Welcome to a whole month of podcasts!

This week, episode 4 happened to be on my blog anniversary and I completely forgot!

It has been an incredible 2 years writing this blog.

Another whirlwind week here, achieving everything and nothing at all.

A week of photo shoots and house hunting. Have a listen.

I LOVE answering your questions, so please feel free to leave any for next week in the comments section.

This question is better answered in photos. My inspiration and how I spend an hour cut off from technology. With a notepad and a pencil.

I adore having everything that inspires me around me all the time.

I am completely and forever will be, inspired by colour.

Phew! A photo overload and a 20 minute waffle. 

I hope you enjoy listening, til next week....

Show notes:

• Styled magazine
• Uppercase Magazine
• Pretty Nostalgic Magazine
• Who to follow on Instagram Fiona and me of course ;) You can see some of the gorgeous photos of Sprout and Flower I discovered in Mere over the weekend!

Don't forget you can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes too.

Linking up with TwiggStudios • #theordinarymoments • #TWTWC • #MagicMoments • #WhatstheStory

From now on, February 2014 is going to be known as fabulous family February!

I know I'm meant to show how taking family photos should be part of everyday life and this most certainly wasn't, but it's worth it.

Happy was the soundtrack to Christmas 2013. Yasmin lu's first Christmas. It was on repeat all day. Honestly, like all day. It sort of got to a point where you didn't realise and it was perfect. 

I know it's terrible cheesy, but we are all really happy. When we are all together, which isn't that often with the Atlantic ocean between us, we are at ease, and life can't get much better.

We are so lucky that both our families have become one big extended family, all on hand at the end of a party, sweeping hall floors and the fact that one has a swimming pool definitely helps ;)

We spent my sister's 30th at my in laws and they hosted my whole family for a second Christmas Day whilst Patrick and Carlotta were over from America. I can't tell you how lucky I feel. 

Rich and I met when we were 16 at sixth form. My brother barely remembers a time without him being around and Natalie and Patrick are the younger siblings he never had. 

I, in turn, inherited an older brother and sister and 4 wonderful nieces and nephews. 

And just look how much I love them. I can't believe how supportive and encouraging they all are of this blog, and how they were willing to join in with Me and Mine.

Family Heath, family, Szlichta, family Taylor, family Bohanna, family Broadley, family Marini I love you more than you know.

You know when you have a moment when you are so happy you could burst, this is it.

Not quite 24 hours like the King Pharrell but here's our family 3 minutes and 53 seconds of happy.

Happy February, the month of love, the month of family!

Everyone who has been inspired by the Me and Mine project has one lady to thank, another Lucy. She started it all. Check out her blog here.

I've shown you me and mine, now show me you and yours ;)

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Linking up with the fabulous My Two Mums and their I'm Sharing Happiness feature!

We rarely explore what is right around the corner. 

Almost every weekend we bundle the boys up in the car and head to family and friends or familiar surroundings. But this weekend, whilst Rich took Ollie to a pre school chum's party, Sammy and I headed to Clevedon for a lunchtime date.

Just 15 minutes up the motorway, there is a beautiful seaside town. One of my favourite vintage shops is nestled in the heart of the town, but on Saturday we went to discover Hill Road.

It was heaving. People of every generation taking advantage of the break in the wintry weather, enjoying a drink on the pavement cafe tables and there were too many trinket shops to expect one 4 year old to cope with, so I saved those for another visit.

The big pig was a main attraction. Seeley's Food Market is shouting from the stripey green and white rooftops how wonderful it is to support local sellers and shop local! I was in heaven with the florist Stephanie Eastwood's stall and Sammy lovingly picked out some stunning red anemones at 50p a stem.

You could almost do your whole weekly shop here. A butchers, bakers and you won't believe it, a candle stick makers! In the window of the market are some sweet little tables, littered with old pots filled with daffodils. We toyed with stopping for lunch, after purchasing our beetroot straight from the ground, but we had a little more exploring to do.

We headed up the hill to Murrays, a delicatessen which has a breathtaking range of products from the Mediterranean. We spied a table in the window and ordered 2 of their fabulous homemade pizzas. 

It was both strange and wonderful to be with Sammy on my own. He has a vocabulary that would rival some adults and talked non stop. In fact he was so loud with his inquisitive questions about the giant pears behind us, that the owner himself wandered over to give him some history about his deliveries from Milan.

It was a real pleasure having a little lunch date with a boy so wide eyed and full of wonder for the world. He was blown away by the Romanesco broccoli I popped behind the counter, so no one bought it whilst we finished our pizzas.

I wish I could have photographed every wall to share with you, but after a couple of strange looks from other customers at me craning over the lemons, I decided to stop snapping and we browsed the shop. Clearly not bloggers, with sons of bloggers ;)

I was not surprised at all to see that all their 5 course taster events had sold out. Most definitely on the to do list for this year.

We headed for the promenade and shared a 99. Who cares that the temperature had dropped by this point and our noses were freezing?! The lovely ice cream van man snapped a photo of us and as we strolled back to the car armed with a paper bag of goodies (Is it just me but why does it just feel nicer to carry a paper bag as opposed to a carrier bag?) we popped into the charity shop and Sammy went straight for some disgusting sticky goggly eyes. 50p for a perfect end to a mini adventure.

It was a pleasure spending a few precious hours together, holding hands and feeling special. Gorgeous local produce to take home and sticky eyes. Why of course!

Have you been to Clevedon? I'd love to hear your recommendations for next time.

Linking up to #MagicMoments and #WhatstheStory