Today TF and I had unexpected time on our hands, so out came the paints. Continuing our current obsession/preoccupation with Totoro, we plumped for painting a Totoro. I’m no artist. I can doodle rough images, which my children enjoy. I know that although Totoro is a fairly easy shape, it […]
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Totoro crafting (the beginning)
A few years ago, my sister gave me a copy of My Neighbour Totoro [DVD] and there was no looking back. We have become fans of anything directed by Hayao Miyazaki and from the Studio Ghibli. We’d be little help in a pub quiz, but we love watching the DVDs. […]
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I love my kitchen garden. Every year it supplies us with fruit, veg and herbs. If I cost out the monetary outlay against the size and quality of the harvest, then I am sure it is worth my effort. Well worth it. The family also benefit from the educational side. […]
Read moreThatched cottages
Ever since BL read Milly-Molly-Mandy stories, she has loved thatched cottages. When we go on a car journey, she spots thatched cottages as we pass them. Gleefully. Imagine her joy when she discovered that we would be staying, on holiday, in a thatched cottage. She talked of little else. On […]
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