“Take this society” – photo credit: eddiedangerous via photopin cc Banksy’s street art is feted in Britain. If you see one – then quickly take a photo. It might be painted over by local authorities. Or even other graffiti artists. ‘Take this society’ was painted on a roundabout in west London in 2008. Within days […]
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What I miss most from my last London home is how I could display my kids’ art like a masterpiece in the family room. As it’s the end of the school year and they’ve brought home lots of artwork from their classes, I’ve been thinking how I want a large frame again in our next
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My son is wild about snakes. I’m the opposite. His continual requests for a real snake as a pet are turned down by me. But Theo is thrilled as in this past week alone he has held a real snake twice. Yesterday he held a corn snake at a small zoo near his grandparents’ home
I’m a major scuba fanatic so I’ve wanted to instill underwater love in my children since they’re itsy bitsy by reading them under the sea themed kids books. Actually I’ve rarely had the chance to scuba dive since they were born but I’m hoping when they’re older we’ll all spend quality time together under the
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We’re moving to a new home in the Hamptons this week and one thing I will miss is the constant show put on by the wildlife in my garden. And in the field and small copse behind the fence. I was just sitting outside on my porch and watched two squirrels, two chipmunks, a turtle,
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I recently discovered John Burningham. Yes, I admit I used the word discovered . John Burningham is one of Britain’s most prestigious authors and illustrators of children’s books but I hadn’t really known about him. Then last year my sister gave me stacks and stacks of children’s books that her kids had outgrown. Two of
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