Lakshmi’s first birthday party
I cannot say that spring has sprung anymore, because spring is well under way and today the temperature was in the low to mid twenties, which is almost ten degrees Continue Reading →
Tag: Lakshmi
The Pope and Lakshmi
How did they get so close to Pope Frances? A one in a million chance. Isn’t it like winning the lottery? The question on most people’s lips when I showed Continue Reading →
Second childhood
It has been snowing since yesterday, only lightly though. It didn’t settle. Which is a pity, because Lakshmi came to spend the weekend with me and we could have had Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s first Christmas
I haven’t spent Christmas at my house now for a few years. For the last few years it has been in New York, Kerala, Marbella and now for the second Continue Reading →
Hello Antigua
We are off to sunny Antigua for a few days. Our first holiday with little Lakshmi, if you don’t count the weekend away in the Cotswolds a few weeks ago. Continue Reading →
Christmas Market
Winter is officially here and with it the hours of sunshine gets less and less. Soon the shortest day in our calendar year will arrive and the good news is Continue Reading →
Fifth of November
‘Remember remember the fifth day of November’ and so the poem goes. Guy Fawkes and his companions plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5 1605. It Continue Reading →
Travelling with babies
Travelling with babies can be quite difficult. You need to work around their routines. When they need a nappy change, feed, change of scenery, it is all, right now. It Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s visit
Tonight when I get home there will be no happy faces waiting to greet me, only the odd abandoned toy or bin full of nappies to remind me that little Continue Reading →
Neighbours and Hilda
I took Kavitha to visit our previous neighbours today. They are all in their nineties and have been asking to see the baby. Hilda lived across the road from us. Continue Reading →
