Archive for February 17th, 2008

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Fire and Ice

February 17, 2008

Blowing hot and cold, we’ve had a lot of fun today,

a little scientific experiment the boys wanted to make a flame thrower,

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it worked, as you can see.

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For your information, after extensive field trials, cornflower was found towork best, blown through a length of copper pipe

I got chance to take some photographs, whist we were out at the fell races this morning, icicles at a weir

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Red leaves in the river

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When we got home, Tom found some ice in a bucket

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Which we played around with in the setting sun

Leaves. in ice

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Then Joe smashed it to bits, which he toughly enjoyed, all in all a very nice day.

Sunset

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Blessings, count them

February 17, 2008

It’s been very cold over night, -4.1c  and it’s a bright and beautiful morning

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I’m setting off in a few minutes to be an enthusiastic parent,  standing  and cheering  at the finish line of a junior fell race, whilst I am there I shall count my blessings