Phyl's Blog

One of the things this recession has taught me is that you don't need to spend any money at all to have a really happy child, you ju...

And so my youngest son has turned seven. How can he be seven already? - he's still my baby (ok I know I had two other babies but Léon...

I've always loved the look of squashes. I find it hard not to buy them and photograph them. I miss my days in the south of France whe...

Six years ago today I decided after a hideous year of screaming and fighting with my husband (and after many years of indifference), to walk...

Dad had shares - not many, but a few and in his will he explicitly left them to mum, funnily enough. I rang his investment company to close ...

I blogged this a few months ago when Alan first put it on Youtube but his rendition on Saturday was much clearer without the background wi...

We were at the Scottish Independence rally in Edinburgh on Saturday with the three wee ones (the biggies having already booked sleepovers w...

I love this photo because you can see Amaia is smiling really contentedly despite her mouth being completely hidden by her arm. That is true...

Léon's another one with stunning eyes. They make me think of Caribbean waters, deep and clear enough to see down into the depths of his ...

While waiting for Anna's face paint to dry yesterday I left her glasses off and took a few photos. I hadn't really noticed her eyes...

I'm 44 and I still don't really know what I want to be when I grow up! The day-job is still interesting, though a little erratic at ...

I seem to have acquired 3kg of pickled jalapeño chilis... (don't ask!) The problem is that other than stick them in my fajita, on my...

Mum's car is currently insured with the company Sheilas' Wheels . They sent her through a renewal last week telling her to check th...

Health and Safety rules for public swimming pools seem to have changed in the last few years and the new rules (or at least those they ar...

I happened upon this old photo of Amaia today when I was looking for something else. I just thought it was awfully cute. I had almost forgo...

Charlotte went upstairs to tidy her bedroom this afternoon and found Amaia had taken through her toys, put them on Lots' bed and fal...

I'm just thinking back on the last twenty-four hours and imagining how dull my existence would be without all these hangers-on! ...

I can't help but worry that Amaia reminds me ever so slightly of Margaret Thatcher since she's taken to carrying around my toilet ba...

My mum bought this for Anna's Xmas last year. It is adorably soft, smells lovely and is exactly what you want to be hugging in bed...

Sometimes I ask myself how rich I'd be if I had a pound for every time I've read the Tiger who came to tea over the last fifteen ye...