Janetta Harvey Author, Blogger and Campaigner

Springtime in France in pictures

Susie-Belle is half-way through her holiday, here are a few photos from the past week or so in SW France: St Emilion rooftops Wandering the cobbled lanes of St Emilion Renae sightseeing Eyeing up the...

A walk on the far side

We couldn’t decide this morning what walk to do. We were torn between a visit to the local town – Friday is market day and it’s always an enjoyable couple of hours, busy and...

St Emilion is graced by Susie-Belle

We made it down to south west France on Tuesday and have been out and about this morning with the girls showing them one of our favourite local haunts, the medieval town, St Emilion....

Getting ready for France

We’re heading to France on Tuesday for 3 weeks, the girls seem ready, they’ve both been bouncing around full of energy the last couple of days – well, the girls are actually oblivious despite me constantly reminding them...

Susie-Belle’s expectations

When Susie-Belle first came to us, one thing we really noticed that was different with her was her lack of expectation. She simply never seemed to expect anything to happen, to do anything, to...

When Susie met Darcie

Sunday saw us taking Renae and Susie-Belle over to Norbury Park to meet up with Janet, SusieB’s brilliant ex foster mum and some new friends, Mel and Kathleen who have given a forever home...

The trip yesterday to the opthalmologist was a neutral affair, what I mean is her tear production levels are the same as 3 months ago – no better, no worse. Good news is they’re...

Busy, busy, busy

Just a quickie, more later but I’m feeling remiss at not updating the blog for a few days when we’ve been up to a few exciting things. For now a short round-up of what...

Spring has sprung

It’s been a beautiful day here in Surrey, until the sun dipped down it was definitely warm and we made the most of it with a leisurely walk in the park and fields with...