Fading memory jolted by the recent posts on beautiful Giverny by Museum Mum and MumsGoneTo, I realised I hadn’t yet written about our visit last summer to the birthplace of the waterlily as we now know it, and the inspiration behind Monet’s famous Nympheas… Bory Latour Marliac was a world travelling horticulturalist, initially intrigued by […]
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Week in Pictures – 2
How typical that when I decide to expand upon the single Sunday Photo post format I have kept for years, my second week of it has been severely limited by the still uber krank toddler… Not content with croup, the germs in his system have blessed us with a double ear infection = one very […]
My Week in Pictures Week 1
THIS was supposed to have been posted yesterday evening to replace my usual Sunday Photo, when I had a quiet chunk of time to relax after a lovely busy weekend catching up with old friends. EXCEPT that the poor toddler began to sound a bit croupy late Saturday night, and by Sunday had started to […]
Sunday Photo – 365 Miles
Not completely picture perfect thanks to the blue van, but a gorgeous spot nonetheless, and a picture I posted on my IG feed and wanted to include here as well… Taken on Friday in my Grandparent’s beautiful village. My lovely Gramps is slowly succumbing to Alzheimer’s, and whilst it’s heartbreaking, I am determined to spend […]
The Jaufen Pass – Four Seasons in One Day
When we finally managed to negotiate our way out of Merano, Mr R suggested that we take the fastest route back to Vipeteno (not because we needed to make a fast get away or anything, we had a lovely day in Merano in the end), but because the fastest route, also happened to be the […]