early morning swimming
When we bought this house the old endowments associated with our previous mortgage were no longer needed and we wanted to invest the money from them in this property (trying to be sensible). The kitchen was hanging by a thread so that got replaced and the children were given the choice of what the rest should be spent on. Their chosen pool has been a fantastic buy, on it’s 4th summer now, Charlotte being the most determined swimmer among us, beating her personal best every day!
from above
Wishes Come True Pie from the novel Hubble Bubble, very delicious even with some substitutions for things like grains of paradise and job’s tears 
root veg, nuts, seeds, grains, gravy topped with pastry
The Artists Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self - an intensely powerful and synchronistic way of clearing blocks, old psychological patterns and dysfunctions of the past. Get doing your morning pages, they're amazing!
fabulous guide to foraging in Britain.
amazing Russian books these: spirituality; growing; living naturally; raising children with love and respect; quite magical. Release any preconceived ideas of how life should be (or books) and create your space of love!
A very well researched novel which, alongside Picoult's usual 'heading to a trial' plot, explores many facets of and perspectives on Asperger's Syndrome. The potential and common effects of AS on siblings is especially well documented here. As gripping and informative a book as 
a great storehouse of food growing knowledge from Dirty Nails :)
"Girls just wanna have... wanna have fun...", and we still are :)
I’d love to have a garden even big enough to fit that, I’d love my own pool I dont do enough swimming because our local pool is heavily chlorinated and dirty, it’s a shame really.
I just showed John this blog post. He wants a pool just like that when we win the Lottery and move to a house with a bigger garden! The pie, however, I should manage very soon! It looks SO tasty! I’m just off to follow your link to find out more about that book!
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it is very cold in there though we are becoming very temperatur tough I think! just packing up Mariane for you Penny
Thanks, Lucy!
I’ll be watching out for the postie over the next few days!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the pool!
It’s not fair we are permanently too skint and have a teeny garden boohoo. You have such a lovely life.
I agree with the first post, my local pool stinks of pee, is filthy and heavily chlorinated too.
ah, there are unlovely aspects to our lives too… but they would be non-inspirational blogging! Focus on what we want and love
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do have some smaller intex pools too quite reasonably priced 
(and they would be a lot easier to put up and maintain)
Just a little blast from the past wave from me
Lovely pool! And still going strong!
xxx
what a lovely blast it is too
nice to ‘see’ you 