we're spending the day at home with family, planning lunch in the garden. I hope you have a lovely day, wherever you are, rain or shine.
Sarah x
(I couldn't fit all my favourite blogs on here, but especially for those that follow me - thankyou x)

Tea and cakes

This last week has been wonderful. Gorgeous weather and by chance my husband had taken the week as holiday. We've been out lots walking, visiting places on our doorstep we never knew existed and places we'd been meaning to go for years.
On Wednesday we went for a walk along the Grand western canal. This is a beautiful walk along a 10 mile stretch of water and in the sunshine it was beautiful. On the way back we stopped for tea at a little teashop.Very quaint cottage, complete with thatched roof. I loved the outdoor shelving and teapots on view!
I also have been baking. I got given a wonderful cookery book for mothers day and had a go at making Vanilla cupcakes. Completely full of sugar and fat...but it was sunny...and we're on holiday! (well thats my excuse!).

Our secret wood

A few years ago, we discovered a little oasis about a mile away from our house. My parents have lived in the same house for 25 years, but it wasn't until recently that we discovered this wood. Its not big, but it is very beautiful and has a two sections....an older part with mature trees, and a younger section which was full of spring blossom today.
No one there....just us, the birds, a squirrel or two, and some tadpoles we discovered in a pond. Its quite rare to find somewhere still so unspoilt and I hope it stays that way x