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Still here!
Hello. I’m still here – just slightly overwhelmed with work, study and life and not able to find the time to extract words from my fingers at the moment… But I did want to take a minute to share a … Continue reading
Posted in family, photography
Tagged birthday, dinosaur, Little Pea, mystery, photography, photoshop
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A ‘relaxing weekend’ Our Towers style
‘Let’s have a relaxing weekend’ we said. ‘We’ll have no small people here, no university, no half marathons….let’s just relax.’ That’s what we said, proving that what we say has no bearing on what we do. What we did was: … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, DIY, gardening, Pog Life
Tagged DIY, family, gardening, Himself, idiot, kitchen, new house, ouch, our stamp, Our Towers, pond, power washer, random fish, relaxing, shed, shed building
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Some things that made me smile
Yesterday Himself and I finished out Photoshop course. I still don’t really know how I feel about it (is it a tool to cheat?), but I have learned how to remove a second head from mine: … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged adult education, eggs, free range eggs, photos, photoshop, pretty eggs, Sister 2, smiles
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A weekend of weirdness
What’s the weirdest birthday you’ve ever had? I think mine was this one just gone – Friday in fact. While I got to spend quite a bit of it with my family, that was because we were at my uncle’s … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, hypnotherapy, Pog Life, study
Tagged birthday, birthday cake, diploma, family, Himself, hypnotherapy, learning, Little Wisp, mature student, psychotherapy, scared, Sister 1, sister2, study, university
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Demolition at Our Towers
Yesterday, we decided it would be nice to have a relaxing Sunday, so we got out out a hammer and a crow bar and I can confirm with authority that you can get from one very rotten shed: To a … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, DIY, exercise, gardening
Tagged demolition, DIY, fire, fire starter, Himself, new house, Our Towers, relaxing Sunday, rotten shed, shed
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Correcting noo noos on IWD
Once every week or so I venture into the office. Despite a (very) early start, the fact that I have to miss my run and having to wear grown up clothes, there’s usually at least one thing that makes it … Continue reading
A weekend of many boys
The weekend was due to be the weekend of many boys….but snow, freezing rain and multiple accidents on motorways meant I couldn’t get to Little Pea on Friday. The weather wasn’t going to completely beat us though and I left … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, Beachville, Bumpkinsville, family, sewing, step mum
Tagged Auntie Pog, beach, birthday, birthday cake, Daddy W, Himself, Little Pea, Little Wisp, Mummy W, Pogimal, seaside, Sister 1, Sister 2, sleepover, Small Boy, sock animal, step mum
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Photoshopping things
I always thought Photoshop was cheating. I still kind of think that, but part way through a term of Photoshop classes, I also think it’s quite fun and a lot more complicated that I imagined it would be (especially ‘colouring … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, photography, Pog Pictures
Tagged adult education, evening class, Himself, lesson, photographs, photoshop, phtography
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Snowy bits and pieces
‘It never snows in Beachville’, Himself informed me. This was Monday night: ‘Well, not very much at all’, He said. And Tuesday morning the penguins started to disappear: But Norman loved it (Really. He bounced around like a puppy ): … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, Beachville, Pog Life, Pog Pictures
Tagged Americans, Beachville, Himseld, Little Pea, London, Pretty, snow, working from home
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Pond overhauls and rabbits of doom
For those of you interested in the things we’re doing to Our Towers, Saturday morning it was about the pond. And Rabbits. Rabbits of Doom…. But first the pond. We went from this: To this: Via this: (Which was very … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, gardening
Tagged garden ornaments, gardening, new house, Our Towers, pond, rabbits of doom
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