escaping London...

These photos may not seem super exciting to you.... but Sam and I desperately needed some fresh air so we escaped the hustle and bustle of London and took a drive to the New Forest.
For those of you who don't know, the New Forest is pretty much a forest! I think it is about 140,000 acres of land... it is home to many animals including loads of wild horses, deer, cows and we even spotted a bunch of piglets last time we were there... along side their Mum... who was HUGE!
Anyway, Saskia, who is Sam's younger sister and her soon to be husband Dan have a house there (I'm not sure of the details but there are certain spots you are allowed to get permission to build on I guess) that they live in part time. So Sam and I took full advantage and had a night away. After all that.... here are a few snap of our road trip! .....
YAY sunshine!
Saskia and Dan's house up ahead....
I got a shot of the moon because on this particular night it was supposed to appear bigger than any other night in so many years (how many? can't remember!)....
here I am, cooking up a feast of 'Potato alla Chip.'
Dan has gone very 'earth friendly' with his house and this is his heating system! Sam got it roaring, it takes about a day to heat up the pipes and ta daaaaa.... hot water and a warm house!
....while that was heating up... I made a very nice fire inside :) we were not entirely alone.... here is a not so wild horse that Saskia's kids ride when they are here...
and here is a very relaxed... maybe a little wild... Samuel monster!
the next day we stopped for a pub lunch on our way back to London... at the Queen Inn. If you happen to be passing through the tiny town of...
Dummer...
...be sure to drop in. The roast was fab! (no Mum, not as good as yours!)
and to finish it off a cruise through Farleigh Wallop.
:)

...it's been a while!

I've been flat out busy with my new job and general bits and pieces so here is a bit of an update....

Sam and I did a bit of D.I.Y and painted a feature wall in our living room/kitchen...

we are pretty happy with the result...

Then last weekend I took Bones for a while... we went to the park for a nice run around...
and then he made himself quite at home, taking up most of my living room! and... my new job! Effie and Elliot both turned 1 last month (two weeks apart).
Effie is sweet, quite independent and in the past week has gone from walking to almost running everywhere! Elliot is not as independent, but VERY cuddley! He is still crawling but is blurting out words... door, nose, eyes, ears, up!
So far it has been a challenge, but we are getting a routine now and having a lot of fun :)

that's about it for now!