The Mothership recently lost one of her closest and dearest friends. They met in Cairo a thousand years ago when my parents were still married. Dad worked with Joyce’s husband, Mike and the couple were regular visitors to our home. Their friendship has prevailed through thick and thin, from country to country, so that even [...]
I worked as an au pair in Germany for an English family during a year out, which turned out to be the beginning of life as a childcarer in one form or another. I had changed a nappy before, but it was still a steep learning curve. To be honest I had no idea it [...]
The Threeva has been learning about growing plants. She enjoys being outside and looking at the leaves on the trees and digging in the garden. She and her Daddy will go out in all weathers to potter and play. Last year they grew strawberries and if she went missing, I often found her at the [...]
You get to Christmas and when people have stopped talking about presents and shopping and asking “are you ready?” they ask the classic rhetorical question: where did this year go? I wondered the same thing at 4am when I was lying awake being kicked by the Jumping Bean. I didn’t really get into blogging until [...]
I’m Kelly, the face behind the vintage silhouette. She has a much better figure than me: I eat too much cookie dough. I’m a thirty-something Mother, Blogger and Girl Friday, married to my beloved DH.
Domestic Goddesque shares ideas for simple recipes, house-keeping and crafts for every age, along with a few shortcuts so that you can appear to be the Domestic Goddess you want to be.