This is the very best sort of home ed day. Sun, ruined abbeys and questions, so, so, SO many questions! The best thing about going to historical places is that I can normally answer those too 🙂 This day out at Bury Gardens, which holds the ruins of the abbey, was just amazing. We grabbed […]
Archives for June 2011
The one where Merry catches up using the photos on her phone to remember things
Argh! Weeks have gone by! Argh! Right. Lots of big and important things. Masses. Huge. Fran had an appointment with her surgeon at the hospital. The upshot of this was, as we suspected, they thing she needs more surgery to correct her cleft palate. It’s been obvious for a while that she is hoarse and […]
The only time you'll ever see a Vlog here
The PuddleChicks tell you why they would love us to win the MAD Blog Award for Best Family Life Blog or Most Inspiring Blog. I have sweated blood over this as I made the stupid mistake of doing it on my phone not the flip camera. I therefore think it has lost a little in […]
Garden and Allotment Updates
Claire and Charlie bought this (and it’s pair) after Freddie died last year. Claire, it is just so beautiful this year 🙂 I just love these two. The garden is nice at the moment, in a slightly wild and a bit too purple and blue sort of way. But these two just make me shiver […]
Silent Sunday
Two Give Away Results – did you win?
First of all, a horribly delayed result to the Tulip Fabric Paint Giveaway. Sorry it was slow, things got in the way. The winner of the Starter Pack of Tulip Fabric Paint is Jax, from LiveOtherwise. I chose this using a randomiser and it picked out her “retweeted” comment. The second pack goes to Rachel […]
The MADs Awards – one week left to vote.
Honestly, I know I’m getting boring about this – in one week the voting process will be over. I’m up against massive competition, I know, and I really don’t expect to win, but I’d love to have given it my best shot and so I’m just going to ask these few last times if you’d […]
A Tale of Three Blankets
In terms of things, I think it is possible this is my greatest ever creation. It’s the culmination of a years worth of work, a square a week, through one of the toughest years of my life. It has a story, a huge and enormous story, a story no mother would ever want to tell. […]
Lower Hookner Farm – the best holiday cottage in Devon
We went back, in the same week, to the farm we went to last year when we so desperately needed a holiday. There were two reasons, firstly it was beautiful and lovely and welcoming and perfectly situated for us and secondly I knew that if I didn’t go back soon, then the memories of last […]
Brixham and Burgh Island
One day, when we knew the weather was due to be good but all the girls were a little in need of a little quiet time in the car (if you know what I mean) we decided to go to Dartmouth. It was a longish drive, thanks to the innumerable roadworks and I stopped concentrating. […]
