pull up a chair ...

and grab a cup of coffee or tea or maybe a glass of wine depending on your personal time of day. I think it's time we caught up with each other don't you?

I've had fun catching up with everything you have been up to over the last month. So much has been happening to you all. Holidays have been enjoyed, bereavements shared, expectations and births celebrated and books published. Those back to/first days of school feelings, worries and joys struck chords.

And I guess my month has been much the same. The last week of the school holidays we spent in Norfolk enjoying what must have been the best week of the holidays weather-wise. We basked in glorious warm sunshine and so hit the beach everyday. Little fella had a whale of a time and I'm still finding sand in various garment pockets.I managed to read two whole books and proper books at that no pictures or nuffink. And even more importantly I enjoyed both of them. In case you were wondering they were "Tokyo Cancelled" by Rana Dasgupta and "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and now I'm working my way through a biography about Lee Miller.

We went out one morning to see the seals - something, in all the times we've been to Norfolk, we have never done before. We took an early morning boat trip from Morston Quay and the weather was perfect and there were so many seals and seal pups to see. It was fantastically good fun and made us ask 'why have we not done this before?'The next morning we went to Holt for yummy coffee and cake at Byfords and then browsing some of our favourite shops. Old Town where we placed an order for some garments and I was lucky enough to get a sneaky peek at the fabric, "Kensal Rising", they have designed for St Judes. And of course we checked out the toys in Starlings. Then we headed back to the beach.

Another morning we hit Cromer to walk along a different beach, collect pretty stones and then enjoy chips with lots of salt and vinegar on the pier. Then back to Wells in the afternoon to hit the beach. (Bit of a theme developing there - don't you think?)

All in all we came home with sunkissed faces and looking a whole lot healthier than when we left. Which, sadly, evapourated rapidly once we got back to school and work! We seem to have been living under a cloud of illness and general malaise hence the lack of blogging but I think our bodies are regaining their immunity to the school and workplace bugs so hopefully we are starting to fight fit again.