Chips

Here's to sunny days, warm clothes and chips ;)

Not the case today, but yesterday at Hunst'on the sky was very blue. We hit the beach and hunted shell-treasure for quite a while. It was warm but we didn't have ice cream, although Rafe asked if we could. Grabbed some chips though!

Cyclamen

Well, who'd have thought that by this November, we wouldn't even be eating ice cream!? Swedish Glace - does it count? Mmmmmmmmm, ok modify - me and G no longer eat dairy ice cream. Not from the freezer anyhoo *ahem* Anyway, aside from that, check out this greedy B, a little out of time with his brethren, still filling his sacks (sic) on the 9th November! Dah, whatever, it's all too much for me to think about =)

Sunglasses

Taken in late July, George chose this pic - after some serious 'space-tweaking' - for GbD IV.

We had a few days at Blakeney when this was taken; they got progressively more difficult as our rations ran out and we had to eat the local fare. We'll go back though, just with bigger bags of grub ;)

Trees R Us

R's been bringing home sketches for a while now, but most of them have been recycled. The foliage has transformed what could have been another plate of sausages into a great study of my favourite subject, eh? Talking of which, we've almost stripped the apple tree...the kitchen is a bustling spicy chutney production line; the flowering cherry has gone, although it's suckers will persist a while longer I guess; and the lilac has had a trim, so the BT lines are free for the unfettered shifting of data for many months to come ;)

Hoses

Water has been a constant feature of August! We enjoyed our holiday all the same, but don't have many pictures to show for it, having spent most of our time running from one covered area to the next...tea, chip and gift shops mainly ;) So, here's one I took in July, in the front garden.

House leeks

The semperivum stare.
I would have shown the flowers, had they survived the barrage of balls from the nearby footie pitch ;)

Malted Barley in Midsummer

End of an era? Hot weather usually requires a cold drink, and I've never much liked chilling ale. But this time it's for good ie. no going back to it when the weather get's a bit chilly...assuming it does ;-)

Huts

A day for coats and wellies, we sat inside for some chips. No vinegar, but with plenty of sauce. Didn't stop for ice cream though...

Barking

This tree is up the hill, on the edge of the 'park'. Nice bench below, on this occasion we all squeezed on, though G took some convincing to sit still ;)

Ever changing moods

A week ago, we had some snow settle. George packs a tight snowball, and deeply considers the impact!

















Wells was good 'n' sunny. Some of us kept our coats on...others should have worn a hat ;)

Quake

Well, it was lucky we hadn't opened the Super Intellect Racing, meccano like construction set. I have no doubt those nuts would have worked themselves loose with the 5.3 felt earlier in the week! So, we can enjoy the packaging a while longer. Band your eyes on the funny toys. It's sure to be a "happy time" for one childie and up.

Last day of February! I just thank my lucky star it's a leap year, or I would have missed the chance to get in my monthly post :)

Anyway, carbonara is coming...


Next month - more people and places, less toys! ...promise (myself) hehe

The Best Of 2007

I've almost worked through most pics taken last year. It appears I didn't take half as many as I thought, although George has taken lots, so it all balanced out. Here's a couple of the boys' xmas pressies. The ring toss (bought for them to share) is a great success, but the PP *deluxe* set (bought for Rafe) is a poor quality assortment of junk I bought from (the doomed) Woolies. I remember at the time, the assistant that found them for me (I was toy blind after an aisle) advised "these are going like hot cakes". I promise (myself) never to make another rash purchase!
Rory the racing car is the new PP anyway ;)