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Spoons

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Hannah

The temperature has dropped. There are reports of snow up on the moors. I have a little scrap of thin plastic attached to my NHS issue raincoat which is supposedly a hood. It doesn’t do much to protect me from … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends | Tagged bare trees, children, cold, daughters, dessertspoon, district nursing, little spoon, moors, mum, NHS issue, parenting, raincoat, small spoon, snow, spoons, teaspoon, temperatures drop, three year old, yellow leaves, yoghurt | Comments Off

Crackle and sputter

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Hannah

The rain stopped and the clouds cleared just in time for our bonfire night celebrations on Saturday. We snuggled up around the fire in my mum and dad’s garden, fingers warmed by mugs of hot soup. In the distance fireworks … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Uncategorized | Tagged baked potatoes, bonfire night, burger relish, communal space, embers, family, fire, fireworks, gunpowder smell, Hannah Foley, marshmallows, mugs, music, parenting, school fireworks display, soup, telling stories | Comments Off

Tin Coast

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Hannah

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 | Comments Off

Heralding the sun

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Hannah

It is dark now when I head out on my bike in the mornings. I nearly tripped over the hedgehog in the middle of the lawn this morning. I think we both gave each other quite a shock. By the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Wildlife | Tagged autumn, bike ride, brushing teeth, chimneys, cycling, dark mornings, garden, hedgehog, last minute wees, lunch box, morning routine, parenting, PE kit, permission slips, putting coats on, putting shoes on, rooftops, school run, sky, stillness, sunrise, washing faces | Comments Off

Wet girl

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Hannah

At the weekend we watched the surging grey seas smash onto the rocks as we climbed up to the top of the cliffs at Sidmouth and I made a mental note to pack extra sets of clothes for Little Owl’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends | Tagged adventures, cliffs, mud, parenting, rain, rough sea, school residential, school trip, sea, sidmouth, sisters, waves | Comments Off

Three Brown Eggs

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Hannah

The weather has taken an autumnal turn this week just as the children have gone back to school. One of my patients sent them each a brown egg from her hens to start the term. I was unsure whether to … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends | Tagged autumn, barbers, brown eggs, carpets ruined, children, dried in hair, dried on, gift, magnetic putty, new term, parenting, putty, school, sheets ruined, slime | Comments Off

Vegetable robots

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Hannah

Little Owl won third place for her vegetable robot at the Allotment Association Show last weekend. Her’s was the cucumber one. She won a whole pound coin in prize money. Finch’s chest heaved as he wrestled with his pride of … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Growing things | Tagged allotment, allotment association, allotment association show, beetroot, calendula, cinnabar caterpillars, cinnabar moths, companion planting, cucumber, family, gardening, groundsel, grow your own, horticultural show, marigolds, nasturtiums, parenting, sweet peas, vegetable robot, weeding, weeds, wildlife | 1 Comment

Scrapes

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Hannah

There was a time, with small children, where I felt as though I was in continual scrapes. Some of them were so ridiculous and laughable that I half expected a candid camera crew to jump out. I’ve written about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside, Family and friends | Tagged a38, accident, allotment, Brownies, candid camera, carrots, dahlias, devon, Devon bank, directions, google maps, hedgerow, lanes, lost, loudspeaker, national express coach, parenting, parenting fail, passing place, phone, sat nav, splatford split, stuck, summer, summer holidays, swimming lesson, wrong direction | 3 Comments

West Dart

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Hannah

Down in this valley, amongst the trees, is the West Dart. Not long after this point the West Dart joins with the East Dart to form the River Dart, from which Dartmoor gets its name. This weekend we camped on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adventure stories, camping, children, east dart, family, fish, fresh air, hot choclate, kids, laughter, marshmallows, parenting, rapids, river, river dart, rope swing, swimming, tadpoles, west dart, wild swimming | 1 Comment

Sunbathing

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Hannah

What a June it is turning out to be! We went to a local pub for lunch with some friends for Father’s Day. Inevitably the children could only sit at the table for limited length of time so we headed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged allotment, beer garden, birds, children, community nursing, district nursing, father's day, frog, gardening, golden mornings, grasses, june, manure pile, nature, parenting, pub, pub lunch, rain, river, rounds, slow worm, slow worms, sunbathing, sunshine, visits, water meadow, wildlife | 5 Comments

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