text: July 2016 – This West London Life
  I'm taking a short break away from my PC ...I'll be back on 1st August.
  Ruth	Fortitude, Home Life	2 Comments July 25, 2016 October 11, 2017
  Continuing my new series for Fridays: the contents of that Smythson notebook,one page at a time."... she had learnt long agothat anything could be enduredif you tried hard enough." Frances in "The Ship of Brides"by Jojo Moyes
  Ruth	Fortitude, Mum, Quotations, What Caught Her Eye	2 Comments July 22, 2016 October 11, 2017
  When I began blogging, I sought out fellow bloggerswho were writing about what I was writing about.Namely, scrapbooking and photography.However, as the years have passed, I've become a reader of a wide-range of blogs.Here are two current favourites:Jaime at angloyankophile, I discovered through her guest post on Shimelle's blog.Apart from living in London, her in … Continue reading From the T'internet | Blogs of Note →
  Ruth	Blog Friends, Instagram, Seen on T'internet, Shimelle	5 Comments July 21, 2016 October 11, 2017
  Helena has a new photographic theme for 2016:Snap, a visually linked group of 2 to 4 images.***The Boy Child has begun the Summer holidays by attendingTennis Camp in a local park. He's currently on day 2 of 5 daysand is having, ahem, a ball. He was also chuffed to find some ofhis best friends were on the … Continue reading Tennis Camp | Snap #22 →
  Ruth	Snap	7 Comments July 20, 2016 October 11, 2017
  The Boy Child broke upfor the Summer holidays on Friday.He rounded off a terrific first year in a new schoolwith recognition of a full school year of 100% attendance{that's the gold bar on his blazer. Red bars for Autumn and Spring terms of 100% attendance}and the form prize for Maths.Year 5 in September? He's ready.
  Ruth	Autism, Learning, School Days	6 Comments July 18, 2016 October 11, 2017
  Continuing my new series for Fridays: the contents of that Smythson notebook,one page at a time."Let me be a windowin your home."David Tasma,survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto.25 February 1948
  Ruth	Fortitude, Mum, Quotations, What Caught Her Eye	3 Comments July 15, 2016 October 11, 2017
  I may have stopped doing Project Life this year,but that doesn't mean I've stopped recording the everydayness(that's not even a word, is it?) of our lives.Naturally, earlier this year, circumstance meant that hardly anything made it into a scrapbook.Hardly any photos were taken, either. (And I'm still not back to using my big camera on a daily … Continue reading {Still} Recording This Life of Ours →
  Ruth	Fortitude, Month in Numbers, Mum, Photography, Project Life	4 Comments July 14, 2016 October 11, 2017
  Turkish baklava may just bethe answer to every single question known to man.Life-threatening allergies to nuts notwithstanding ...