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31-01-19 Day 9

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Alice

Thursday 31st January 2019 Keanu remains in NICU while Elektra is with me on the ward, the midwives encouraging me to super charge feed her as much as I humanly can. This means I don’t receive more than 2 hours … Continue reading →

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04-04-17 Cliff Hanger

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Alice

Tuesday 4th April 2017 A letter i wrote Erroll… Darling look how we explore the beauty of Greece! We wander the coast and explore caves. Today Kingsley was in the extreme intrepid with his beloved goat tracks. He slipped a … Continue reading →

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17-05-16 Pebble Throwing

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Alice

Tuesday 17th May 2016 Our first sleep in Saronîtha. And as I remember from past stays, my back still aches from the fold out bed. When K rises at 7:30am I am not impressed- so down we go again till … Continue reading →

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Smudge

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Alice

Here is the horse I learned to ride on. Actually, Smudge was my second horse, the first being an old lumbering town horse who could hardly be bothered to get into a canter. Smudge and I became partners. Each weekend, early … Continue reading →

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Parklife: Al Barsha Park, Dubai

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Alice

A discovery! Parklife in Dubai!! Al Barsha Park, how pretty you are; how green is your grass; how stout are your palm trees, and how merry are your ducks. Well us townfolk ran about in nature with reckless abandon too … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Part 2: Home Cooking

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Alice

Two years ago I experienced Southern hospitality when visiting Tennessee for the very first time. The occasion was momentus: meeting my husband’s dad and his wife Karen, their adult kids – Erroll’s step sisters – and their brood of kids. And of … Continue reading →

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Boutonnieres

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Alice

What a dashing figure he cuts! A handsome groom on the cusp of matrimony, charming family and guests with his colour-coordinated finery, and that sweet buttonhole flower no bride can resist: the Boutonniere. As a rule, the groom wears his … Continue reading →

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Holding a Posy

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Alice

This is the face of a blissed-out bride. Completely at ease, among her friends, feeling beautiful and loved, of course that magical blossoms clutched to her chest and not to be let go, till she says “I Do!” The ancient … Continue reading →

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From Paris. With Lust.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Alice

OK. Lets get the facts out of the way, real fast. Paris: the capital of France, a city of over 2 million people, on the River Seine, at the centre of the Ile-de-France, the region which is home to 10 … Continue reading →

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Midnight. Blue. Bugatti

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Alice

A friend who designs interiors, dresses and hats for a living recently rekindled my love of the hunt. The prey? Inspired gifts to bundle up, wrap and bow-tie for her birthday. The bounty was extremely well received, and most in awe was my … Continue reading →

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