Bring Up A Butterfly …
As far as summer’s go, ours fizzled out a bit towards the end as our plans for the future began to unfold, work took up a lot of my time,…Continue Reading →
Catch A Falling Leaf
The end of the summer is coming, and pretending it’s not so doesn’t do anything to stop the impending doom…
Wave Jumping And Other Seafront Pastimes
I love the ocean. It is to me, human emotion in water form. It gives you calm, and beauty, and…
Pooh Sticks Have A Special Place In My Heart
Pooh Sticks is a really special game to me. My mother loved Winnie the Pooh, and after our discovery of the House at Pooh Corner and the original Pooh Sticks…Continue Reading →
Making Daisy Chains Like Alice In Wonderland
I’d never really known that a daisy chain was a ‘thing’ until I came to England, and it was really…
Lessons Learned From Climbing A Tree
I don’t climb trees. Actually, I don’t know that I ever have. It’s not that I was ever stopped from…
50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 And 3/4
A few years ago Ameli and I joined up with the 50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 and 3/4 campaign from the National Trust because, well, I didn’t really…Continue Reading →
Feast in the Woods Festival Ashford, Kent
I don’t want to tell you about the weekend we just had. I don’t want to share the awesomeness that…
The Vyne National Trust, Basingstoke
A few years ago the National Trust started a campaign aimed at getting children outdoors – 50 Things To Do…
National Trust #50Things And Yeo Valley Organic Garden, North Somerset
My girls and I have been working our way down the list of #50things from the National Trust campaign since it started, really, but looking back through the blog, I…Continue Reading →