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Camping With Coops for His 40th

Long gone are the days of “back-pack camping”, when you go camping with whatever you could carry on your back – away from civilisation, miles from the nearest road, deep in the Siberian forests or the North-West Territories.
Things were simple those days: a tent, box of matches, two saucepans, spoon, knife, aluminum mug, sleeping bag [...]

Easter on the Meadow

It has become a tradition for us to head down to the Millennium Meadow to meet with other families on Easter weekend. Katya organizes an Easter Egg hunt which gets more challenging every year!
This year, she built lovely Easter bunny “nests” and put the chocolates in them; the nests were then spread around the [...]

Tosha Parties with Daniel

Tosha’s good friend from nursery, Daniel, celebrated his forth birthday today at Animal Dramatics, located near Aldermaston.
There was lots of animals to feed – his favourite: the goats – and even Santa’s reindeer were there!  Many kids rode a pony about the place; but not Tosha.  He didn’t even want his face painted.  His mind [...]

Red Leaves on Acer

Our Japanese Maple (Acer) tree is turning a lovely set of colours this autumn, just like so many trees in Hampshire, and likely all of the UK.

Tolii Wonders About Apples

Says Tolii, while sitting on the top bunk beside Autumn, who was visiting for the Pumpkin Party: “Why don’t apples have bones?”.
Queried I right back: “Why do some people call tomatoes ‘meaty‘?”
How quick the topic turned to other things…