Phyl's Blog

I happened upon this today and given my recent rant on such matters , it interested me a great deal. My favourite quotes from the article a...

One of my flickr friends decided to do a photoshoot of his parents. His mum got a fit of the giggles in the middle of the shoot. I think t...

She may only just have turned two, but Amaia already has the measure of the Scottish climate, I think. Despite basking around 20°C since Sat...

Is it just me or are hyacinths a bit of a stupid design? Half of those in my garden have hit the deck under the weight of their heads! Are y...

Léon's homework for tonight was geography. He was meant to fill things in on a blank map of Skye. (The school is divided into a house ...

I have been quietly fuming now for nine days. I feel I have started avoiding media stories about the Bolton footballer, Muamba, whose fate w...

I was reading an article about bread the other day. Apparently bread is the most-thrown-away product in UK bins. Ever since we started makin...

Positively one of the best things about having such an age-spread across your kids is the reaction you get, say from a teenager, when a four...

If you haven't seen this on today's BBC , I must recommend it. I was amazed by the vivid colours used in the clothing more than any...

Why do people pay more on ebay for used items than they would to buy something new? I understand if it is a collector's item but for som...

When you speak various languages, you become aware of different cultures and climates. Take daffodils - they are called Easter lilies in Da...

Two things I used to buy in France a lot for my breakfast baguettes were Bonne Maman Confiture de lait, and Confiture de châtaignes (à la ...

Micro-USBs are starting to annoy me. Both my camera (a Sony Alpha DSLR) and my phone (an HTC Smart phone) use micro-USBs for charging/data...

I've lived with him nearly six years now but I don't get the pear fetish. Thomas is obsessed with pears... It isn't that he...

Thomas has told me this is a very important anniversary. To be honest I couldn't have pinpointed it to the day, though I did know it was...

One thing I love about newborn babies is the way they sleep with their arms in the air when they are at their most relaxed. You see it most...

Thomas's little Nissan has been annoying me today. I'd forgotten but it did the same last winter too. At least once every winter we ...

I often stayed at my granny's house on a Friday night as a child. She used to give us Dutch crispbread as a suppertime snack. We ate the...

We were given a form (presumably by the council) to allow Anna to attend a concert in town with her nursery last week. I find it quite int...

My poor baby is desperate for hair. Every day she brings me little bobbles and hairbands and begs me to put them in her hair. I am really st...