BL wanted to enter the Easter bonnet competition at school. To begin with she didn’t know what an Easter bonnet was, let alone how to make one. So as we walked home down the lane we talked about the time of year and the changes around us. We stopped to […]
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Knitted bag and Happy Mother’s day to you all
I have been procrastinating about my knitted bag this week. I went to the local craft shop and they had no orange or yellow cotton, which I needed if I wanted to continue my rainbow theme. I came home thinking that maybe I should dye my cream cotton with onion […]
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Today, while I was hanging up the washing, the girls got excited and started shouting and calling me. Fearing a disaster, I dropped my washing and ran round to see what had happened. I won’t tell you what images were going through my mind, but it was not pretty and […]
Read moreNature trail and seed necklaces
On our walks home from school, we are enjoying the changes in the hedgerows along our lane. There are clumps of snowdrops, which are fun to spot. The locations of these clumps, are mystifying. Did a bird or small animal carry them there? When the hedge was planted, were they […]
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