What happened
First, there was a house.
Then there was an incident.
And after, less house than before.
White Hut Break
A wonderful break and the ever-lovely White Hut . Fantastic winter views (although not as stormy as the last visit ).
The contents of a ham and cheese sandwich at 35k feet
[ The contents of a ham and cheese sandwich at 35k feet on flickr.]
The Gardener
Our gardener has done rather a fantastic job with the mud pit at the bottom of the garden. What a difference a year makes !
Homework
The shed makes an awesome place to do homework. Especially when Dad is working at home too.
The bed however, isn't quite such a great place for brain stretching Maths.
In God's Country
Before and during harvest. (Yup, a _slight_ delay in posting these two ;-)
Playing on the stereogram while posting these, U2's In God's Country. Seemed quite apt.
Big Birthday in Portsmouth
A wonderful family day in Portsmouth for Nana's big birthday. One slight snag; left the camera in the car. So only this one pic.
What it looks like when you miss the train...
[ What it looks like when you miss the train... on flickr.]
A star was in our home
We're fortunate to have many star visitors. Here's one. The album is a pretty decent listen too!
Bonus result: sharing the review page with KatyP.
New Forest Walk
A awesomely nice gentle stroll around the New Forest about Fritham
A proper job indeed.
Canvas Shoes
A long time ago I had these. They weren't fashionable. They were banned. Now they're fashionable again...
Holiday
"Yikes!" said Finn. "You haven't posted any pictures from our amazing summer holiday with Amza and Felix?"
"Let's surf!"
"Grab a pole. Each."
"Pile up some stones. High."
"And chill. For a while."
Flowers
Cut flowers from Fay's patch in the garden. These were from August, but now in early November the flowers keep coming...
Placemat Fay via Victoria Baths and lovely Anj & Jason
[ Placemat Fay via Victoria Baths and lovely Anj & Jason on flickr.]
Scared of heights? Tallinn Teletorn / team off-site.
[ Scared of heights? Tallinn Teletorn / team off-site. on flickr.]
Bathroom planning
[ Bathroom planning on flickr.] Note: This post was updated on 2020-11-08 to remove broken links
Kids grow up quickly
A collection of training wheels (stabilisers) from past bikes used by H and F. Here's a demonsration of one of the sets in action.
Need to find them a new home.
Bunks Installed
The bunk beds move again. Having started life in Herfordshire, moved to Washington State, then to Oxfordshire, they are now happily residing in sunny Devon.
Bunk installation was considerably helped by the liberal use of doobries, widgets and nogins. There's nothing like the right tools for the job...
H perfects the selfie
As the Oxford English Dictionary adds
the selfie
; H demonstrates his perfection of the technique.
Air Show
RAF Benson had an air show for family day yesterday. The low-level Tornado wasn't quite as loud as it was in 2011 but still ear-ringingly close. However, it was the Chinoock that stole the show. Awesome!
Last-but-one commute
For the past two (and a bit) years, 3 days (sometimes 5) each week, my commute to work has been by bike.
This week is the last. So I've been making the most of it by going off-road along a bridleway that follows the route of an old Roman road between Dorchester and Alchester.
I'm going to miss it.
Beach Life
Ace BBQ by Martin. Perfect way to end the hotest day of the year (until the next 'hotest day of the year').
Canoe Surfing
D and F (F floating behind) demonstrating the correct use of a body board when the sea is dead calm.
At south beach, Studland.
Warmer than when we were last here .
Bird in a nest
Some serious pruning nearly caused a disaster — but the little pigeon's nest was quickly re-sited. Watch this space for updates. In the meantime, here's the post-pruned front garden.
The end of the tree
The tree was very unhappy. Brown, dry, dropping needles. So it went. To be replaced by something more Birch-like. The surgeon left us some memories, each engraved with an initial.
H Cooks
After some lessons at school (Pizza-toast anyone?) H gets in some serious practice for Master Chef . First lesson: you need to turn the hob on.
Lovely Ewok with Lovely Fay
The wall at the bottom of the garden is the perfect height for sitting. It's a sitting wall.
Day trip to France
H had a day in sunny France to experience and practice spoken French.
Everyone spoke English he complained.
