As a mother, the sound of nothing instantly sets off alarm bells. It is not reassuring. There is a moment when you stop and listen and realise that it is not noisy enough. Hey oy. What is happening? OK, quick head count. Right, the girls are looking under bushes for […]
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Easter bonnet
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 […]
Read moreKnitted 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 […]
Read moreFlowers and crafting
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 […]
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