Are flower fairies real? Yes they are according to my young daughter and many other children of the 21st century. Especially the flower fairies painted by British illustrator Cicely Mary Barker. Ninety years after her first fairies made their appearance in the Flower Fairies of the Spring they are still flying through gardens and amongst […]
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A couple sat in chairs on the river front while geese passed by on the Canadian border in New York State.
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My son likes to eat breakfast like a king. My daughter, on the other hand, usually dines like a pauper early in the day rather than a queen. And talking about kings and queens when is the Royal one due? As a former news editor I can tell you that most newsrooms are now worrying
It’s called the New Forest but it’s ancient and magical to visit with kids. When I was young, I spent weekends and many holidays sailing in the waters off its shore. My father was a keen sailor so we kept our boat in Lymington, a Georgian market town on the southern edge of the New
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When my kids were born in London, there was often confusion when I was talking with family in the US about British baby strollers. My conversations roughly went like this: “You say baby carriage, I say pram… What I need is the best pushchair for my babies…that is.. a buggy…I mean a stroller.” Baby carriages,
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Two guinea pigs, one black mynah bird and a snake come to stay when Polly sets up a holiday home for pets in The Snake who Came to Stay written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Hannah Shaw. The opening line is: “A snake?” said Mum. “A snake? No, you’re not looking after a snake.” The
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