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• The Hole in the Picture (Me & Mine, September)

  

  For the first time in many years I have a beautiful photo of my entire family. Every time I look at it, all I see is the gaping hole left by the one person who... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Me & Mine 2014; August

  

  August. Not the idyllic summer we had hoped for as our minds were, and are preoccupied by concerns for a sick father/grandfather. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Nervous Debility”

  

  One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday until they are done. Please see below for a link to Joe’s full story and the... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Failed Engine & Low Spirits”

  

  One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday until they are done. Please see below for a link to Joe’s full story and the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Tour of Duty Increase”

  

  One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday until they are done. Please see below for a link to Joe’s full story and the... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Pantomime Antics”

  

  One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday until they are done. Please see below for a link to Joe’s full story and the... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Me & Mine 2014; July

  

  July began and ended with hot sunshine. But underneath the sunny skies a tiny cloud has followed me around, and lingers still. My 79 year old dad underwent... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• C’est God’s Own Country, N’est Ce Pas?

  

  What I love about living in North Yorkshire is how incredibly fortunate we are to live just a few steps away from this. God’s Own Country. This was the weekend... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Dortmund – ‘coned’ in Spotlights!”

  

  One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday until they are done. Please see below for a link to Joe’s full story and the... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Younger Self

  

  That’s me, right in the middle of the back row. I think this was Christmas 1989. My beautiful nan, Lily is still alive, although looking slightly confused! Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Me & Mine 2014; June

  

  No sooner have we hailed the arrival of June, than it is over. This was a busy month, with school activities running in top gear and our garden renovations... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Tickets for the Panto”

  

  It’s Armed Forces Day tomorrow. Please spare a thought for our servicemen and women, past and present. One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Longest Day, the Longest Wait

  

  June 21st 2014 will go down in my family history as a summer solstice to remember. My Uncle Joe (left) and ‘Smokey’ Joe Lee, aged 18, 1944 The longest day... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putting the Fun into Fundraising

  

  We are hugely lucky to have an active PTA at our local primary school, and a community of families who are, on the whole, eager to spend their money and join in. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “A Weekend in Liverpool”

  

  One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday until they are done. Please see below for a link to Joe’s full story and the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Plenty to Chin-wag About”

  

  It seems fitting to be posting one of these letters on the anniversary of D-Day. Lest we forget….. One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog eac... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Devil in the Detail

  

  I have no idea why I photograph some of the things I do, but there are just moments occasionally, usually when on holiday, that I see an object which is just... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brown Fingers

  

  Four years ago we bought a Victorian house with a lovely garden. The problem was, it was built in 1973. The garage was falling down, the concrete paving was... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joe’s Letters, WWII: “Six Ops and 200 Hours of Flying”

  

  It seems fitting to be posting one of these letters on the anniversary of D-Day. Lest we forget….. One of my Uncle Joe’s letters will be posted to this Blog eac... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Me & Mine 2014; May

  

  May is always greeted with mixed feelings, since it always leaves me another year older. The weather has suddenly turned…bad mostly, but warmer at least. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION