Way back in the school holidays, we were sent some school shirts by Trutex for one of the Boys to put through its paces. Boy One has been wearing his Trutex non-iron shirts for half a term and here’s how they look: Despite Boy One’s best efforts with paint in art and tomato soup at […]
306/365 Day 3 are you a leaf leaper or a puddle jumper?
Which is better to jump in: a leaf pile or a puddle?A beautifully crisp visit to the People’s Palace in Glasgow was spent – among other things – pondering the question. In this part of the country puddles are easy enough to come by, satisfying leaf piles less so as inevitably a vindictive little wind will […]
305/365 Day 2 a dram fine idea
Another day, another #NaBloPoMo prompt. It’s a blog post a day for all of November, the internet geek equivalent to growing a moustache only without the reference to testicular cancer, or whatever it was. Today Vonnie asked: What is your favourite autumnal flavour? Share your favourite recipe. And I dithered for quite a long time. You see […]
304/365 Day 1 can there be anything left to reveal?
304/365 little Miss Muffet’s house
Something wrong in the four-year-old’s view of the world
Boy Three as a red devil “Mummy, help me.” Boy Three was sitting at the table amid a scatter of top-less pens and broken crayons.“In a minute.”“No. Now!”“Ok. What do you want?”“I want you to draw this for me.”“Why? You could draw it, couldn’t you?” “Well. I’m a boy and you’re a girl,” “So?”“D’oh. Girls are […]
