sunset on a wood. unfortunately we were in it and it soon got dark. but it’s ok we survived
the late afternoon sunset really set the trees ablaze (not literally thankfully)
underfoot it was a bit muddy – slightly frozen on top, but the kind of soggy chilliness underneath which could easily soak a man’s foot
and deers in a nearby field
we finally felt well enough to go geocaching yesterday which marked a significant stage in our recovery. here are the girls singing and dancing to a cache.
signing the log. possibly this one
the route
and another log with two of our little stickers stuck together in a jaunty way.
colours went a bit spacey but i quite like the effect.
on the day after boxing day our family got the horrible winter vomitting bug. whilst jane and esther lay in their death beds upstairs our hosts let kezia and me wander around their house.
we’d had to abandon the sky part of this jigsaw the night before as we’d run out of time, but the extra half day meant kezia and i could spend a few hours putting a few hundred identical blue pieces together
meanwhile kevin and thomas played some proper games
and sarah (who popped in the last piece on jigsaw above) played with her Dora head. she said “it’s brilliant because i love and dora and i love heads”. surely a winning combo.
a few days after the event i can show you our christmas day. a great scoff of food
but it was too much for james who fell asleep standing up leaning against his chair
james’ dad also feel asleep, but in a more comfortable location
binky cleaned up
whilst others played cards (racing demons) on the hallway floor
and here’s some cake. a very jolly occasion
james loved chucking leaves
thomas loved taking pictures
everyone loved posing for a group photo
here’s kevin’s parents
here are thomas and kezia dangling
and here’s kevin trying to make jane and esther sick (oh the irony)
and when the kids still weren’t worn out we put them on this training wheel where they could run round in circles without going anywhere (thus preparing them for later life)
i’ve often wondered about the pink background on this sign and i recently realised it’s probably run off the red on the top left. which probably isn’t a great advert for a laundrette as you’d hope they would be quite good on keeping colours separate. oh well.
i like the word ‘sorry’ at the top of this sign. makes it a bit less desperate than ‘please’
