Titles are not my strongest point
It's summer again and I have no idea how that happened - two weeks ago I was wearing fluffy socks after a shoot at the start of June and sulking about it 😂 Today my car read 32 degrees celsius when I got back into it after networking and it's only now at...
Spring 2023 check in
The months do keep marching on without any regard for how fast they're speeding by, don't they? Just wanted to drop in as this blog was always my main place for recording life, and I've not been so good at that in the last few years. I attended my first women's circle...
Skipping through summer
HOW is it August already? And coming up for the end of August at that! I don't have time for a full update, but I did want to just hop in and record what I'm up to for the summer of 2022... which is nearly over already. Time. It's oozy and weird. It's been manic as...
Summer diaries 2021 – chaos, overwhelm and kittens
Somehow it's nearing the end of September, and the last few months have been a whirlwind - and not necessarily a good one. A stress-filled August August is one of the worst months I can recall in recent years, aside from the obvious - with some big events like deaths...
Another 2020 check in
This year is both the longest and the fastest in the history of the known universe! I have approximately zero time and way too much to do, but wanted to hop in and just leave a note for my future self about how fucking weird it is to be living through a pandemic while...
Six months later… (or five, or seventy-two – time has no meaning any more)
I've not posted since April, because April was approximately 10273 million years long, and the months since then have just flown past. Not necessarily in a good way. The coronavirus pandemic is still in full swing, and though it got a bit better over the summer and we...
Life in the time of Coronavirus
It's day 10 of lockdown in the UK (and as much as I hate Big Brother, I can't help hearing that voice every time I use that phrase!), and I'm in a much better mood than I was when I last posted. Because kittens, among other things. And our wonderful NHS staff, without...
WTF, 2020?
I've been trying to write a post over here for some time. I still don't have the words. This is how I live now - on Zoom. Which has been a lifesaver, to be honest, even if I have spoken to more people in a week than I usually do in a month and a half. We are in our...
Sidebar list update, 2019
Each year I have a little list of things I'd like to do that year in my blog sidebar. Although 2017-19 haven't been the most prolific for my personal blog, this was this year's list and... ~ Draigcon and/or Wizardry School - done, Bothwell School of Witchcraft in...
Autumn musings
There's a day every year, usually close to the turning of the clocks, where I am suddenly, viscerally aware that the season has changed, and it is autumn. Today was that day. After resolutely wearing summer clothes despite the rain, and fighting my thermostat because...
I'm Carla, a quirky thirtysomething with a penchant for unicorns and glitter. I believe in magic and make-believe, and the gorgeous rebellion of making your life absolutely your own. And I'm a proud multipod!
I am a photographer and catalyst for small business owners, and a real life mermaid. I photograph people as they truly are, help women see and step into their brightest and best selves, add a sprinkling of magic to the mundane, and am a happy ambassador for stationery and slow living.
Proud to be both girly and geeky, when I’m not writing, photographing or daydreaming, you can find me dancing burlesque, riding my bicycle Bluebell, growing herbs and collecting typewriters.