A lifestyle blog
. My week this week has been much quieter. Thankfully. In fact there is nothing in the diary at all. That’s not to say we didn’t do anything, it has still been a bit bonkers but mostly involving me dropping off youngest teen to various social engagements. And sorting out the house. It struck this week that my mood is directly related to the state of the
. The problem with camera bags is they look like camera bags. Which is fine if you are a proper photographer. It can start a conversation about what you are shooting with. Comparing lenses. Discussions about film versus digital. Editing packages. Yadda yadda yadda. It means that idiots with a camera like me soon get rumbled as I have no idea about aperture or
. If there is one thing the boys in my family love, it is cars. There is little that Jonnie and my dad don’t know about classic cars. The Jaguar above belongs to my folks and I could write a book on the travels it has done with them, including London to Sydney, Panama to Alaska and various trips around Europe. Before Jonnie had passed his driving test at 17
. I don’t mean like Shirley Valentine and running away to some far flung island, but just trying to escape stuff generally. My head is a mess. Not in a bad way. Just in a chaotic way. I don’t do well around chaos, I need order. And peace. Maybe because I am only child, I don’t know but I don’t do well over prolonged periods of noise and
BISSELL All-Rounder Deep Cleaner and Vacuum 81N7E I almost feel that you need to be reading this with the soundtrack to at Marks and Spencer’s advert and the woman with the sexy voice reading the following words. This is not a carpet shampooer, this is a Bissell Hydroclean multi-function water filtration vacuum. The carpets in our house take a battering on a daily basis. Four of us, often
. The fact this post is a day late tells you all you need to know about my week. And the fact I didnt get a chance to comment on the posts linked up last week tells you even more. Sorry fellow bloggers, I am coming to you as soon as hit publish on this post. Last Sunday we spent a glorious afternoon on the beach in Barbados, outside
. If you are spending time in Barbados and looking to play golf then you really should be thinking about playing Royal Westmoreland . It is an opportunity you can’t miss. Well you can but it would be a real shame. Many have declared it the best golf course on Barbados. Last time Mr B was playing Royal Westmoreland he took notes of each tee and took photos
. On Monday night last week we had a barbecue on the beach in Holetown, Barbados. The setting couldn’t have been more perfect. Sunset. A deserted beach. The Caribbean Sea gently lapping onto the sand. Friends. Rum punch. Fish we had caught the day before, served with barbecued butternut squash. It couldn’t have been a more perfect spot. Even though it was in front of
. I realised this week that I need to really practice my holiday skills. I don’t mean that as an excuse to take more holidays, I mean it because I don’t find holidays relaxing and that is just plain wrong. First of all I don’t sleep. So I have been awake pretty much every morning at 3am. Some days I have been working but on my days
. This little church close to the Folkestone Marine Park in Holetown is quiet and unassuming yet steeped in history, well it would be, it stands on ground that was consecrated in the 1600s. It is on an area known as “God’s Acre” and is where the first settlers arrive at around the same time. And as they passed away man of them are buried in the graveyard
. Another great theme for The Gallery this week: Home Comforts. Thoughts of the one thing that that we cannot live without. Of course I have lots of things I think I cannot live without, but obviously I can as they are all at home. And well, I am not. I am thousands of miles away on holiday. Without them. Our tea maker. The waffle maker. Our
What MB thinks about Fujifilm’s XA-2 camera.