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61/365 A stable relationship

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The horses that once lived at the stables that used to be part of Mar Hall probably couldn’t give a hoot (or a neigh) that their accommodation was so well finished with a gold clock and a weather cock. It’s now the Erskine Reid Macewan conference centre.

59/365 incy wincy web spinner

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This arthropod joined the breakfast melee this morning, spinning silk from the cupboard by the dishwasher. We watched it scrabbling up the web, slipping back, then climbing again. I could draw some kind of Robert the Bruce in the cave persistence parallel, but I won’t.   Posted with Blogsy

Review: Jumping Clay is good clean fun

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Look at all the things you could make Oooh, this feels nice Meabh making it look easy There are two kinds of parents – those who craft with their kids and those who would, frankly, rather have hedgehog spikes poked under their fingernails while being made to listen to endless broadcasts of Paul O’Grady’s radio […]

58/365 Ha top that

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  Today I have a riddle. What do you get when you turn your back on a three year old and a container of sprinkles?   Posted with Blogsy

57/365 Finding a Fairtrade balance

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It is, apparently, Fairtrade fortnight. And we are, apparently, a Fairtrade region. What this means is that Boy One has come home from school with a very pretty, but entirely pointless, balancing dragon fly for me. He spent the change from his dinner money on it.Meanwhile, Boy Two has been on the stall at his school. […]