Category Archives: films

polytunnels and taps

By Lucy | Published March 6, 2010

Weve had a few spring-like days now, causing me to dig over some ground for the little polytunnel and clean and set up the coldframe to let the ground warm up for salad seeds. Browsing Suttons trying to decide what to plant this year – will have more room with extra raised beds… this really [...]

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lovely herbs and the unintended

By Lucy | Published February 9, 2010

Cat has a wonderful new website: The Tasty Herbalist - go see
Strange day today where a slight disaster led to us doing totally unintended things such as visiting the Wallace and Gromit exhibition at Satrosphere. It was very good, also being about other animation and techniques etc.

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swan lake

By Lucy | Published February 6, 2010

There were swans on the loch yesterday

Had a lovely day with friends morphing into a very balletic afternoon which was great fun. It’s been wonderful rediscovering ballet being for enjoyment, rather than an eternal striving (not to mention starving) for perfection. Looked out the old class music etc. I have but it’s all on cassettes [...]

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little logs

By Lucy | Published December 20, 2009

recipe here. Go very well with A Muppet Christmas Carol, lots of snow outside and a roaring fire :D

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getting a bit festive

By Lucy | Published December 11, 2009

Charlotte’s mince pies and chocolate logs made by a friend… said logs went very well with A Christmas Carol in 3D. Wonderful film, amazing having snow falling all round us like that

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ice and woodland Advent

By Lucy | Published December 2, 2009

Been very cold here!
Here’s a cool and free advent calendar for kids from The Woodland Trust with different outdoor activities for each day
We watched RV: Runaway Vacation with Robin Williams – a great film with a home ed family in it, all really enjoyed it.
and I just have to…

Fruit & Nut Dark Chocolate [...]

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just when you worry that the world is mad…

By Lucy | Published September 30, 2009

…with stories of a dinner lady sacked for telling the truth about bullying (I can vouch for such an act being akin to this, though stoning is done with tongues and a twisting of the truth these days in this country) and two policewomen being prevented from looking after each others children by Ofsted…
Worry no [...]

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spring

By Lucy | Published March 24, 2009

Loving the original 80s series of Brideshead Revisited just now - refreshingly non-dumbed down.

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Standing with Stones

By Lucy | Published February 28, 2009

This is a wonderful documentary about Britain and Ireland’s ancient sites. A very mellow and informative watch… inspires you to get out there and explore the ancient past in your own area. It includes the better known sites but also many lesser heard of ones with stories from local folklore, the presenter’s theories and observations… a [...]

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lovely things

By Lucy | Published February 4, 2009

 
Not been feeling very blogworthy but I have been putting together these things, old and new that weve enjoyed, used, made or found or refound in the last weeks.
Being properly ill for the first time in years had me digging out The New Holistic Herbal – had this book since the children were small, it is [...]

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