Posted in Derbyshire, Family, Photography, Thoughts, Travel, Trees, Winter on December 20, 2009 | 10 Comments »
A very pleasant couple of hours, spent drinking mulled wine and eating mince pies at a neighbours house this afternoon. Then we all meandered our way home*
The snow came today, all the usual roads are closed the A57 ‘Snake Pass’, the A532 ‘Cat and Fiddle’ There wasn’t much moving in the lane either
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Posted in Family, Food on December 12, 2009 | 11 Comments »
‘The oven chips will need another five minutes or so.’ That was my parting shot as I left my men folk to their own devices with supper last night. Apparently in my absence there was some discussion about the fact that I’d put insufficient chips in the Aga, given that all three have hearty appetites [...]
Posted in Birds, Family, Food, Garden, Weather, Winter on December 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
How can I spend £164 in the supermarket* and yet not know what to make for the boys tea?
The birds have stripped the pink rowan of it’s berries.
I always find it very reassuring that next years buds are ready and waiting for spring.
*OK so it was Waitrose, and not Aldi, but I do [...]
Posted in Education, Family, History, Photography, Thoughts on November 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Joe had some homework to do, an art project, he had to produce five photographs of modern or contemporary architecture, which is a bit tricky around here, as things tend to look rather vernacular in style; unless you count the ugly tin shed down by the canal that trades under the brand of Tescos; I [...]
Posted in Autumn, Away Days, Derbyshire, Drystone walls, Family, Fell running, Lake District, Photography, Thoughts, Trees, Weather on November 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
It has been a stormy night and I am very glad we have adopted ‘Plan B’, if we’d managed to pull off ‘Plan A’ the house would not have a roof on at the moment, it would be bound in scaffold and swathed in tarpaulins and I doubt any of us would have got much [...]
Posted in Derbyshire, Dogs, Family, Thoughts, dyslexia on November 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Spud and Joe walking home*
It was parents evening at Joes school recently, it went very well, which is great news because school hasn’t always been a happy place for Joe. Mr Uhdd was fair glowing with pride when he got home; for not only had Joe received a good report, the head stopped Mr [...]
Posted in Autumn, Derbyshire, Family, Farming, Fell running, Field studies, Thoughts, Weather on November 1, 2009 | 15 Comments »
People tell me Springer Spaniels are ‘all weather dogs’ ready for the off what ever the conditions. But when I opened the door this morning to let Spud out for a pee, he took one look at the raging storm and sat his bum down firmly on the door mat and shot me a ‘I’m [...]
Posted in Devon, Dogs, Family on October 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
We didn’t take Spud down to Devon with us, we stayed overnight with friends and we felt some of his puppy ways were a bit unreasonable to foist upon them (or more accurately, their carpets!)
We missed him, we know he would have loved to charge along the beach
There were a few dogs around, [...]
Posted in Away Days, Devon, Family, Landscape, Sea, Thoughts, Waters Edge, Weather on October 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We’ve been away, to south Devon, it’s a place that all our family loves, but sadly the purpose of our visit was a family funeral, sad and emotional as it was, it was never the less a funeral that had just the right sense of place and celebration of life.
We arrived in good time [...]
Posted in Dogs, Family on October 19, 2009 | 47 Comments »
And should he be on the sofa? It depends who you ask.
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