Category Archives: Family Life

My Dad, The Great Train Robbery and A Game of Cricket

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Today is my dad’s 81st birthday. Not so unusual these days (what is 80 now anyway, the new 40?) except in this case my dad is a raging alcoholic who has spent the best part of the last 35 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Alcoholism, Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, My Dad's Alcoholic Prison | Tagged Alcoholism, Childhood memories, Cricket, crime, daughters, Family Life, fathers, Great Train Robbery, Homeless, Jaguar, love, MG Sports Car, prison, Ronnie Biggs, Sports Cars | 38 Comments

A Newborn Prince and “If Only”

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Hurrah! We have a newborn Prince in the land, Prince George of Cambridge! What a beautiful bundle of joy he looks, at least from what we have seen of him so far! A healthy, sturdy, darling baby boy, safely delivered … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings | Tagged baby, celebration, Current Affairs, Family Life, Grief, happiness, joy, loss, Prince Charles, Prince George, Princess Diana, Regret, Royal Birth, Royal Family, sorrow, William & Kate | 18 Comments

Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home…

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Well, it had to come to an end sometime. After more than two weeks of uninterrupted sunshine and soaring temperatures here in the UK, with yesterday being the hottest, and stickiest day yet, the heat wave has broken. We are … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Garden Snippets, My California, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged British Summer, California, England, Garden Centres, Gardening, Gardens, Greenfly, Heatwave, Ladybird, Ladybug, Met Office, nature, Roses, Thunderstorms, West Country | 11 Comments

Summer, Spamgate & What Not To Do For A Tick Bite

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

What on earth does summer, ‘Spamgate’ and a very nasty tick bite have to do with each other? It’s just the way my mind works, either that or the sun is getting to me, but with all this talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged Akismet, Blogging, Boats, Comment Spam, Fellow Bloggers, garden, Humour, Lyme disease, Nature Reserves, Summer, thank you, The Norfolk Broads, Tick Bite | 13 Comments

Of Mad Dogs & Englishmen & A Very British Heatwave

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

So the heat continues to rise here in the UK, and it is hot! On Saturday the thermometer in our garden read just over 38 degrees centigrade (100 degrees farenheit) in the sun! Now that is hot! Of course, being … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings, My California, Photos | Tagged beach, British Weather, California, Crete, dry heat, Heat wave, humidity, Musings, Noel Coward, Photos of beach, Summer, Sunbathing, Sunshine, Thermometer readings, video games | 30 Comments

The Nerve-Wracking Risk of Sharing Our Writing

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

I am way out of my comfort zone. Until I started this blog I had never shared any of my writing publicly, in any shape or form. In reading other blogs I know that I am not the only one … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Family Life, Grief, Musings, Nature & Wildlife, Photos, Poems, Writing | Tagged Blogging, Family Life, Friendship, hope, Jesus, pain, Photos of Wildlife & Nature, Poetry, Rainbow, risk, sorrow, Sunset, The Norfolk Broads, writing | 8 Comments

My Kind of Crazy – A Bad Moon Rising But I Love You Rafa!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

I blame it on the moon. This ‘Supermoon’ which has recently graced us with its presence. According to the BBC website, this so-called ‘Supermoon’ ‘occurs when the Moon reaches its closest point to earth, and is known as a perigree … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings | Tagged Andy Murray, Astronomy, Childhood memories, Current Affairs, England, John McEnroe, Moon, Musings, Rafael Nadal, Supermoon, Tennis, Tim Henman, Wimbledon, writing | 4 Comments

Time for the Rose

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

The Met Office has recently announced that here in the UK we have just had the coldest spring in 50 years. Well, I don’t think it took a formal announcement to make that clear and we will certainly all be … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Life, Garden Snippets, Musings, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged British Weather, English Gardens, Gardening, hope, joy, Musings, New Life, Patience, Photos of Roses, Rambling Rose, Rewards, Spring, Sunshine, Time | 15 Comments

Birds of a Feather & All That

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

As much as I love birds, particularly my Sweet Robin (yes, I am still completely obsessed with him), I prefer them as wildlife, outside, not inside as pets. This is primarily because I have a real phobia of anything that … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds of a Feather, Family Life, Nature & Wildlife, Sweet Robin | Tagged Alfred Hitchock, bird food, birds, cats, Family Life, Humour, Pets, Phobias, robins, starlings, story telling, The Birds, White Cockatiels, zebra finches | 8 Comments

No Longer Invisible Darling Girl

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

It’s been bad. It’s heavy. Bring on whatever it has to be, I can take it, but please don’t let my daughter suffer. There is nothing worse than watching your children go through the hell of despair. Today I wanted … Continue reading →