110/365 10+3=14

Jodie likes playing in tents made from a throw over the back of a couple of chairs. The late afternoon sun catches her busily writing out sums for me to do - I have to pretend I am at school. I also have to make sure I don't get all of them right. 10+3=14!

Note the little fairy cake wrapper ;0)

109/365 Baby snail

This little critter appeared this afternoon on an old Belfast sink Jodie and I cleaned up ready for planting. Needless to say I grabbed the camera quick before he slithered away - he is so tiny!

That's Jodie's index finger to show scale.

108/365 A Russian for the day

Oliver took part in a re-enactment event near York today. We could not have been made more welcome by MC who I had contacted several weeks ago with a view to Oliver getting involved. Now Oliver wants to join, M & C have given him some kit to get him started and Oliver has already been browsing decomissioned weapons on the internet! This shot shows him with a borrowed weapon. There will be an album on Picasa soon of the whole day - we had a fantastic time. Many thanks to MC for everything, and to brothers C & C as well for looking after him all day. See you at Whittington! Brilliant!

See http://www.orlik.org.uk/HOMEPAGE.htm for details of the group, The Russians, a la Dr Zhivago.

107/365 New boots

Tomorrow, Oliver will become a Russian, just for the day. We shall be attending a re-enactment event at a history festival near York. He'll be joining a Russian re-enactment group, wearing some kit on loan, manning the machine gun noise box which replicates the sound of a machine gun on the battlefield, and also taking part in the grand history parade. He needed military-style boots and we found the perfect pair yesterday, soft leather so they shouldn't rub, and they were a good price too. Tomorrow's pic will probably be of the event.

Meanwhile - after we arrived at the B&B, we went for a stroll up the road towards a barracks (which is in the background here) and Jodie wanted her picture taken by the postbox, and Oliver joined her (quick - press that shutter!) and Mark did too. With recent proposed changes in the law with regard to photography and terrorism... a shot like this could land me in big trouble! Do I look like a terrorist to you?? ;0)

106/365 Mark

I decided it was past time that my hubby was blogged! So here is Mark, chilling in our conservatory earlier today.

105/365 Shade #210, Ethereal

Us girls, we re-did our nails today. I rarely wear nail polish, but for last Sunday's wedding Jodie and I both wore this shade, it was Jodie's first time. As it's still the holidays I said she could have her nails done again. She keeps very still while I apply it and doesn't move her hands at all until I say its ok. After they were done I dropped her off at a friend's house for afternoon tea with several of her school friends. They had a great time.

104/365 To Let

Our current neighbours have finally found a house to buy and so we may soon have new neighbours. We wish S, L, R & S much happiness in their new home and hope they keep in touch. We have been very lucky with neighbours here, we could not have wished for friendlier ones. When we moved here in 1995, Mrs N handed me a jar of home-made marmalade over the fence, and she had written 'Welcome' on the label.

103/365 Laptop Central

Alex & Lauren, surfing the net, facebooking, etc etc... Since my brother married Suzanne yesterday I figured out that Lauren is now my step-neice, seeing as her Mum is now my sister-in-law. Wedding pics abound on facebook from almost everyone who attended the wedding seems like! When I arrived at Suzanne & Rol's house this afternoon Suzanne was just looking at mine on the Picasa page. Everyone had a great time, and they're all tired but happy ;0)