(Posting on Sunday evening as I have to make an early start tomorrow.) Outside My Window ... a perfect early summer's evening. Blue ski...

For the first time Angel's school are moving her cohort up from Year 9 to Year 10 for the last half term (seven weeks) of the academic y...

Twice. Then I did this ... And this ... And this ... And this ... Does that make me a cool and intrepid Mum? Or just an insane middle aged w...

The Rosary: Keeping Company With Jesus and Mary by Karen Edmisten I first met Karen way back when the internet was young - well before her ...

Some pictures from our trip to Legoland on Friday. Cherub wasn't as worried as she looks in this photo - she was just ignoring my sugges...

Outside My Window ... grey skies replacing the beautiful blue we have enjoyed over the weekend. I am thinking ... how can it possibly be ...

Finished book titles are blue, with those completed since my last post in bold; books in my current reading pile are green. I fixed on hist...

One of the things I like about Angel's school is that it is good at teaching students how to learn. This week Angel's year have had...

Scientific name: Silene dioica Family: Caryophylloceae Flowers: May to September I just love the folk names for British wildflowers. Here ar...

Over the last week I have dipped a toe into Montessori with Cherub, offering her a couple of simple activities from Teach Me To Do It Myself...

Here is Angel's floor routine, thank to K-next-door. Her camera is higher tech than mine and has sound. She also knows how to work it, w...

Yesterday Angel took part in her first gymnastics competition for five years. I had forgotten what a long haul these can be. This one ran ov...

Outside My Window ... leaves fluttering in the breeze. Looks like another day of changeable weather. Could do anything! I am thinking ......

____________________ 1. Tevye wants to know how it is that I can recite, from memory and in order, the entire shopping list I wrote hours a...

... about something that bugs me. Teenagers. Not the kids themselves, but attitudes to them. If I had a pound for every time someone has gro...

Scientific name: Ajuga reptans Family: Lamiaceae Flowers: April to July The Bugle Fairy At the edge of the woodland Where good fairies dwell...

In response to overwhelming demand (OK, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but a request is a request and I like to keep my readers happy)...

Outside My Window ... sunny and breezy. I am thinking ... about doing some Montessori stuff with Cherub once she turns three. From the le...

Scientific name: Stellaria holostea Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowers: April to June Lots and lots of these pretty flowers in the woods today,...

... or so last night's episode of my recurring dream would seem to indicate. We were looking round a house with a view to buying it. Th...