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Rain
This is a photo from half term. I sat on the beach in the sunshine while the children pottered about in the shallows. No one needed a wee or a snack, no one was having a meltdown, no one was … Continue reading
Half term
The word ‘half term’ has lost a bit of its significance during lockdown. I mean, is it half term? Are we sure? Is it still May? And what day of the week is it anyway? But no, it’s definitely half … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged blue tits, buttercups, childcare, children, countryside, COVID-19, devon, grandparents, half term, holiday clubs, keyworker children, keyworkers, meadow, parenting, phased return, pod, schools, swifts, uniforms
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Buttercup strength
I had a bit of a slump in spirits last week. Nothing had particularly changed, and perhaps that was the problem. There’s only so long you can go on gritting your teeth. Things remained intense, challenging, hot, and confined. And … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged buttercups, children, courage, COVID-19, dispirited, hugs, kisses, leaves, lockdown restrictions, mum, parenting, slump, son
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A bright pebble
I found this pebble hidden on the path outside one of my visits this week. The neighbour’s front window was open a small crack. Inside the house, children’s heads bobbed around the windowsill, trying to hide, but desperate to see. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, community, COVID-19, daffodil, daffodil pebble, district nurse, family, home schooling, home visits, keyworker, nurse, painted pebble, smile pebble
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This time last week…
How strange to read back my blog post of last week. Was that only last week? It feels a life time ago. Back then, we were planning provisional childcare arrangements but we had imagined the lockdown to still be a … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, author, author event, blog, cat, cat hat, childcare, children, children's books, COVID-19, delayed publication, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, lockdown, looking back, middle grade fiction, mystery, nerves, parenting, primary school, publication, school, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle
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Odd times
Well, these are odd times indeed, aren’t they? I have had my nursing hat on over the last three days, operating under a cloud of contingency planning and training, while running around to make up for the absence of self-isolating … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged author event, birthday tea, childcare, children, community nurse, contingency planning, Corona Virus, COVID-19, dystopia, frontline staff, local businesses, NHS, NHS staff, nurse, planning, quarantine, restaurant, seeds, self-isolating, sweet peas, tomato seeds, windowsill
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Writing on walls
Despite the wet and wild weather we had a lovely half term and a great trip to London. Here is Finch and his cousin scrawling on a giant chalkboard at the South Bank Centre. When Finch saw it, he couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged children, family, half term, library, library books, london, paper, parenting, Southbank Centre, St Pauls, writing, writing on furniture, writing on ornaments, writing on walls
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Tin Coast
Having grown up in a seaside town I have a pathological aversion to anything touristy so Cornwall has never really appealed. I went on a school trip to St Ives once, and I’ve been through Cornwall lots of times to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged atlantic ocean, autumn, bal maidens, board games, Bottalack, Cape Cornwall, children, cliff tops, Cornwall, cottage, family, family time, getting away from it all, gorse, holiday, holiday cottage, Hot Chocolate, Levant mine, log burner, miners cottages, mining, parenting, penzance, perspective, Poldark, Porthcurno, reflection, scilly isles, sea, squalls, St Ives, thick walls, time, Tin Coast, tin mining, waves, weather
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