breakfast
here are lots of people eating nuts and other breakfast options
making guests feel welcome
jane has the gift of hospitality as can be seen in this photo,
Richard, along with his wife julia and daughter bethany, stayed the night at our house. Richard and Julia slept on the inflatable bed which takes about an hour of manual labour to inflate. By the time i had finished i was ready for bed.
Depending on what you think the photo looks like then it’s not what you think it looks like. it’s actually jane and richard checking whether there is enough air in the bed.
you’ll be pleased to know there was.
hillier gardens
we decided against sewage and went to hillier gadens instead. it was most excellent and the weather was excellent.
here is the entrance:
and here are jane and kezia amongst the folliage:
an idyllic location
i’ve just been researching what to do as a family activity today and this caught my eye. it’s the Reading Trail. Looking at the map, it looks like you get some good nature to observe:
sewage works, gravel pit, other works, a weir, a main road, a television trasmitter and some electricity pillons. what more could you want for in a family day out ?
a few of my favourite things
cheese and potato pie (mashed potato with cheese on), ketchup, top of the pops and subtitles. lovely.
boy 48
i found this yesterday, and can you believe it, i forgot about it until just now !
this is boy 48 and is now posted on davescollections
unpacked
just a few hours later, it’s like this. nature’s quite amazing really.
joy riders
i went with jane and kezia to take esther to school this morning so i know what to do. on the way back we saw this abandoned scooter.
i suspect it was abandoned by some 4 year old joyrider. it’s lucky it wasn’t set on fire. or perhaps it was an insurance write-off and is waiting for the local scooter garage to come and take it away.
jewels
so as to avoid making too much noise i popped outside whilst the kettle was boiling and was amazed by all the little water droplets on the lawn. they looked fantastic and the lawn was covered in them. these pictures don’t really do them justice.
morning silence
i’m working from home today which usually involves getting up early and trying to put some hours behind me before the family wakes up.
that’s my best working time and it also means i can finish my working day earlier.
sitting wirelessly in our dining room, listing to Air’s Moon Safari very quietly in the background i spot the door stop.
i know that if i pull it back and let it go it will make the most amazing boinging noise and wake the whole family up.
i know that’s a very bad idea, but now i’ve got the idea in my head it’s difficult not to do it …
green hedge, blue sky, black bird
as i walked back to my house this evening there were loads of fresh baby birds making their first excited airborne voyage. they sang nice tunes to celebrate the gift of flight
umbrolly knife
a vicious unbrella handle:
fire safety
this van sells stand-by fire protection. i was glad to see this in action. it’s a street based fire extinguisher.
the word on the street
here’s a piece of paper with some writing on it. i thought it was referring to Jags at a little chef, but i don’t think it is.
tripping hazard
here’s a comedy thing. it’s two guys at either side of the road holding a piece of string between them. the string was a few centimetre off the ground a represented a significant tripping hazard.
i wondered if it was a cunning trick to make people trip over in the middle of the road (perhaps they work for the local funeral directors, or were resting paramedics).
they would have been better off doing this kind of thing on the pavement. if they had lifted the string high enough they could have knocked people’s hats off.
If they were trying to catch cars then i don’t think a piece of string is the answer. that’s like trying to catch an oil tanker with a kids fishing net. sort of.
