Post Comment Love & Newbie Showcase 17-19 June 2016

Hello and welcome back to #PoCoLo - I'm still in France and will be back on the ferry overnight.

Thank you to Jayne for joining Morgan as co-host last week.

So what's been going on? What did I miss?  I'm looking forward to catching up with your posts to find out.  Today's image from Unsplash has no significance other than being a calming and very blue picture.  As I'm rushing around doing the post-holiday washing mountain I'll remember this image...

Blue wall blue table

Newbie Showcase: Sam from Memories and Mayhem

Memories and Mayhem blog header
Sam from Memories and Mayhem blog

I’m Sam a 30-something, married to Mark, another 30-something, and we have two kids. Last year we bought what we hope will become the house of our dreams, but at the moment it’s a bit of a wreck and we are slowly renovating it in our spare time.

We also love to travel, although most of our money is tied up in plastering and painting at the moment so there’s not many funds in the travel budget right now, but we are all looking forward to a trip to Hawaii this summer!

I started blogging a few years ago but lost my way with it and gave up when the words stopped flowing. After a very stressful year I knew that I needed to start a new blog to give me a creative outlet and let the words flow. I’ve been blogging at Memories and Mayhem for about 6 months and I love having my little corner of the internet back! I blog as often as I can, but there can be breaks between posts as I suffer from Fibromyalgia and after a full day at work sometimes there is simply no energy left to blog.

I hope you’ll enjoy reading Memories and Mayhem and following our renovating mayhem and the memories we make on our travels. My favourite posts are:

Connect with Sam here

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Post Comment Love 10-12 June 2016

Bonjour - un autre vendredi et un autre #PoCoLo - et oui je suis en France.

Hello - another Friday and another #PoCoLo - and yes I'm in France.  There's something slightly different for today's link-up because of that with Jayne from Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs joining Morgan as co-host today - you can find where to link up at the bottom of this post. Thank you Jayne!

Meanwhile in France, today I'm hoping for another chateau, because when you're in the Loire you really can't have too many chateaux!

Newbie Showcase: Bethany from Simply Said Seven

Bethany blogs at Simply Said Seven, she's a mom of five children and one extra and is married to her high school sweetheart and says she's a hands-on type girl. You can read more about Bethany and her busy life on Morgan's blog.

Connect with Bethany here:

Please do pop over and say hi to Bethany.

Now, let's link up

Today Jayne from Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs (twitter: @SMABLblog) is co-hosting with Morgan (twitter: @MorganPrinceCom) as I'm away in France. 

 

Please do pop over to Jayne or Morgan & link-up, I'm looking forward to catching up with your posts!

Until next week!

Jusqu'à la semaine prochaine!

 

Post Comment Love 3-5 June 2016

Hello there and welcome to another PoCoLo - thanks for all the birthday wishes last week, I had a fab birthday weekend and am still hanging on to the croaky voice from that cold.  I'm hoping that the remnants of my cold will go soon as we're off to France for a bit of cycling. I also hope the weather sorts itself out so when I start to pack our four panniers I pack the right sort of clothes.

I really want to pack shorts - and I will - but the big call is how many cold(er) weather gear I need to pack. MOH bought me a North Face shell jacket in purple, lilac and mustard (it looks better than it sounds) and that'll be coming with me, along with my strappy-but-flat sandals. Let's hope I get to wear the jacket a lot less than the sandals.

I guess one good thing about my thyroid being overactive again is that it's rare for me to feel the cold!  Every positive and all that...

Next week Jayne from Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs will be joining Morgan as co-host while I'm potentially wifi-less as I cycle along the banks of the Loire with a camera in one hand. And expect chateaux overload!

succulent

And if you're wondering about the significance of this beautiful succulent, there is none other than I just love this image. And succulents too. It's another from Unsplash which is a fab resource for some stunning photographs.

Newbie Showcase: Gemma from Tiddler's Art Studio

Tiddlers Art Studio blog
The Tiddlers Art Studio at work

Gemma blogs over at Tiddler's Art Studio and she blogs about introducing her own tiddlers to Art and taking them on a journey.

On her blog you'll find all sorts of things to keep her two occupied and often the materials used will be found or recycled.

It sounds great and who could resist drawing on a chalkboard adorned by bunting?  To find out more about Gemma and her blog pop over and visit Morgan to read more, including Gemma's most visited posts.

Connect with Gemma here

Please do stop by and follow Gemma.

If you'd like to be featured as a Newbie Showcase get in touch, but remember your blog needs to be under a year old when you get in touch.  We're currently looking for a Newbie Showcase for 17 June, so it could be you!