I don’t watch adverts anymore (thank you Sky Plus). When people say “Have you seen the new [insert cool brand] advert..?” I have to Google it and watch it on YouTube. Like that Nationwide one from last year, with the man and his Dad scarf, and the weepy soundtrack. Oh. Wow. (Try to get through that without…
Category: Christmas
Stir It Up
The Ultimate Christmas Pudding…. We missed Stir Up Sunday this year – not because we forgot but because, once I’d read through all the recipes and decided on the best, we realised that the fruit needed to soak for at least 24 hours before mixing with the flour, suet and sugar – so Stir Up…
Finding your Festive Spirit
Lovely things to do with big and little people… Take your Friends A Very Cowley Christmas: A lovely festive event at beautiful Cowley Manor, created in conjunction with Space.NK, Harvey Nichols , Whole Foods and Taittinger. There’s the expected Christmas shopping, but also a fashion show, several festive skincare and makeup masterclasses, as well as…
Christmas Snapshot
Due to a myriad of winter colds, Christmas was a gentle affair in our house… …but a happy, cosy, sparkly one… …Munchkin especially seemed to get into the spirit of it, she loved opening her presents and her stocking… …and we had some pretty special meals… …including a breakfast of smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, festive brioche,…
Really amazing reindeer
Five incredible things you didn’t know about reindeer… I love reindeer. I love the shape of them, their massive antlers, their soft noses, their big, dark eyes. The sight of them is awesome and festive and striking and peaceful all at the same time. We are hoping to take Munchkin to visit some reindeer this…
Twinkling trees…
A magical world, all hidden away… I popped into our local parish church this morning to pick up a few Christmas cards – I always try and buy charity cards or cards from churches at Christmas – and stumbled on the most festive and touching display I have seen so far this season. It was early…
Festive Antics…
A wishlist of wonderful Christmas events, for big kids and little people… There are so many fantastic ways each year to celebrate Christmas and get yourself into the festive spirit, and having a little one seems to make me even more determined than ever to make a festive effort. This year, there’s plenty we want to be doing,…
StirUp Sunday…
Making new traditions as we start the festive season… Traditionally, the last Sunday of the Church year (the following four Sundays represent advent days and the beginning of the new church year), is the day to make your Christmas pudding, not least because of the a Bible passage which uses the line “Stir up, O Lord,…
Christmas Inspired
We’re hosting Christmas this year, and – as it’s our first with Munchkin, and our first in the country – I’ve had renewed inspiration for decorations. It can be hard each year, without buying completely new decor every time, to ring the changes and do something that feels fresh and different. Equally, with a little one…
A Wild Life in Words 