Today is the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II and a bank holiday in the UK, giving everyone in the UK the chance to mourn the Queen in their own way. There have been some beautiful memories shared of the Queen recently, but my favourites are those in which we saw her smile.
Queen Elizabeth II – Smiling
Today’s tale was made with the Poet Kit
Want to play along?
I love playing around with the magnetic poetry blocks. I’m no poetry writer so I prefer to create a short story of sorts. The kits can be found here (and they are free):
I love playing around with the magnetic poetry blocks. I’m no poetry writer so I prefer to create a short story of sorts. The kits can be found here (and they are free):
More bucket list places ticked off the list today. Backpack on we set off… in search of more Fairies, this time at the Fairy Pools. Whilst we considered swimming, having already been soaked enough by the weather, we were happy enough with a welly wander in the water (although we seemed to be the only ones doing so!).
A quick lunch and off in search of more castles (4th in 4 days – we’re doing well). This time it was the romantic ruins of Armadale. Whilst lovely, it was the museum which held our attention longest.
Fairies and Castles – Skye
I can’t wait to get home and sort through all the photos. I probably have a years worth of #writephoto prompts from this trip alone – lol, but I hope you like this little collection.
No filters needed, this Island is as beautiful as they say. 💓
We stopped at this fabulous little museum to do some novel research. The stories here are so interesting and I’ll share some when I get back home and sort through my photos.
Weddings are certainly not for everything, but there is something special about hearing a couple say their vows together on their special day, looking their best, love genuinely fills the air.
I was given a few bits of advice before my own wedding many years ago (as most people are) but these are a few of my favourites.
Today, the wedding couple will be the only people who know everyone in the room. They are all there for you two alone, making your day as special as possible.
This one sounds a bit sour but it’s genuinely amazing, when you think about it – the combination of people will likely never be in the room again, people split up, families fall out, people pass away, along with countless other reasons. So take a little time to cherish this moment in history, this group of people together, as it will likely never happen again.
Everyone in the room is there for one thing and one thing only, to celebrate you both. There will likely be something that goes wrong on the day, a flower arrangement goes wrong, someone falls ill, the DJ plays the song of an ex, or some inconsiderate auntie also decides to wear a white dress, but honestly, no one will notice any of that, no-one actually cares what your dress or suit or whatever you choose to wear looks like, what your table centres are, what your favours are, etc etc. They will likely not even remember, so don’t sweat the small stuff, the thing they want to see more than anything is smiles on your happy faces.
2 weeks I’ve not been feeling great, then my little guy started vomiting, so I spent the night being snuggled by bony little elbows, knees and a sweaty little body (not to mention the random sleep talking – something to do with Daddy’s sandwiches 🤷♀️).
My lovely husband offered to take over last night to let me get much-needed sleep but when I came up to say goodnight my beautiful blue eyed baby asked if he could sleep next to Mama.
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