1. On CBeebies Birthdays today there was a card for a little girl called 'Marvellous', which is a beautiful, confident name.
2. We have a Chinese takeaway for lunch -- lots of bright vegetables and a couple of spicy dishes are just what this poorly family needs.
3. To spot our boys playing cricket in the park and wave at them. I can tell from Nick's face that Bettany in the pushchair is waving, too.
Watering cans, eating alone and settling down.
1. The grounding weight of my watering cans. 2. Our schedules mean that I eat supper alone in the peaceable, silent kitchen. 3. Now the chil...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...