I find myself at the age of 35, reflecting deeply on childhood. Is this a thing? To reflect, to revisit and mull on the ebbs and flows, the waxing and waning, through one’s ages? The sense of freedom and wild abandon in early childhood, though at times not without its own traumas… The trials and […]
Some might say that happiness begins in the mind. And perhaps they’ve learnt a thing or two about it. Every thought we allow into our lives has the power to do harm or to do good, so They say, yet again… Seems logical enough. Who knows? Maybe it’s time we got a little selective with […]
Okay, okay… so admittedly, this post is a day early for Wednesday Appreciation, but bahumbuggery to that! Hope you enjoy, dearest reader o’ mine:) xoxo The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr When I was around six years old, I had a pet kangaroo named Raspberry. Well, to be fair, she was more […]
The year-end holidays have inspired in me nothing if not an appreciation of the finer, simpler things in life… Picture books lovingly crafted being among the finest of them all! Here are just a few of my personal picture book keepsakes… Little Beauty by Anthony Browne Walker Books are renowned for their beautiful and timeless children’s classics, and Little […]
Advent Calendar by Sara Fanelli So today I dug deepishly into my archives, from a blogspot I had some moons ago as a hobby, sharing in my love of children’s books… and who better to feature than my all-time favourite illustrator, the glorious Sara Fanelli! May 5th, 2011 I had the blooming blessed fortune […]