Category Archives: family

Update before Christmas 2019

Posted on December 22, 2019 by

We’re now 3 days away from Christmas and I’ve been on maternity leave from the library since the 14th of December. I spent my last evening at a work Christmas party so I wasn’t as melancholy about being away from … Continue reading →

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October prepping and returning from vacation

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

It’s October! We’re back from our holidays and went from 35C/95F temperatures to 8C/48F. It’s appropriately autumnal in Newcastle with the fog and the rain, as is expected. While we were away it only rained maybe a couple of times … Continue reading →

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From the end spring new beginnings

Posted on July 7, 2019 by

It is my pleasure to report that we’re expecting a Baby Pick on 1st January 2020! We’ve been wanting a baby for a while so the blessing of a child is all the more special for us. Now, in preparation … Continue reading →

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The Picks in The Wirral, the beginning of summer, and blogging more often

Posted on June 25, 2019 by

It’s with a heavy heart that I write this post. We lost my mother-in-law, the head of the Pick family, last week. We saw her over Easter and she wasn’t well, then soon after, she was diagnosed with terminal liver … Continue reading →

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An April visit to Fountains Abbey, Chirk Castle, and Lyme Park

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

This is, hand’s down, my favourite photograph. I took it last week at Lyme Park, AKA Pemberley. The pond should look familiar to any of you who have swooned when Mr. Darcy emerged from it in the BBC mini series … Continue reading →

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