I’m not complaining - I have broad shoulders and like to be someone who can help/listen/find solutions/be a comfort - but it would be a lot tougher if I didn’t have that oasis of escape that theatre gives me. #doodleaday #theatrematters

Milestones… #doodeaday

It is a pretty good feeling actually… #doodleday

So nice to be bringing some fun theatre activities to the local community as part of the first Horley Arts Festival. Such a great atmosphere all day. #doodleaday #theatrematters

I’m pretty sure I used to do similar things to my parents… and they were as nonplussed as I was! #doodleaday

…and you also know that the noise will now become a ‘thing’ at work and make you laugh disproportionately… and no one else will get it… #doodleaday

Watching portals and windows opening I didn’t even know existed - so entertaining!! #doodleaday

Well, well. 10 years of doodles! So much has happened. From daily jokes, through a grief journey, solo parenting, new love, fitness attempts - a record of the ups and downs of everyday life. It’s become quite the community - here’s to the NEXT decade. Care to come along? #doodleaday

I mean, on and off. Surely that’s enough? #doodleaday

Watching the changes in your own children is fascinating. Seeing them becoming more and more their own people. Although it’s fun remembering when they were little I don’t really carry any nostalgia for those days. I’m loving seeing them mature towards adulthood. #doodleaday

It’s a symphony of mis-matched cables, software updates, hardware jugging etc. it WILL be wonderful - just not yet! #doodleaday

Such a good feeling when it all (mostly) goes well. But as I say, making the most of it, because odds are it won’t last! #doodleaday

The sun makes everything that much better. #doodleaday

Wel, I do like to plan ahead! #doodleaday

It’s always such a treat when a wid creature trusts us wing to come so close. #doodleaday

It was a tad chilly but it stoped the screaming!!! #doodleaday #loveafterloss

That’s right - we are SO rock ‘n’ roll. #doodleaday

Lovely, innocent and wholesome fun. Just so happy I can do this kind of thing. So lucky. #doodleaday #artmatters

Kids are soooo funny! #doodeaday

Working with Blesma (limbless veterans charity) running a watercolour workshop. I love it when we start and they say “I can’t paint”, then they surprise themselves with what they achieve. #Artmatters. #doodleaday

You never know what’s around the corner… #doodleaday

I’m loving the changing dynamic as they get older: how you used to get them to ‘help’ with jobs, and now they really DO help - in fact often they are invaluable. Very satisfying! #doodleaday #parentingwins

World Theatre Day. Established 1961 (same year as me!) Theatre means so much to me - love, friendship, community. A chance to tell wonderful stories, to be creative in so many ways. An outlet, a passion, a gift. #doodleaday

School holidays. Time off work but no rest!!!

Well, there’s so much to get done it such a short time! Got to love a timetable… #doodleaday

The rollercoaster of our weather. Springie always a bit of a lottery - it certainly makes deciding what to wear a fun sport… #doodleaday

Despite being at college and following a Tuesday’s timetable - for some reason my brain wasn’t computing. So disappointing!!! #doodleaday

Just can’t read when I have lines to learn. Feels like I’m cheating on the play!! #doodeaday

He loves a nice bit of retro… Holliday, Bowie, Fleetwood, Wakeman, Deep Purple, a bit of 80s - very eclectic… #doodleaday

It almost feels like being on holiday - which is just as well, as I can’t afford one of those this year!! #doodleaday