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Breakfast in a tent: #summerdaysout with Petits Filous pouches
Starting day two of our Tudor adventure at Kentwell Hall this morning with a healthy breakfast of Petits Filous pouches. The only real difficulty during the day reenacting with children is they don’t tend to like pottage (personally I love it, what’s not to like about a healthy stew made of roots and wurts?) so…
Princess and doodle.
Worked from memory. Should have gone and got the picture. But it’s a drawing. Went and got the picture.
My camping emergency kit
I took up camping way back in 2004, and for the first few years, the most we needed in the way of emergency kit was a newspaper to stick in the doorway and a dustpan and brush for removing excess sand. In more recent years though, I’ve experienced split poles, torn tents, and leaks. And…
Funk up your fridge and #FreeYourPics with HP Instant Ink.
An embarrassingly long time ago, we had a trip to the very lovely Maggie and Rose in Kensington to meet with HP and learn all about printers. It was a lovely day out. There was fabulous (marvellously instagrammable) food. And lots of tech toys – it was hard to pry the kids off the large…
Would you like to live on #BritainsBrightestStreet?
Looking up at the sky every afternoon makes me think about all that free energy flowing down from the sun daily. And I rather wish that we had solar panels, like Tim’s brother. Our house is pretty well situated for it, with a good south facing roof, but it’s that initial outlay that’s offputting. That…
Making rhubarb jam, with a little help from my friends
Tim’s brother brought us a second delivery of rhubarb, and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. Obviously I crowdsourced, and apparently I’ll be needing to make chutney next 😉 This time though, I was persuaded to give jam a go. I am very not domesticated. I have gradually taught myself how to…
Review roundup: Storytime magazine, Airmotion Pro Hairbrush, Lalaloopsy Tinies
Bedtime story tonight was the Magic Porridge pot out of Storytime Magazine. The stories are absolutely perfect for this, and there are plenty of pictures to liven them up. We were sent a couple of issues for #review and I would definitely recommend, it’s lovely. Even came in a decorated envelope, which made for happiness…
Party in the park.
Parties aren’t my favourite way to spend time. But an invitation from a local home ed family was something I couldn’t pass up, given how well the children get along. And the party was being held at a village hall that has a fantastic playground right outside, so I knew that Tigerboy in particular would…
(Urban) Landscapes
Last week when I went to town I had some time to spare, and I explored a little and found some awesome almshouses, and hidden spaces. This week I went back with an actual camera, and after I’d been, discovered the theme of the gallery at Sticky Fingers this week is landscapes, so it was…
