Category Archives: Childhood Memories

Brown Paper Sealing Wax And Vintage All The Way

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Sherri Matthews

Every Christmas, my present from Granny arrived by post in plenty of time for the big day, its yearly arrival creating one of my fondest childhood memories. But it wasn’t so much what was inside the parcel that made me … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Reading, Childhood Memories | Tagged Bird Twitcher, Button Tin, Childhood memories, Children's Books, D G Kaye, Flash Fiction Anthology, Game of Thrones, Love of Reading, May/December Memoir, Nostalgia, Observer's Book of Birds, Peter Pan, Vintage Games | 60 Comments

Laundry: Women’s Work?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Sherri Matthews

Robots are taking over the world. Well, maybe not completely, but they are doing a good job of it, according to a newspaper article I read recently. There are robots in bars in Japan serving cocktails (I wonder if they … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Memoirs, Times Past Challenge | Tagged Beatrix Potter, Childhood memories, Family Life, Grandmothers, Ironing, Laundry, Memoir, Robots, Times Past Challenge, Women's Work | 133 Comments

In The Presence Of A Hedgehog

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

George Washington Carver was an African-American botanist born into slavery somewhere around 1864 (the exact date of his birth is unknown). He went on to receive many honours for his work, which ultimately helped teach poor, farming families how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds of a Feather, Childhood Memories, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged Beatrix Potter, Devon, English Countryside, Fairies, George Washington Carver, Hedgehogs, Mrs Tiggywinkle, Nature & Wildlife, Squirrels, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | 78 Comments

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day Five: The Parsley Incident

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

While I didn’t have the language barrier to contend with when I moved to America in the 1980s, I had plenty of new words and expressions to learn. For instance, I once spent too much time walking around a supermarket … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, Photo/Story Challenges, Travel | Tagged American Diners, Bench Photo, Bench Series, Childhood memories, Dennys, Family Life, Five Photo/Five Stories Challenge, food, Personal Narrative, travel | 97 Comments

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day Four: German Shepherds And Guy The Gorilla

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

One day when I was little, I remember walking with my mother across the road to the mushroom farm to buy goat’s milk for our Siamese cats. This was nothing new, but on this particular day two huge dogs appeared … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Pets, Photo/Story Challenges, Suffolk Tales | Tagged Childhood memories, Dog Bite, Dog Training, Dogs, Five Photo Five Stories Challenge, German Shepherd Dog, Guy The Gorilla, London Zoo, MG Sports Car, Pets, Suffolk | 78 Comments

Not Goodbye But Au Revoir

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Today, I wish the view from the Summerhouse looked like this: My plan was to post my ‘Bench At The Beach’ (May’s theme) photo on Friday for Jude’s Bench Series that she runs every month. Too late for the cut-off, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bench Photos, Blogging, Childhood Memories, My California | Tagged beach, Bench Series, Blogging, California, Cambria, Childhood memories, Family Memoirs, Laptop Problems, Pacific Coast Highway, Silence | 119 Comments

Walls, True Confessions and Last of the B/W Challenge

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

The first house I lived in had a beautiful, brick wall running along one side of the back garden, and I have wanted a garden wall of my own ever since. The story of Peter Rabbit’s narrow escape from Mr … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Hops, Childhood Memories, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Black and White 5 Day Photo Challenge, Childhood memories, Crete, Family Life, Peter Rabbit, Photos of Walls, postaday, Ruins, Stealing, The Secret Garden, True Confessions, Weekly Photo Challenge | 105 Comments

A Blue Coat For Christmas: Gone, But Not Forgotten

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

One Christmas morning while staying with my dad and his new wife, I couldn’t believe my eyes as I tore open the wrapping paper. There it was, my heart’s desire, the most wonderful gift I could ever have hoped for … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Memoirs, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged 1970s, Brighton Pier, Childhood memories, Christmas, Clothes, Daily Prompt, Family Memoirs, Fashion, Memoir, Parents, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge | 120 Comments

Pumpkin Patch Americana and a Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

The first time I set eyes on a pumpkin patch in California, I was utterly mesmerised. This was my idea of true ‘Americana’. For me, growing up in England, pumpkins belonged to fairy tales and I had certainly never carved … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Traditions, My California | Tagged Americana, Black Cat Photo, California, Childhood memories, England, Family Traditions, Halloween, Jack-O-Lantern, Pumpkin Farm, Pumpkins, Seasonal Traditions, Suffolk | 113 Comments

Girl In A Pale Blue Dress

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Something extraordinary happened at the weekend: my uncle and auntie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Fifty years of happy married life. I say extraordinary because I don’t know anyone else in my family who has achieved anything like this kind … Continue reading →