Starting my week with the Weekly Edit is a ritual I’ve kept for years. It’s my favourite Monday morning anchor—a chance to slow down, celebrate the ‘small wins,’ and gather the smiles from the week behind us. Part reflection and part record-keeping, it’s my way of documenting our family’s adventures before the next chapter begins.

The Weekly Edit {Week 21/2026}

We started the week with yet another school trip. My daughter went to Silverstone Museum for a STEM day with some of her classsmates.

Last week I told you how we started to strip the wallpaper in our living room. We got someone in to clean the radiators so these can be drained and replaced before we finish painting the walls. The house is so dusty and messy but hopefully it will be worth it.

The whole family is into photography so I jumped in and bought myself a new camera, the Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo. It’s a cute little hybrid camera, I can choose to print the photo or save the digital image to my iPhone. I use the camera on my iPhone a lot, but wanted to be able to print photos as I love to collage and scrapbook too. The film cartridge is good for 10 photo prints.

We re-visited Montacute House using our National Trust membership. The weather was hot and sunny so we sought the shade in the garden, and opted for ice creams in the courtyard.

My reading has slowed down a little as we’ve reached half term but I’m enjoying Greengates by RC Sherriff at the moment (the beautiful Persephone grey copy, obviously). I loved A Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff, and this is just as good so far.