Meow meow...

Mila has been obsessed with cats for as long as I can remember. Just walking to school she has a lengthy conversation with each and every feline friend she comes across. She regularly asks for one, but I've always said no, coming up with one excuse after another, until now...

Her persistence seems to have paid off as I've found myself trawling Preloved and Kittenlist, and today I think I've found the one for us. He reminds me of Mog from the Judith Kerr books, all wide eyed and bemused looking! He's currently in a rescue centre about 200 miles away, but we've arranged to go and meet him and if all goes well he might just be coming home with us...

In other cat related news, here's a couple more kittys I've fallen for recently!

Mog plate Donna Wilson

Cat rug Bobo Choses

Peter Blake

The other half is a huge Peter Blake fan and has been wanting to see his exhibition at Pallant House all Summer, but somehow we never quite got around to going. Until today... 

With the exhibition closing tomorrow, it was now or never, so we jumped in the car and headed down to Chichester. We couldn't have picked a nicer day actually, it was all blue skies and brilliant sunshine as we whizzed through the Sussex countryside.

The exhibition focuses on Blake's relationship with pop music and his musical heroes. I'm not going to go all 'art critic' about it here because I haven't had to do that since college, and I'm not sure I even remember how, so I'll just leave it at that!

Much to my dismay no photography was allowed inside the exhibition, but I managed two snaps before I was asked ever so politely to stop!

When you take children to an art gallery or museum, the cafe and shop both seem to feature quite prominently (or is that just me?!!). At Pallant House neither disappointed. The cafe isn't really a cafe, it's a lovely restaurant called Field & Fork, so lunch was rather more exciting than we thought it might be. The food was amazing and we managed to bag a table outside in the courtyard garden.

After devouring our lunch we set off for a stroll around Chichester, but not before we'd purchased some obligatory stationary from the shop. I mean how many pencil sharpeners and rubbers does one child need?!!

Bermondsey Street Festival

We made the most of the last few days of sunshine by heading up to the Bermondsey Street Festival, in yep, you've guessed it, Bermondsey... We started the day with custard doughnuts from St John on Druid St. They were so good that we ended up going back for seconds!

There was plenty to see and do the length of Bermondsey Street. Mila had her first ukelele lesson, we painted paper planes, played hopscotch, watched a fashion show, and then when we'd had enough, just enjoyed the sun in the park.

I managed a quick half hour nose round the vintage stalls, and then as dusk fell (and the party really got started) it was time for us to bid Bermondsey farewell.