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strawberries           tuesday 15th may posted by hannah

 

Eating strawberries with Nico.

 

 

 

 

new home           monday 14th may posted by hannah

 

Mark, Louise, James & Maisie have a new home. They took possession of it on Friday and by the end of the weekend five rows of potatoes and shallots had been planted.

 

 

 

 

nicola's big day            saturday 12th may posted by hannah

 

My friend Nicola got married today :-)

 

 

 

 

hawthorn           friday 11th may posted by hannah

 

 

 

 

gilbert           wednesday 9th may posted by hannah

 

We were looking forward to a curry tomorrow night with Paul and Charlotte to help encourage their baby into the world but he had other plans!

Welcome to the world Gilbert, we're looking forward to getting to know you.

 

 

 

 

so grown up!                tuesday 8th may posted by hannah

 

Our boy is so big! He's learning to put together sentences and the best of today's were: "the sun comes in the morning" and "bye-bye, soon-back, tomorrow!"

 

 

 

 

garden working party III               monday 7th may posted by hannah

 

There can't be many gardens that have changed as much as ours this bank holiday weekend. We've finished off the turf today and connected up our new sprinkler! Hooray! It is done and we're looking forward to many happy days sitting on the grass. Thank-you to; Adam, Pip, Paula, Roger, Helen, Pam, Chris, Cherrie, James, Charlotte, Paul, Tom, Tash, Pete, Kara, Ian, Rob, Rach, Hannah, Caleb, Heather and all the children.

We couldn't have done it without you. More photos here

 

 

 

 

garden working party II                sunday 6th may posted by hannah

 

After 20 hours of shovelling by 13 people (and 11 children), tonight we are making progress and the first of the turf has been laid. We've eaten 8 loaves of bread, 4 cakes and 3 dozen sausages, shifted 60 concrete slabs and 16 tonnes of hardcore - but there's light at the end of the tunnel now!

 

 

 

 

garden working party I                saturday 5th may posted by hannah

 

This weekend we are having a working party to banish the gravel and lay some turf in the garden. Today has been quite challenging and not a little dispiriting as what we thought was a thin layer of gravel on top of a membrane, turned out to be a thin layer of gravel on top of a membrane, on top of bricks, on top of hardcore.

 

 

 

 

playing trains                 friday 4th may posted by hannah

 

We've found a tunnel in the playground at Ingleton which makes the perfect setting for an imaginary game of trains. This is Daniel pretending to be an engine!

 

 

 

 

family photo                 thursday 3rd may posted by hannah

 

More bluebells!

 

 

 

 

blossom                wednesday 2nd may posted by hannah

 

This tree is in full bloom outside the back of one of the village pubs. When we saw it, the wind was blowing petals to the ground and it looked like it was snowing. Better still, a kitten was trying to bat the petals as they fell. It would have been a terrific photo but we missed it! The tree is still pretty on it's own though.

 

 

 

 

giddy-up daddy!                 tuesday 1st may posted by hannah

 

It's May - Hooray! Now we can all cast our clouts! I hope you're day has been full of sunshine. It's been 21°C here today.