Quietly Friday slips to Saturday, and so starts half term. A heartfelt sigh. For many reasons, this week has been a trudge through the thickest treacle imaginable. Not literally, of course. My tin of sticky sweetness is still safe in the cupboard, ready to add to our Christmas pudding. Thank goodness. No. This week […]
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Knitted ghosts, or how I get my children up in the morning
Instagram is full of smiling children posing with pumpkins in…. well, pumpkin fields. Blue sky and rosy cheeks. Absolutely gorgeous. Or slightly blurry photos of autumn leaves being kicked and waterfalling down around a small gaggle of giggling children. Dogs barking in the excitement. Oh can you hear it? The […]
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When I look at this photo, from our holiday in Scotland this summer, I am transported back. The tarn is half way up a mountain. One of those moment where you imagine you could dive in, but simultaneously know you wouldn’t. (From our “Upside down tree” walk that’s still on my list […]
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It’s candle lighting season. Wood stove as well, but the candles have made an entrance. This is the week the breakfast table candle made it’s tentative way back into our daily routine. Getting up in the dark was proving tricky for certain members of the family. So, first child down lights […]
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