This is my favourite photo from the weekend at my niece’s baptism. Little babies are so precious, there is so much promise, so much potential, so much beauty in this tiny little bundle of limbs. It reminds be of the famous poem Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth: Our birth is but a sleep and a…
Today we are on our way to Denmark, for the baptism of our brand new niece, Madicken, on Sunday. This is particularly special as Rasmus and I will be standing as her godparents, which is such an honour. I’ve also been charged with baking a cake for the reception so I am travelling with all…
Rasmus and I were back in the UK this weekend for a friend’s wedding, and also to catch up with lots of my family, since the wedding was close to my parents’ home. It was the first time we’d seen them since before we went to America, so needless to say there were big hugs…
We’re doing our best to eat as much of the food in our cupboards as possible before we leave, so that we don’t have to store too much while we are gone. It’s been like a fun game – what can I make for dinner with beans, condensed milk and ginger? Tonight I had three…
A weekend away with my sister Jen was spent getting deliriously excited (and can I admit teary eyed?!) over the royal wedding, joining in a local street party, and then heading for the Peak District for three days to indulge all our best Jane Austen fantasies by going to not one, not two, but three old stately homes!…
We had a wonderful, relaxed, mostly sunny weekend at my Grandpa’s home in the Scottish highlands. The last time we were there we were snowed in, with a short six hours of daylight to dig out the drive and get some sledging in. This time the drive was clear, the thousands of snowdrops were in…