It’s Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday if you prefer. This is the Hallmark approved special day in the UK when children are legally required to buy shonky nonsense for their dear old mum. As usual our kids did the bare minimum and I had to chivvy them in the week to make a card forContinue reading “Mother’s Day”
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Lighter nights.
I saw this tree on my walk today. It appears to be dead but I expect it is teaming with insects, bugs and creepy-crawlies. Judging by the damage to the bark I think the birds have been enjoying the bounty. I’m tempted to buy some grass and flower seeds to spread on the verge ofContinue reading “Lighter nights.”
Thank goodness it’s Friday!
Felt a bit rough today. My get up and go has got up and went! Managed to get the children started on their home schooling and then I went for a walk. The walk seems to have energised me a bit but I think I may have a cold. Fish and chips tonight, so IContinue reading “Thank goodness it’s Friday!”
When I was a child …
I wanted to be either a doctor of medicine, an astronaut or a monster hunter. Only one of these career paths was realistically achievable as I was, academically, a shiftless dreamer. What was your childhood dream and did you achieve it?
Kids do the funniest things!
It was the first day of home schooling after going into Coronavirus19 lockdown again. My daughter was being cagey, saying her laptop was out of charge but I told her to bring it down stairs anyway and we would charge it as she used it. The truth then came out that she had dropped itContinue reading “Kids do the funniest things!”
