Christmas Day
I knew I’d be lucky to find the time to take many photos today, so I insisted that everyone waited a few extra minutes for the breakfast while I took a couple of shots of the table. We had an … Continued
Look at meeee!!
If you’re going to put up Christmas decorations, you might as well do the job properly. Otherwise what’s the point? R and I took a trip to Broadway this afternoon, in the middle of another full-on busy day. The good … Continued
Looking forward
I began taking the Christmas decorations down today – not because it’s Twelfth Night, if I just caused you to experience a sudden panic, but because we’re hosting the Boy Wonder at the weekend, and I want the house restored … Continued
Fond farewell
R and I went to Cardiff today, to meet up with our co-grandparents and help B and his parents celebrate his 2nd birthday. The Boy Wonder was on top form, and we had an excellent day. At the end of … Continued
Christmas Day
R and I had a lovely, relaxed Christmas Day with H and S. After breakfast we went for a walk around Chipping Campden (getting rained on, which wasn’t part of the plan), then back at home R and I wandered … Continued
Anticipation
R and I had a lovely, happy family day with the Family B, H and S, and my sister, brother-in-law, and nephews, and felt very lucky to be able to be with them all again after so long. Baby B … Continued
Gemmiferous
Wikipedia tells me that “forerunners to modern Brussels sprouts were probably cultivated in Ancient Rome. Brussels sprouts as they are now known were grown possibly as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium. The first written reference … Continued