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Is anyone out there not camping in their back garden or living room? It feels like everyone from our Cubs pack is doing it and I don't want large boy left out. But also, I don't want to sleep in the garden. I don't want the boys sleeping in the garden on their own and… Continue reading Not camping
We got this kit to build a Hot Wheels pull back car (via Santa) for large boy for Christmas. It was on offer in Aldi one day and a bit of an impulse buy - you've got to love the Aldi aisle of randomness. I object to the spelling of "kitz" but that's just me.… Continue reading Review: Hot Wheels Maker Kitz
This is a little diary of our fifth week in social isolation, home learning, and with both himself and me working from home. See what happened in week 4. Monday Right well, back at it then I suppose. Awake early in anticipation so at our desks in very good time. Our first week with actual… Continue reading Staying home, staying safe – week 5
There are so many people on my local town's facebook group complaining about runners and cyclists not respecting distancing or about so many people being out walking when they wouldn't usually. As a nascent runner I equally find the behaviour of other people out and about somewhat questionable. Not so much about giving each other… Continue reading Lockdown exercise etiquette
The thing that has given me the greatest pleasure (apart from helping large boy learn about expanded noun phrases of course) these last few weeks has been the beautiful blue blue skies. Not just because they're so rich and intense. Also because they're simple and uncomplicated, no vapour trails, barely a cloud. And they bring… Continue reading Blue skies
At the end of a third busy day running, and a long one after an rather early run, I find myself with a moment's peace to savour. Himself has taken the boys to use up their daily exercise token on a local walk. Work is done for the day, goal achieved. Dinner's in the slow… Continue reading A moment’s peace
This is a little diary of our fourth week in social isolation, home learning, and with all of us on "holiday" this week. We were supposed to be in Whitby fossil hunting, eating fish and chips, meeting old friends and mooching about. See what happened in week 3. Monday Large boy came to tell me… Continue reading Staying home, staying safe – week 4
Le Dico des Mots Qui N'existent Pas (et Qu'on Utilise Quand Même) by Olivier Talon and Gilles Vervisch (@GVervisch). 5 stars ☆☆☆☆☆ (so long as you read French, otherwise a bit tricky). If you've ever read The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd (and you read French well) this book is for… Continue reading Review: French dictionary of words that don’t exist
The first time I encountered wild garlic was on a walk along the river near Cromford Mill. We came round a corner and into a heady ether of garlic fumes rising from a huge patch of beautiful white flowers, looking almost like a dusting of snow over their glossy green leaves. It was a stunning… Continue reading Making stuff 13: wild garlic pesto
Do you remember those new born weeks when you spent hours awake in the middle of the night? Feeding, changing nappies, rocking and shushing, and trying to do it all in the dark and almost silence to avoid waking your non-sleeping tiny person even more? Yeah me neither. I mean, I know they happened. I… Continue reading Memories of sleeplessness
Smelly Socks and Garden Peas 