It was a lovely day today, so we reclaimed the garden. The children seemed to spend most of the time turning stones over and generally looking for mini beasts. They found this one in their playhouse. It really was very long. The children were fascinated by it, but I did […]
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Crocheting and counting to eight
It pretty much rained all day. The children wanted to spend their first proper day off school playing at home. They spent timeĀ playing together with the marble run, the farm set and the train set. They dressed up and, on the whole, played nicely together. They even put them […]
Read moreDragonflies and damselflies
It was a lovely day, so we decided to go for a walk on a nature reserve down on the Somerset Levels. We used to do this walk quite often, but then they banned dogs, due to worries about the wildlife, and the walk lost its appeal. The children have […]
Read moreEverything and the kitchen sink
Starting with the kitchen sink. This is my old kitchen sink. If I was forced to choose my favourite kitchen sink (not sure why I would ever be forced to choose), this would be the sink. Thirteen years ago, we took a day trip over to Wales, to a factory […]
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