Our garden is covered in acorns. It took me a while to work out what the gun shot sounds were! Acorns hitting our back steps and the car make a lot of noise :) [The squirrels also take particular pleasure […]
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Having been away for most of August, I missed the last of our garden in flower! And, missed my weekly virtual wander through everyone’s lovely gardens. When we came back from holiday, I looked at our garden and saw it
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The theme from Tara for The Gallery this week is Selfie. Well, this is a first for me… I’m not generally a huge fan of photos of me! Much less ones taken at an awkward angle, by me! The perspective
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The theme from Tara for The Gallery this week is Back to School. My 7yo went back to school last week, a little nervous and apprehensive, but excited. My 4yo went back to pre-school yesterday, happy and excited, enthusiastic and
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The summer has not been particularly conducive to reading! July was good, but August – with three weeks of family holiday! – not so much :) I have managed to finish two books – but I am way behind the
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We’ve just spent a lovely week away in New Hampshire. One afternoon I took a walk on my own, having a wander around lovely gift shops, craft stores and galleries. Enjoying a moment of quiet in the midst of a
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The theme from Tara for The Gallery this week is Door. We’ve now been in the States for a year. The first six months are a blur of all things new. Then winter arrived with a vengeance. It is no
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I’ve caught up a little bit this month! I’ve finished a few books that had been on the go for a couple of months and found some new ones that I really enjoyed, and flew through!
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Much like the UK, we have been basking in a heatwave over here. With family visiting, the gardens main job over the last couple of weeks has been as a place for the children to cool down. Running through sprinklers,
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On Saturday night, at about 9.30pm, I got an email from Amazon congratulating me on posting my first book review. Hmm, that’s interesting, I thought… I haven’t written a review for Amazon. I turned to my husband and joked ‘looks
