Lulu Carter

Wishing you all a Wonderful Christmas!!!

Tonight we went to St Pauls Cathedral for carol singing.

It was a truly beautiful thing to do so close to christmas and when the choral procession came through I cried!

Something certainly worth doing as a Christmas treat if you are in London at this time of year.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas!! Have a wonderful day and may it be filled with champagne and pressies.xxxx

the home stretch

We now know the secret to making a great big snow ball.

There are no chocolates left to make it to friday.Greedy fingers....

The jelly bear family standing by the door never made it to the loungeroom-it took me two whole days for the culprit to fess up.

Tomorrow we are off to carols at St Pauls Cathedral( sooo excited!) and then some christmas markets.

Things I wish I'd got done have been let go.Being happy with what is.

Almost there. How are you doing?

xxxx

I don't know about you but we're not going far today

Playing football in the snow with the local club.Amazing!

 

Hello from over here

Cold that we weren't prepared for as we exited the train.

Red noses by the time we got to the sea.

All forgotten as we ran on the rocks and listened to the cry of the British seagulls.

An unexpected sound.

Ours are slimmer.

Odd.

A walk on a very famous pier.

Playing silly on that pier and buying a snow dome.

Did you know that you cannot go on a holiday and not by a snow dome from where you have been.

Its holiday law.

Really.

A pub lunch.

Red wine red nose.

Sigh.

Lots and lots of walking.

Did I mention the walking?

A sleepy train ride back to the hustle and bustle.

Two boys asleep on their feet as we hit the front step.

Sorting out our gorgeous rocks while drinking bloody marys.

That would be the adults not the children.

They went to bed.

A good good day.

xxxxx

 

 

 

snow date

The boiler has died again but we have mastered the art of living in one room and going without showers or clean dishes so thats old news around here.

Excitement of the morning was this

Cold little fox prints across the garden.

A moment ago three brothers-two big ,one small,were walking along in a chunky pompom hat and wellie huddle.Off to school I guess or Starbucks for something hot and milky.Very cute scene.Made me want lots of children to knit funky hats for.

Speaking of wellies- that is our task for this morning.To make it across the bridge in search of warmer footwear and back in time for the boiler man.

I love that.I would never get to say "I am waiting for the boiler man" at home.It makes me think of that episode in Ab Fab a zillion years ago when Eddie was being mean and nasty to the lovely Saffy.If he would indeed turn up in a boiler suit my world would be complete.

Enjoy the snow xxx

Dear London

I love you.

I love your transport system despite strikes and " incidents ".It is clear and easy and far better structured than the rubbish we call public transport back home.

I love your architecture.Truly madly and deeply I do.

I love your green green grass.

I love that you still sell all my childhood sugary treats for me to sneak past the children and indulge in secret.

I love the cold.Not the wind but the crisp cold that comes with blue skies and long walks through heaths and commons wearing Hunter wellies and walking a big hairy dog named Penelope.

I love the pubs.Welcoming dogs and children( notice that dogs rank first here) and fascilitating long lazy afternoons.

I love that today we went past a school where all the little girls were outside in their red wintry elf hats and navy capes-so much better than a Madeleine moment if that were possible.

I love the dinosaur display at the Natural History Museum and Charles Darwin watching over all who enter his domain.Actually everything about that place makes me swoon.

I love that the museum was full of school excursions today and each group was dressed for the occasion.Some were in lab coats,some were in hard hats and safety vests.Easy for the teachers and super fab for the kids.

I love that you can live in the gorgeous countryside enjoying village life and growing your own and still be in the thick of things in an hour.

I love that I can be in Paris in less time than it would take me to negotiate the M5 and get to Canberra.

I love that we can have lunch at Carluccios and feel we have had something nice in a friendly and busy foody heaven for less than we could get very basic lunch without a glass of valpolicella at my local cafe.

I love central and underfloor heating.Did I mention that the boiler had a stroke and the boys and I have just had three days without heating and two days without hot water all while I battled a rather disgusting chest cold I brought home from the plane?

I love love love that it looks like we will be having a white christmas as there is snow on the ground outside while I write this.

For the record my boys love you too.For you are the home of their favourite place on earth.

And they find it fantastically exhausting.xxxx