Gemma in the Cotswolds
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The Ordinary Moments

{The Ordinary Moments} #5 It Felt Like Spring

{The Ordinary Moments} #5 It Felt Like Spring

I think all my wishing, and hoping (and whining) about my need for Spring to arrive was heard this weekend. We woke up on Saturday to beautiful blue skies. I don’t care what anyone says, sunlight changes your mood for the better. There was definitely the feel of Spring in the air. I usually spend Saturdays moping – I see friends, and others on social media, enjoying their weekends as a family, and I know that as Ell plays football, our Saturdays don’t look like that – there is no brunch, and a lack of family time. It always puts…

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The Me & Mine Project

The Me & Mine Project – January 2017

The Me & Mine Project – January 2017

I say it every month but how is it the end of January?! I’m excited to capture a year of the Me & Mine Project as I only started in October 2016 – I can’t wait to see what 2017 brings us as a family. I was actually a bit organised this month – we took these photos at the beginning of the month when we went to Weston Super Mare to walk the dog on the beach – trying to get him in the photos too was asking a bit much though. We didn’t have the tripod with us…

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Living Arrows

{Living Arrows 2017} #3

{Living Arrows 2017} #3

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran I cannot not believe I’m writing AGAIN that it has been another week of illness in The Brushneen house. When does it end? Luckily this time it was only colds and sore throats for Izzie and Ollie, and nothing that a couple of days off of school, in the warm couldn’t fix. Mason certainly liked having them at home, I think he finds it too quiet when it is just me and him. He is so cuddly with Izzie it is the cutest thing. He has really grown up before…

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The Ordinary Moments

{The Ordinary Moments} #4 An Extraordinary Swimming Session

{The Ordinary Moments} #4 An Extraordinary Swimming Session

This week brought a much brighter week for me, but more coughs and colds for the kids. They had a couple days off of school and preschool but by Friday they were both feeling much better. We were invited to go swimming on Saturday morning by Ell’s parents who were house sitting. I was so excited at the prospect of having the pool to ourselves, because I knew I would be able to take photos and film, which you aren’t allowed to do in a public pool. Izzie learnt to swim last year but hasn’t been for a while, and…

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Musings

The January Blues – 10 Things That Help When I Feel Low & Anxious

The January Blues – 10 Things That Help When I Feel Low & Anxious

  If you’ve read any of my recent posts, you will notice that I’ve touched on the fact I was feeling pretty rubbish last week. The January Blues hit me big time. For me, it is always a mixture of things in January. The weeks leading up to Sophie’s anniversary, which is February 1st, is never easy. This year will mark 5 years since she was born sleeping. I think her anniversary, coupled with the disappearance of the pretty sparkling Christmas decorations, the dullness of the grey, damp, cold weather, the lack of money after Christmas and the January germs,…

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Living Arrows

{Living Arrows 2017} #2

{Living Arrows 2017} #2

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran The past week hasn’t been a very good one. We had a very poorly Mason again (luckily we were able to get his inhalers into him quickly) and with the stress of it all, my anxiety reared its head for the first time in a long time. Thankfully, now at the start of a new week, Mason is all better, and I am feeling much more myself. Because of everything going on, I didn’t take many photos last week, but wanted to share these two…

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