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#LittleLoves – November 2025

by RachelSwirl November 30, 2025

Welcome to this month’s #LittleLoves post, celebrating the positive points from the month gone by. This will be the second-to-last #LittleLoves post, as this blog will come to a close at the end of the year. With the kids being that much older, I have decided to start afresh and to start a new blog under a new name, focusing on topics away from parenting. Whilst I won’t be announcing the name or any links here, if you would like to continue following me or wish to join in future blog linkies on my new blog, then feel free to drop …

#MySundaySnapshot – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 48/52 (2025)

by RachelSwirl November 30, 2025

Welcome to another week of #MySundaySnapshot, a snap-sharing series celebrating natural beauty. Click here for further information and guidelines on this linky if you wish to participate. With just four final posts to go before this series (and this blog) comes to a close, I thought I’d share something close to my heart – my beloved basset. This seasonal snap was taken whilst in the midst of putting up the tree, hence the lack of baubles in the background. Bless her, Maisy was so desperate to offer a helping paw that she parked herself directly in front of the tree. Needless …

#MySundaySnapshot – Frosty Mornings 47/52 (2025)

by RachelSwirl November 23, 2025

Welcome to another week of #MySundaySnapshot, a snap-sharing blog-linky series celebrating natural beauty. Click here for further information and guidelines on this linky if you wish to participate. Winter has arrived with a vengeance as this week saw the temperature drop to minus five. Needless to say, my morning drive was a little chillier than usual, that and somewhat slippier… Still, it was nice to see the frosty fields as the Christmas songs started playing on the radio. Here’s a snap I took whilst out on my travels – I had to giggle as my son’s friend mentioned that the birds …

#MySundaySnapshot – New Leaf 46/52 (2025)

by RachelSwirl November 16, 2025

Welcome to another week of #MySundaySnapshot, a snap-sharing-blog-linky series celebrating natural beauty. Click here for further information and guidelines on this linky if you wish to participate. As I explained last week, I’ve decided that, as of the new year, I will closing this blog and making a fresh start elsewhere. Though I’ve enjoyed the past ten years or so posting around the topics of parenting and such-like, but with the kids being that much older now, I feel its time to move on and to find my feet elsewhere. Should you wish to continue partaking in weekly snap-sharing in a …

#MySundaySnapshot – The Final Countdown 45/52 (2025)

by RachelSwirl November 9, 2025

Welcome to another week of #MySundaySnapshot, a snap-sharing-blog-linky series celebrating natural beauty. Click here for further information and guidelines on this linky if you wish to participate. After what felt like a never-ending barrage of wet and windy weather, we were finally graced with a dry evening perfectly timed for this year’s Bonfire Night celebrations. As always, we threw on our coats, hats, scarves, and wellington boots and headed out to the local bonfire night gathering. Having stuffed ourselves silly with baked potatoes, cakes, and maybe a mince pie or two, we enjoyed a fabulous fireworks display. With the fireworks now …