Homoeopathy : photo by yuki* Tonight, Eirene and I went for a specialist homoeopathic birthing consultation. Eirene (now 37+ weeks) is a firm believer in homoeopathy and wants to use it to help her through the birthing…
Family
Matt, the main blogger round these parts is patriarch and assistant manager to a rather special family. Other members are: Eirene, patient and beautiful wife and mother to their 4 mini them. Introducing the DragonDroplets: Felix (born 1998), Jaygo (2001) Sophie (2006) and Annie Mo (2013). Augmented with a Labradinger dog (half English Springer, half Chocolate Lab).
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Homoeopathic Birth
100 AcquaintancesIn my last blog post, I described a project called 100 strangers, and how I've embarked on the quest to get photos of 100 strangers. I'm toying with the idea of the same kind of thing, but for 100 acquaintances. Perhaps…
Grandad Skelton's cameraI've just been given my grandad's old camera. It's a Voigtländer Vitoret with all the trimmings. A beautiful old thing. Just loaded it up with some ILFORD FP4 black and white film. My grandad apparently saved up for a…
FamilyI had a message from a relative in Ireland - Mrs Hughes, aka Nana that there perhaps wasn't enough about our family on DragonDrop.org at the moment. Quite right -here's a family special, blog post! The first thing you…
Airfix fixRelived part of my childhood today and introduced Jaygo to the joys of model building. So far, built a cockpit and painted a few parts. A fun thing to do for a bit. It reminded me of all the fiddly itsy bitsy hobbies I…
- Bit of a cop out
This blog post, although it's only just begun, I predict will be quite a non event. I've condemned the thing before I've even finished the first sentence. See, even though I've got ninja time management skills, some…
Pancake dayShrove Tuesday, another of those religious events that's been adopted by the general populous, like Christmas and Chocolate Sunday (er, I mean Easter). Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday is often a huge festival, starting…
Nice to have a bit of sunI actually felt the warmth of the sun on my face for a bit today. The picture above sums it up for me. Full of the joys of spring*. North Yorkshire was kissed by the blue sky vibe today and thankfully, we were out and…
Poor poopy dogThis little lady was under the surgeons knife today. She's had a weird lump thing going on. I'll spare you the gory detail but the bits sticking out of her neck are a drain from where they removed said lump. Nothing…
9½ weeksWe've got nine and a half weeks to go. Another human being is currently curled up inside my wife. Its been nearly 7 years since our last baby. I'm very much looking forward to the arrival of the new little one but I'm…
TrossachsI like living in this day and age. The lifestyle benefits and technical trappings really are quite marvelous. I can transport my family to a different country for a weekend without too much bother. It really does tickle…
Quick trip north of the borderPopped up to Scotland. The south Trossachs, in the MacDonald Forest Hills Hotel and Resort on the banks of Loch Ard to be specific. It's very nice. We've got a lodge who's best feature is a view up the Loch, which this…
Clicky click clicky clicketySat outside a supermarket waiting for wife and daughter to forage. The car is silent apart from a very faint clicking noise emitted from the two boys. Both of them have blanket / dressing gowns over their heads to stop…
Lovely lovely NYE partyA last minute party that went through several different phases. A party that had about two pregnant ladies and 2 unpregnant ladies, 6 young men, 7 middle aged men a Sophie and a dog. Phase 1 : heavy snacking Phase 2 :…
KTHNXBAI 2012, oh HAI 2013!Thumbnails from my instagram faves set on flickr What a year it's been. Sometime around this time of year I get a bit reflective and retrospective. I did exactly 10 years ago today anyway, in a post entitled…