Introducing

Charlie

Lucy

Our new arrivals! They're both bengals

{bengal = loud, cat mensa level IQ, affectionate, crazy, really crazy}

and they're settling in amazingly.

How do these little beings find their way into your heart so quickly?

empty

Meesh. 2004 - 21/02/2012

Things have been strange here lately. Quiet. Sad.

Mr B and I are missing a little someone from our home.

Someone who we only had in our lives for 6 years,

but someone who made our house our home.

She was gentle, accepting and loved us unconditionally,

even though she'd been mistreated by people before we knew her.

She was a true lady. She was beautiful.

Wauw...

It's been too long... way too long since writing here.

Lots has happened. There have been ups and downs but Mr B and I, while not completely unscathed, are ok.

Life ebbs and flows, and some things that are right for a time in your life somehow aren't as important as at other times.

Spending less time with my hands hovering over the keyboard made me feel relieved.
I had saved myself lots of time and energy.

But now I realise that I miss this. I miss the connections I made with you - the lovely people that looked at my photos, read my words and shared with me.

I miss being creative.

Normal service will resume, if not shortly then at some point...

Picture heavy

Holland.

That's where I've been.

That's where part of me comes from.

I feel like I fit in there.

Mostly.

I feel like I fit in in England too.

But not quite.

I went from one home to my other,

saw my family,

read,

cycled,

drank lots of coffee

and were sad to say tot ziens.

...Now on to my favourite part.

Birthday medley

May the rest of my 28th year be as nice.

And may Holland get to the World Cup Final.

Mr B is praising my Dutch roots

that have given him a fall back option!

a play

This weekend Mr B and I went to

It is

Hidden in the leaves,

Shielded from the park.

But not from the weather.

If you ever get the chance, go.
But take your brolly.
You will probably get rained on.

We did.

But that's what makes it extra special.



We saw The Crucible.
It was awesome.
Thought provoking.


It made me grateful
that I'm believed,
that I don't have to proove anything to anyone.

Short straw

something's not quite right...

23.05.2008

I became Mrs B.

The happiest day.

Full of love and promise.

Our beginning.

Chasing light

A typical Wednesday morning in the Green.

For the Meesh,

Not for me.

Unfortunately.

It was nothing...

that exciting I'm afraid

Taken just over 2 years ago. Seminyak.

I'm most certainly not expecting
any new arrivals
(well, apart from some goodies from MAC that I ordered last week!)

a few of you guessed correctly
I'm taking accutane
it's great
well, it's working
my skin is clearing up
thank goodness
it's tough
worth it but tough

I'll be glad to finish the course
so long as my skin is a-ok of course

A little quiz

Leicester Square. April 2010.

I am off alchol. Completely.

I have chapped lips. Really chapped.

I am tired.

I have an unquenchable thirst.

I can't sunbathe.

Or take any vitamin a.

I have to have blood tests.

I may be toxic!

I had to sign a waiver form...

Have you guessed what's going on yet?

I know it's time

to post something

to share my news

when my parents (all 4 of them)

let me know

they come over here and

they don't see anything new.

I think I'm disappointing them.

And you.

And I don't like it.

Mr B and I this weekend at a happy wedding.

We've been working too hard. We've had to talk about balance in our lives. We don't spend much time at home. We don't see much of each other. And we hate that.

One day we'll get it right.

It just might take some time.

Spring renews

Windsor Great Park, April 2010

Spring is life
Spring is hope
So is love and
happiness.
Spring renews.
Without spring,
life is forlorn.
Spring is nostalgia
after bitter storm.
Put spring in your heart

~ Archie Greenidge

I said I would...

What have I been up to these past few weeks?

Well lots of work for one thing.

And

reading the twilight series, finally

getting my hair cut, short for me

eating creme eggs, annually

cleaning & tidying & painting, purposefully

putting our little house on the market, scarily

looking at bigger houses in another town, excitingly,

trying to get rid of horrid adult acne that took over my face, horribly

researching and buying new skin products, hopefully

having this photo shown at the Royal Academy of Arts,

I'm not kidding!!!!

I'm off to see it tomorrow, and I'm bursting!

I will take a photo of my photo.

Is that sad?!

Happy Easter everyone.

Normal service has resumed

I'm back on my spot on the web and it's good.

This past month all I've done is work and recover.

I've been in need of some 'me' time and some quality time with the Meesh

who has been feeling a little lonely.

She has had the sunshine for company

And boy she does love his company.

How have you all been? Please fill me in with your news!

I think I'm gonna like it here

Being away from home has certainly made me appreciate what I have...

I've missed you all.

I've missed my camera.

I've missed writing down my thoughts.

I've missed the Meesh.

I've missed my bed.

And a madebyMrB cup of tea.

I've missed sky plus.

I've missed home cooked meals.

I've missed walking through my front door each day.

But above all,

I've missed my husband.

I've been immersed in my new job.

And I'm enjoying it a lot.

I've travelled by car, train and plane,

worked some 14 hour days

and I've met some really cool people.

And while there are a lot of things I'm missing

I've not missed my old job, not one bit!

Celebrations

This week there have been lots of celebrations...

Our friend turning 30

The snow disappearing

And my final day in my current job today!!

I've been here for over 3 years now, so it will feel

quite strange

to walk out of the office door tonight

never to return.

But it will feel good too.

This weekend we are celebrating my little end of an era with

dinner tonight with friends

dinner tomorrow night just the two of us watching this guy

oh my word I'm excited!

and dinner on Sunday with friends followed by Avatar at the IMAX

We like dinner.

I hope you all do some celebrating this weekend...

just because.

PS if you have a minute, check out this amazing proposal!

This week I'm loving

This photo, taken by my father in Leiden almost 3 weeks ago.

Mr B, obviously. On Wednesday I even gave him a dressing gown as a present.
Now, hopefully he will stop using mine...

My friend Emma's blog! She's a very talented writer. We went to university together so I should know! Please go on over and say hi.

Investing in stemless wine glasses. No more will my innocent arm sweeps topple over glasses of wine!

This cleanser from Liz Earle

Counting down the days until I leave my job... only 5 more to go!!

And this performance by the Gaga...

Have a marvellous weekend everyone!