West Sussex Winter Mornings

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

West Sussex Winter Mornings - 2

Good morning! Thank you so much for all of your craft suggestions and telling me your words for the year. I love the dialogue we have and want to encourage more of that. Something I’ve been thinking about trying to facilitate since my Shall We Talk post from last year. I think I’m almost there. [...]

Word of the Year 2012 – Energy

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Word of the Year 2012 - 1

I’m feeling ever so slightly contemplative today and that’s always a dangerous way to feel when you blog. But hey ho, lets get on with it. My word for 2012 is ENERGY. Let me explain why. By the time 2011 had wrapped I had, over the last three years, been pregnant twice, lost both those [...]

2011 in Pictures. Part 4 of 4

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Ned at Sunrise - 1

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2011 in Pictures. Part 3 of 4

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Life Is The Miracle - 4

July August September See you next time for Part Four. Excuse the long gap between postings. We’ve all been struck by that hideous snotty thing that seems to be doing the rounds. I love you and thank you for reading Cherry x ************************************************************ Pre-Order my book from Amazon Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Promote [...]

2011 in Pictures. Part 2 of 3

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Preparing To Move - 8_effected

April Decor8 book launch at Liberty. Holly Becker of Decor8 We moved house this year! May June A few days before the twins celebrated their first birthday Robert was diagnosed with Leukemia. He went on to spend six weeks in hospital having chemotherapy. It’s hard going through the pictures from this time, but that is [...]

2011 in Pictures. Part 1 of 4

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Almost Crawling - 1

January February March These pictures show the first three months of 2011. Looking back it all seemed ominously uneventful, strangely quiet, but hindsight is an informative thing. April, May & June follow. Hang on! I hope you all had a wonderful time ringing in the New Year. I love you and thank you so much [...]

Coming January, 4th 2012 – My Sainsbury’s Craft Column

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Sainsburys Magazine - Dec 2011 - 1

You have to take the rough with the smooth in life don’t you? There’s not much you can do about any of it but behave accordingly in the given situation and try to eek out any lesson that may be lurking. The bad times come and go and leave us older, wiser and a wee [...]

Those Winter Mornings

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Those Winter Mornings - 2

Yesterday was a pottering day. You know the sort, all the Christmas bags are out on the floor and you have to decide where to put the lights, which plugs to use, are people going to break their necks if they trip over the wire, that sort of thing. Yesterday was also the day that [...]

No, No, No, No, No!

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Ned in PJ

I find myself saying the word “No” a lot nowadays. And it is extremely dull to hear it. “No, Ned, don’t eat the bauble, it’s glass” “No, Nye, don’t eat the cat litter” Closely followed by…. “NONYEDON’TEATTHECATLITTER!!!!” “No, Ned, you can’t climb on the table and put your spoon in to Dada’s wine glass” “No, [...]

New Carpets

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Carpet Day - 1

We’re having the carpet fitted. All of it. It’s taking two days. We have to remove everything but three pieces of furniture from each room. That’s not really happening. Robert has to be at work. Cathy and I are moving a lot of furniture. The carpet people didn’t measure one of the rooms. We’re missing [...]