No sooner had grandpa arrived that he departed…for a splendid day out on the Mid-Hants Watercress Line!
The weather, was bland, bordering on pouring rain (luckily not until we got home).  However, that made for some great lighting for my photos — see our gallery!
This is a steam train line that has many engines and rolling [...]

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It was Tristan’s 3rd birthday party yesterday afternoon (its 2am and I’m just back from the pub celebrating with his dad, Coops).
No matter what Tristan thought of his bash, I have to say it was the coolest 3rd birthday party I’ve ever been to without being arrested for a firearms offense.
I mean, to give a [...]

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Its been a complete shock to us.  For years (well, two) Tosha has point-blank refused to eat fruits and veggies. There had been rumours that he had fruit up at the Oak Tree nursery, but we didn’t believe them.
He reminds me of my childhood: for years, I’d only eat hot-dogs.  Favourites: smothered in peanut butter; [...]

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I’ve lost track of how many Power Picnics we’ve hosted over at the Millennium Meadow.  I think today was the third.  Sorry, yesterday.  I really must start these blogs entries earlier, lest I fall further behind — forgive me…I was listening to music while sprawled on the sofa with my feet and legs twinging from [...]

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Today, it was my turn to introduce another generation of Reeves-Halls (and a Popova) to the wonders of a magical airshow.  Okay, probably more magical to me because of the nostalgia angle (hey, I am 40 now).
Photos, as usual, are in this website’s photos section — better: look at them in our new gallery!
The parking [...]

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Tosha earned his “Ducklings Award Grade 1″ certificate today at his swim lessons.  You might remember that he put up a bit of a fuss at his first lesson…well, he calmed down and got on with the business of learning to swim!
Today, Tolii, too, earned his latest, and last, Ducklings certificate: Grade 5.  Now its [...]

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Tolii graduated from the Oak Tree nursery this evening. Friends can see all the graduation photos in our gallery (remember to log in there).
Its off to Whitchurch Primary school for him come mid-September.  In the meantime, he can now coast through the rest of his summer at the nursery….
Tolii’s A-Levels (Attending Lunch, eating voraciously, even [...]

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Our cats, Snape and Lyra turn 1 year old this month.  We’re not sure which day exactly that they were born; just the month.
So, in celebration, Lidl had a sale of cat toys!  We picked up a couple…
The boys were super excited to help assemble them and give them to Snape and Lyra as their [...]

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This town of ours keeps on wow-ing us. Today was the first carnival and procession in the town since 1996 - and you could tell the event has been sorrily missed. The king, queen, prince and princesses were all in attendance, too!
The creativity and fun shown was second to none. Heck, it [...]

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Last night I finished off the video from my 40th birthday party.
There was so much video of Coops going down the slide that I made a video just of him.
Both videos can be found in our website’s photo and video gallery.  Double-click on them to see them full-screen. Enjoy!
(you can read all about the party [...]

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Every year we get along to Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey to enjoy their Art in the Garden.  See our full set of photos in our gallery.
Sadly, we were disappointed with the 2008 event; There just weren’t many art installations; and those we saw were either on the same theme as last year or [...]

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Tolii and Tosha camped out in the backyard last night.
Our cats, Snape and Lyra, were most interested in this adventure.  They slipped between the outer and inner parts of the tent roof and started jumping on any fingers swipped across it.  The boys learned quickly not to sleep anywhere near the edges of the tent!
It [...]

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This weekend we hosted our second “Power Picnic” on Whitchurch’s Millennium Meadow.  The idea is to get a few friends together and head down to the town’s beautiful meadow for some volunteer work mowing the lawn - plus having a BBQ and a few beers.
We had been concentrating our efforts around the little stream that [...]

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This afternoon, we joined up with Kudrat and most of his kids to have a “power picnic” on the Millennium Meadow.  As usual, there are lots of photos of the event!
The power was supplied by the turbo-charged (it seemed) power lawn mower owned by the Millennium Green Trust. The picnic was supplied by Katya.
Andrew [...]

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Both this morning and evening we went to White Hill, near Kingsclere to walk a part of the Wayfarers’ Walk.  It was a spectacular place for taking photos!
Granny came along for the morning hike up the path heading west from the road. It was quite steep!
Afterwards, we headed over to the nearby National Trust [...]

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