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#LittleLoves – July 2025

by RachelSwirl July 25, 2025

Welcome to July’s edition of #LittleLoves, a monthly series you are very welcome to join by leaving comments or by writing and sharing a post with the same subheadings. Without any further waffle, here are some of my #LittleLoves from the past month. Read It feels like ages since I last had time to read a good book! This month, I managed to get through not just one but two Elsie Silver books: ‘A Photo Finish’ and ‘Off To The Races’, both of which I’d thoroughly recommend to any avid romance readers. It was a joy to soak up some …

#MFFMM – My Five Favourite Monthly Moments from July 2024

by RachelSwirl July 31, 2024

Welcome to my lovely linky – My Five Favourite Monthly Moments aka #MFFMM. This series is published on the last day of each month and celebrates five favourite moments from the month gone by. You are most welcome to participate by commenting on the posts or you can create your own #MFFMM posts (either on your blog, social media platform, or website) – Don’t forget to add the #MFFMM badge to your posts and drop the link to your post in the comments below! So without further ado, here are My Five Favourite Monthly Moments (#MFFMM) from July 2024 Let’s …

#LivingArrows – July 2024

by RachelSwirl July 29, 2024

This past month has been the end of an era for our kids as E took part in her final sports day, attended her final presentation day, and celebrated the last month of her time in primary school with a spectacular leavers party. To say that it was emotional is an understatement, even E shed a tear or two after walking under the arms of her teachers, teaching assistants, and school staff as they made an arch and wished the kids all the best for the future as they left on their final day. Come September E will be starting …

#LivingArrows – July 2023

by RachelSwirl July 31, 2023

It’s been a nine-stop month for the kids with various activities both in and out of school. E’s been busy researching rivers, painting pictures, practicing her maths, and photographing local landscapes as part of a project for the end of the summer term. She then received an awesome end-of-year school report and was awarded the book prize for her love of reading thus finishing year five with a fierce smile and a very proud set of parents. J meanwhile blew our socks off as he completed breezed his Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award. He was first at the campsite and …

Things that I have #LikedandLoved in July 2023

by RachelSwirl July 31, 2023

It’s been a bit of a whirlwind of a month, July is always fairly frantic but this year it seems especially so as we’ve been juggling a series of schedules all of which have been action-packed. Without any further waffle here are some of the things that I have #LikedandLoved throughout the month. Lazing By The Lake With a road closure quite literally trapping us in the village, J and I spent an afternoon enjoying milkshakes, ice creams, and snacks by the lake whilst we waited for the road to reopen so that we could drive home. I’ve got to …