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Pretty, innit?

A day of contrast

The frost on the rear window of my car this morning. The gritter didn't make it up our road, it stayed icy all day.

And the contrast - the Boy in the cosiness of the cafe after his swimming class. This is his treat - a bag of crisps and a carton of juice. The swimming pool was blissfully tropically warm (it's usually a bit chilly imho). I took my swimming stuff too so had a swim while he was in his lesson.

Wriggle

What else can I say?

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall

Who's the cutest of the Small?

Time-travelling

Or in other words - cheating!

I didn't take any pics 'today' (forgot to take the card with me) so here's one I've taken 'tomorrow' of what I've been doing 'today'. Got all that?

I'm kicking myself about forgetting the card because we were doing a deep clean at the farmhouse with the conservator and there could have been some fascinatingly obscure pictures - old moth damage to textiles, me wearing a 'back vac' and looking like a Ghostbuster, four of us on our hands and knees vacuuming the carpet inch by painstaking inch, wrapping cushions in acid-free tissue and thick plastic to be frozen.. It was a good day - very satisfying work and surprisingly interesting.

Vastly improved

I tackled the dining-room. There's still clutter but at least it's contained clutter. And in a perfect bit of timing, the Boy started learning about garden birds at school so finding the bird poster amongst the clutter was a Good Thing.

Tree

I love photographing this tree, it always manages to pose for me :-D.

Don't be deceived by the glorious blue sky, it was baltic today, and by afternoon was so overcast that we had to close the farmhouse a bit early so that I could get back down from the farm before it was actually pitch black.

Wheeeeee!

Over at Uncle D and Auntie L's house. Spinning chairs, what could be more fun?

Blue-eyed boy

The first school photo. Did I hear an 'awwww' at the back? 'Course I did!

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..

Not that it's St. Crispin's day.

The boy requested that I photograph his castle. He even decided on the lighting.

The ton

I think I'm hitting the 100-day mark with these - that's not including the days I've missed obviously. Quite a nice day so M and I went for a walk. We've both got stinking colds so couldn't go far.

The pic above is a marshy patch not far away - it's an odd little wild oasis in the middle of town. I saw a heron there once which was most unexpected.

A hard day's work

I spent the whole of Sunday afternoon at work cutting bits of Santas - what an odd way to earn my crust! This is in preparation for the craft stuff at the Christmas event.

Jolly

A little present from Granny and Grandpa to Miss M - she loves it! The next thing I have to do is take a picture of her wearing her red coat and red hat with her fringe poking out so we can compare and contrast. Though you can just scroll down to the 11th Nov. pic to get a fair idea!

With Granny and Grandpa

Or 'Ga-ee an' Gapa' as M would say. They don't get to see this set of grandparents all that often, but they have a great time when they do!

Guess!

Give up?

It's moon and some trees. Well, I tried my best!

Little Red Riding Hood

On the way out to get 'Hat' from school.

Rabbit from Sainsbury's

Out of inspiration!

Whizz bang ooooooh

Over at my friend's house. This is the best picture of a not-great bunch. I'm kicking myself for not getting a picture of the catherine wheel as it was amazing - but it was also very LOUD and three out of the four kids present panicked and had to run inside!

Tea for tw- .... several

At the knitting group. I like that teapot!

From High Point

As it was a beautiful if chilly day again, the Boy and I wandered up to the highest point in town after school (no, no idea how high and Google has failed to tell me). This is the view towards the wind farm.

Little fluffy clouds

And the Dickie wind-pump. Beautiful day - cold, clear, sunny.

Possibly in need of another haircut

Awww, etc.