Tag: garden

Sunday morning in the garden
Bedraggled is the word for it really. It’s a bit soggy out there. Things to note when pootling around in your pyjamas 😉 But if you squint and stroll and look around, there’s all sorts going on. This guy looks how I feel.. Whereas I don’t think this flower got the whole autumn memo. In…

Education in the garden with Miles Kelly/ The Wildlife trusts handbooks
A few weeks ago I picked up several rather lovely Miles Kelly/ wildlife trusts handbooks in Lidl. I got British Birds, British Wildflowers and Trees Handbook (British Handbooks) (amazon affiliate link), and British wildlife. They’re not just fact books, although that would be pretty good in itself. Instead they’re structured as handbooks, with spaces for…
The boy in the bubble.
This afternoon, we spent some time in the garden. Small children, sunshine, bubbles. When I took a closer look, turned out there was more to the picture than met the eye. Yes, there he is. My little boy in a bubble.
Bubbles in the garden.
The other night at dinner it became apparent that Small doesn’t know how the family works. He doesn’t know that some of what I do online earns money. And he doesn’t appear to have noticed shopping, cooking, cleaning, washing or any of that stuff as contributions to family life. He doesn’t see why he should…


