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Peonies and Polaroids
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June 2nd.

happy birthday my Nye.  youre old and I love you. lets go photograph the pants off that wedding were going to today then come home at 1am and fall asleep in a pile then wake up at 6.30am to babi...

1 day ago

tipping point.

I was editing a photo session, an hour I spent this week with a gorgeous little girl in her home, looking at the photos of her playing with her mummy and smiling and giggling and showing me...

2 days ago

march, in photos

In march there was sunshine and curry and cuddling piglets. There were photoshoots and flowers.  And there was growing tall enough to see over the dinner table. 

3 days ago

coffee coffee blah blah

"Nye, I dont think I can go on much longer without an espresso machine.""a nespresso machine?""no, an espresso machine."  Espresso machines. Real ones, not ones that use ...

6 days ago

lessons in humility, acceptance and not being a moron

Yesterday at dinner time we decided to go camping. Spontaneously! With twins!  Never mind our carefully constructed routine or the fact that the girls had already had a wildly exciting day and h...

24 may 12

you know that thing I said about "maybe its not so bad if Im not certain about everything"? It was a pile of arse. thats all.  source .soma gallery

22 may 12

in Wigan.

As moving to London becomes less something that we talk about doing in the future and more something that looks like it might actually happen, the urgency with which I feel like Im going to vomit rig...

15 may 12

my pretties.

I dont wear a lot of jewellery, more than I used to but not a lot. For a long time I just couldnt be bothered,  which evolved into babies, everywhere, pulling at my face and now has finally sett...

10 may 12

love.

Its taken a while but Im finally, well and truly, in love with Beyonce. Did you see the dress she wore to the Met Gala? God, thats one sexy woman. I love that she radiates an air of couldnt-give-a-fu...

09 may 12

February, bits and pieces.

08 may 12 1 person likes this

alligator, buffalo, caterpillar...

Its not something that people tell you but kids mostly dont care about toys. Not as babies anyway. Theyve been into books for a while but that was about it. A couple of months ago they started (very ...

04 may 12

two years ago today.

Looking back at the photos all I can remember about this day two years ago is that Nye and I had a huge fight about turtle sex in the middle of Central Park. And that I felt so sick. I was 10 weeks p...

27 apr 12

January, bits and pieces

january, my birthday, 27, a subscription new bicycle a friend who sends jam is the best kind of friend inaugural voyage The cake shop, closed, on my birthday. It was the saddest thing. purging. ...

25 apr 12 1 person likes this

The London Coffee Festival

Its probably for the best that were not living in London yet. This looks incredibly amazing/lethal. *images via The London Coffee Festival. 

25 apr 12

French Children Probably Throw Food, Sometimes.

Im going to go out on a limb here and say that I dont think I know of any parent who wouldnt benefit, even just a little, from reading this book (this book in America).  Its fascinating from an&...

23 apr 12

great mysteries.

Marks and Spencer. They can create a foam pig that is more addictive than crack cocaine but they cant design a plastic bag that doesnt spew edamame beans everywhere. 

21 apr 12

Advice.

Ive heard a lot of best mans speeches over the last five years (76 to be specific, not including weddings where there are two or more best men.) and I can remember exactly four of them vividly; two b...

20 apr 12

Hugh Fernley Weddingstall.

Guys, did you know that you can get married at River Cottage? And have Hugh Fernley Wittingstall cater your wedding? River Cottage. Fernley.  Amazing. (Im aware that this will mean absolutely no...

20 apr 12

scrounging.

its pretty cool having a florist for a bestie. We didnt have to pay for any of these babies.   (and these ones did not smell like a weed farm, which was nice.)   (the skyline...

19 apr 12

Shhh.

A lot of the time Im not really that big on talking (I have two kids, theyre loud, Im tired, my brain hurts, shhhhhh.) But mostly I understand that other people like to talk and that Im the weir...

18 apr 12

Edinburgh, November.

Nye: Bloody hell, Edinburghs so cold.  Cara: Yeah, and the weather sucks too. Badaboom!  Every time. (yes, I actually say badaboom. What? Im cool.) Being rude about Edinburgh and ...

16 apr 12

scenes from a marriage, cont.

(or: conversations that seem perfectly normal if you spend a lot of time with toddlers. Not so much if you dont.)  Nye, will you smell my leg and tell me if it smells like poo? do I have to?&nbs...

13 apr 12

chalkboards. YES, chalkboards.

Yeah yeah, were all so over chalkboards. Whatever.  1. Miss Pickering 2. Shanna Murray 3. Typetoken

12 apr 12

balloons are so not over.

Last month we did a photoshoot styled by an event planner (Jillian, American, adorbs, hire her). It was a total departure from what we usually do (moments, emotions, stories) and kind of chaos with t...

10 apr 12

an update on that whole anxiety thing.

I really suck at updating you guys on stuff, just ask anyone whos waiting for those posts I said I was going to write about IVF and childbirth (in brief, neither as bad as I was led to believe, one e...

09 apr 12

apparently its some sort of holiday.

Apparently its easter. I had no idea. I mean, I knew it was in April sometime that that this is April (thank God) but I couldnt have put a date on it, its one of the joys of being self-employed; ther...

06 apr 12

corners.

We finally finished our house. If youve been reading for a long time then you might remember our no hot water/no heating/no ceiling phases which lasted longer than anyone would care for. But its fina...

05 apr 12

bye bye summer.

It was warm. For five whole days. I got sunburned.  It was the longest summer I remember in Scotland.  It went to my head and I forgot to focus. 

04 apr 12

he loved it so much he ate it.

This made my week. Its been a while since I loved something so much that I ate it. If we dont count cake.  “Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I a...

03 apr 12

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Thank you all so much for your comments on yesterdays post, they helped a lot (blogger wont let me reply to them, because its an arse). I went to the doctor this morning, she diagnosed pre-menstrual&...

30 mar 12

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