The girls love Duplo. Did I say love? I meant adore. They build castles and houses and boats and cars and trains and keep themselves busy for hours. A castle might create a week of imaginative play - if MGW and I don’t destroy it at night to ensure more construction play tomorrow.
So, as you [...]
There was the biggest hermit crab I have ever seen at the touch pool. Far more like Sebastian-the-crab than the little hermits I remember scurrying around rockpools in the days of my distant yoof. When the girls were done feeling the different seaweeds and playing with anemones and shells they wanted to see the crab [...]
I have a boys room for the first time in a long time …
On Tuesday afternoon at 16.20 we decided not to return to England next week …
This post from December 05 was brought to my attention by a spammer who evaded my nets. It made me laugh not just for MGW’s impressive witticism, but because life feels pretty dangerous right now and I’m spending a fair part of my time cleaning:
“I need to find something dangerous to do.”
“What do you mean?”
“As [...]
The Army taught me to sweep …
Last Monday night I was as low as I’ve ever been …
… New Year would be in autumn.
… then they found a space in their busy schedule.
I had thought I’d booked a “business facial” treatment today but it turns out only my email confirmation and I thought that, so it’s vodka con limo by the pool at my 5-star country hotel.
This post had a pithy closing line but I’m finding myself too intrigued by the nature of disappointment to bother.