We love our cats - mostly.  A week or so ago, though, they brought us a present that we certainly didn’t want: fleas.
Katya got the worst of them - bites all over her ankles.  The kids had a bite or two; and Andew got one on his forehead! Yikes!
So - Friday turned into a disinfect-the-house [...]

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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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Mummy arrived home this afternoon from the European Geosciences Union conference in Vienna, Austria.
She picked up the kids from nursery, who were trying hard not to show how excited they were to see her.
Tosha was fast asleep on the nursery’s chair and then sauntered over to her; Tolii finished what he was doing and then [...]

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The National Oceanographic Centre (NOC), formerly Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC), held its annual open day this Saturday during the Science and Engineering week festivities. There’s a few photos here; and, as usual, more photos, in our gallery.
It was a great opportunity for mummy to show Tolii and Tosha where she worked. Even though both [...]

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No, its not the noise of our “baby” Tosha - its mummy in extasy at the arrival of book 7 of Harry Potter this weekend!
A couple of late nights later and the whole thing has been read. Daddy tried the best he could to keep the kids out of the way of mummy…so, he [...]

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Andrew  ( , )

is a group leader at
was the photograph editor for the Whitchurch Design Statement
was educated at and
grew up in Whitby, Ontario, Canada
lives in Whitchurch, Hampshire, UK
met Katya through Entertaining London

Katya Popova

is a research scientist at
loves to model (oceans)
has read every Harry Potter book at least 10 [...]

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Mummy left this morning for her conference in Vienna. Tosha went to her side of the bed this morning and said “Mummy? Gone!”
Tolii and Tosha spent the day at Finkley (where else!?). The highlight for Tosha was a trip down the very high tunnel slide (Tolii’s favourite). Tosha rode down with [...]

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Yesterday, we celebrated our fourth anniversary with a night out! We dared ourselves to get further than the borders of Whitchurch. Granny came over to babysit. We each pocketed our mobiles and headed out to…Overton, the next town over.
Oh no! The Thai restaurant appeared to be closed! Should we go [...]

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