Blogging posts on British country, city and home life with children.
I’m going to confess straight away that I was rather thrilled when I was offered a wood watch by JORD to review. The Cora Series Zebrawood & Rose woman’s wood watch was perfect for my winter time wardrobe. After all my life now is often all about trees and roses. I live in a valley […]
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According to my twins and their friends “epic” means ten times awesome and extra special. Needless to say, I was rather pleased when my eight-year-old son’s reaction to the results of a planned bedroom makeover was a big smile and one word – “Epic!” When my son Theo was four he graduated from a junior
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In 2000 the London Wetland Centre was opened and became a wildlife oasis in the middle of London’s suburbia. Wetlands are the primary source of drinking water for people and wildlife.” The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) The 42 hectare site was turned into wetlands and gardens which are now home to birds, bats, frogs and
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I bought this book to give as a gift but had to keep it. There are 50 illustrations by the painter Hannah Dale of baby birds and animals in Flying the Nest: The early days of Britain’s best-loved animals. Each entry also includes some fascinating summaries of the animal’s breeding habits, offspring, and even insights
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When I sat down to write this review, I couldn’t find the book The Amazing Human Body. Finally I tracked it down. My daughter’s been hiding it on her bed so that she could do all the activities and doodles inside it before her twin brother takes it over again. My son is addicted to books
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I don’t know why but I was both excited and wary by the children’s book The Zodiac Legacy so I had to read it first. Maybe because I’ve lived, studied and worked in Mainland China and Hong Kong so I was curious how the characters’ superpowers originated from the 12 animals represented in the Chinese Zodiac. Well, I
