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 [...]

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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.

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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…

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We threw a small pumpkin party this evening ~ some of our good friends came by to enjoy the festivities, which included pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin soup.
Tosha’s friend Tristan came as Spiderman; his sister, Autumn, Tolii’s friend, came dressed as Harry Potter (and mum Carole was a very convincing Mrs. McGonagal); their father, Richard, “Coops” [...]

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Pirate Tosha celebrated his 3rd birthday on the Millennium Meadow - a bit ahead of schedule because best friend Joshua is heading out on holiday.  Many more photos are in our gallery.
Everyone was dressed for the occasion…except for our boys who point-blank refused any costumes.  And what costumes there were!

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This weekend we stayed well within the known Whitchurch area (unlike last weekend). Tosha’s friend Tristan brought along his sister Autumn and his mum and dad (Carole and Richard) for a walk along the Test River path and into the Millennium Meadow.
It was a gorgeous spring day in the middle of winter: sunny and [...]

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Earlier this month, Tristan (Tosha’s friend from nursery) came over with his older sister Autumn. Everyone had a blast playing around our house; no more so than Autumn who directed everyone to start washing all our stepping stones in the garden.
The thought was well placed, but not unfortunately, the water. Buy, hey, what [...]

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This autumn has been spectacular for the colour of the foliage around us! There were a few frosty nights a little while ago, and now it is pretty mild - ideal for having, and photographing, the changing landscape.
On Saturday, after Tolii’s regular swim lessons, we had a delicious pub lunch at The Bush Inn, [...]

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