I love this week's theme. It seems perfectly fitting after a weekend that we have devoted to family, celebrating LBG's birthday on Saturday with a fairly epic party, and then reveling in the awesomeness of the man we call Daddy on Father's Day. … [Read more...]
Introduction to Art: Magritte
I remember travelling to London from school to look at works of Art in the big London Galleries. In particular was Rene Magritte's art, featuring bowler hats and famous- to me at least- for appearing in the film The Thomas Crown Affair. I wanted to use the above painting as a basis for an art project with The Girls. When we were looking at his work online, LBG made the excellent point that it looked "like he had cut out the shapes". So that's … [Read more...]
Project 366 week 24
It's been the Back to School week, which begins the Countdown-to-the-holidays at DG Manor. It began with a bang and the urgent need for shoes, as LBG appeared to have grown an entire shoe size in the week that we'd been in France. Then we drove home to Bromley, to the house that had literally been finished hours before we left it to go to France seven days before. It felt like a new home. Everything was so new and clean: the playroom looked … [Read more...]
On being grown-up
Mrs M wrote a post recently on how to tell you are all grown up... after National newspapers published results of a survey of 2,000 people, which revealed the 50 things that show you are a fully-fledged adult. So I thought I'd take her up on her challenge to see how grown up I am. Source: someecards.com via Domestic on Pinterest 1. Having a mortgage - yes. 2. Mum and dad no longer make your … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week 23
I can hardly believe it, but our week in France went by in a heartbeat. It was such a lovely time for us all, relaxing in each other's company, catching up on sleep, spending time together. Sunday was spent by the pool, after a brief trip to the local supermarket, recovering from the previous day's driving. We unsurprisingly all feel asleep ridiculously early. … [Read more...]
Our Half-term in Beers
Five easy ways to get more traffic from Pinterest
1. Advertise yourself: show people that you are on Pinterest. Add follow buttons and pin it buttons to your blog. 2. Rename the pictures you use. The picture title is also grabbed by Pinterest when people pin your images, so make sure that pinners don't need to edit it. 3. On which note, add text to your photos, so that people can see at a glance what the pin relates to. This helps with repins. 4. Take the time to take clear usable … [Read more...]
