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Peacocks are the most amazing birds and we were lucky enough to see wild ones in Sri Lanka a few years ago and they were a wonderful presence at the Larmer Tree Festival that Rollercoaster Dad and I went to in July, with one even dancing away on top of the stage whilst the bands were belting it out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wild Peacock captured in Sri Lanka - unfortunately his display was away from us mainly! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peacock chilling out at the Larmer Tree Festival</td></tr>
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For more ideas for P #alphabetphotos then go check out the lovely PODcast and her <a href="http://www.podcastdove.com/alphabetproject/" target="_blank">Alphabet Photography Project.</a><br />
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As soon as the girls were back last week we were in the usual whirlwind of activity, friends beer festivals, work, a fabulous day out to <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont/visitor-information/" target="_blank">Mottisfont</a> with the National Trust (they have a great Quentin Blakes kids trail on at the moment which I highly recommend), shopping and very very sadly <a href="http://rollercoaster-mum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/lost-teddy-in-southampton-please-help.html" target="_blank">losing favourite teddies. </a>Anyways it's still summer hols so I don't have time to chat so on with the pictures...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lovely Tortoiseshell Butterfly was fluttering around the garden between showers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A friends adorable little girl admiring the wellies at the Beer Festival</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When they have had a spare moment the girls have been inspired by the change4life 10 minute shake up campaign and this was Olaf's summer dance apparently! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visited National Trust's Mottisfont to see the Quentin Blake exhibition and the girls did the Adventure Quest wher you get to write your own book and I have to say it was brilliant with fabulous play places and lots of imagination. I think it runs until 14th September - well worth a visit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this bench at Mottisfont in one of the play areas, a quiet spot for contemplation</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-19204260731739975412014-08-21T23:23:00.004+01:002014-08-21T23:23:28.647+01:00The Alphabet Photography Project - O is for ...mmm O - what the blazes do I do for O? All I can think about is 'orange' - I blame Blogger's logo! I think I am going to have to go back a couple of years and re post a couple of photos. So I say that O is for...<br />
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I was initially slightly cynical about the 2012 Olympics but Rollercoaster Dad was very excited and proceeded to pursue getting tickets with gusto and we are all glad that he did. We had two amazing <a href="http://rollercoaster-mum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/our-fabulous-olympic-day.html" target="_blank">Olympic days in London in 2012</a> and it is an experience that I certainly will never forget.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-37125422509809819762014-08-21T13:01:00.002+01:002014-08-21T13:01:44.301+01:00Lost Teddy in Southampton - Please Help to Find MeHello my name is Spencer and Little Miss and the Rollercoaster family lost me yesterday - Wednesday 20th August in Southampton. I was wearing denim dungarees and a check shirt like in this photo but I didn't have my hat on. I am a Build a Bear Fudge Pup - basically a chocolate brown puppy with white/cream patches and I was strapped into a backpack but I was lost between JD Sports on Above Bar and the bottom of the steps of Portland Terrace car park - probably along Portland Street.<br />
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I had been strapped onto Rollercoaster Mum's backpack and they checked on me just by JD Sports then walked quickly down Portland Street, across Portland Terrace and down the stairs to level 2 of the car park where they realised I was missing - for anyone who knows Southampton this is a very short distance and they ran back straight away to look for me - going back up Portland Street less than 5 minutes later but I was gone. This all happened between about 1.15 and 1.30pm. They searched the Street 3 or 4 times and asked in all the close by shops but nobody had seen me. <b>Please please please if you have seen me or picked me up please get in touch to return me.</b> I can also be taken back to the Build a Bear shop in West Quay, Southampton as I have a tag inside me. We had been to Houndwell Park just before but they are pretty sure it was along Portland Street that they lost me.<br />
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I am very special for Little Miss as she got me on the very first day of the Olympics in 2012 when my family visited London and she got me from the Build a Bear shop in Hamleys as a very special treat. She takes me on all her holidays and she is very sad I am lost - she couldn't sleep last night because I wasn't on her bed.<br />
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You can contact Rollercoaster Mum by any of the buttons on the top right of this page - email, facebook, twitter etc if you have any news of me and the Rollercoaster's would be very grateful if you could share this story in case I can be found.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-62569301269800760022014-08-20T01:26:00.002+01:002014-08-20T01:26:17.826+01:00The Alphabet Photography Project - N is for..Well this is a bit embarassing, I haven't even been away and I completely forgot to post a #alphabetphoto for N and I even had the perfect word so I guess I had better get on with it! N is for my beautiful....<br />
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And here she is - she drives me nuts but I love her dearly! I could of course have posted loads but I will restrain myself to just a couple.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was her birthday cake when she turned nine a few months ago.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having fun at a rather wet Leopallooza Festival earlier this month</td></tr>
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Too late to link up this week but do pop on over to the lovely PODcast to see what those less tardy than me posted for N in the <a href="http://www.podcastdove.com/alphabetproject/" target="_blank">The Alphabet Photography Project</a>.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-80796873606610419062014-08-19T10:44:00.001+01:002014-08-19T10:44:09.922+01:00Billy Smart's Circus is coming to Town! There is something eternally romantic and exciting about a circus - even these days and when I heard that the famous <a href="http://www.billysmarts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Smart's circus</a> (they have even performed in front of the Queen!) was coming to visit my home county of Hampshire very soon I had to know more. These days circus's are all about human performance (no animals thank you - it's really not fair on them) and the UK tour of Billy Smart's Circus sounds like it has some awesome performances including acrobatics, comedy, music, juggling and amazing aerial feats.<br />
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The tour is hosted by Yasmine Smart (granddaughter of founder Billy, no less) and includes amazing performances from artistes like :<br />
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The X-treme Brothers - three talented Romanian acrobats showing off amazing feats of balance (definitely not me after a couple of gins then!)<br />
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Alina Eskina - with her unique 'cube' routine (curiouser and curiouser)<br />
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Germaine Delbosq - foot-juggling on the back of a motorbike (the mind boggles!)<br />
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The Asadullin Troupe - all the way from Russia they use a seesaw to propel one another high in the air (thank goodness there's no seesaws at the local park)<br />
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Caroline - a high flying, solo trapeze star (respect is all I can say)<br />
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Jonny Bogino - whimsical Italian clown (there has to be one and thankfully he doesn't look too much like one - for anyone with clown fears) - but he is funny!<br />
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Indian Spirit - whirling bolas to the rhythm and beat of the drums (mental note to keep well clear!)<br />
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Anyhoo - down to the details. Billy Smart's Circus will be in Southsea Common from Thursday 21st to Sunday 31st August and Old Common in Basingstoke from Tuesday 2nd to Sunday 7th September. They do two performances a day and tickets start at £7 for kids and £9 for adults if you book online. For more information including performance times and prices and to purchase tickets visit their website - <a href="http://www.billysmarts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.billysmarts.com</a> or phone the ticket and info line on 0113 2602444 or just do it the old fashioned way and visit the box office on site. Mind you they are so modern these days they even have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/billysmartscircusuk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook page</a> if you want to catch up on their latest news and see some pics. Here is the poster for Southsea and I think the timings for Basingstoke are a bit different so you can still get to see them after school - no running away with them mind!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Disclosure - I have been offered a family ticket for one performance for sharing these details with you (I am genuinely excited though!)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-46022091134153412014-08-17T00:05:00.000+01:002014-08-17T00:05:00.655+01:00Silent Sunday #MySundayPhoto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-89809639274097724572014-08-16T15:30:00.002+01:002014-08-16T15:30:09.359+01:00The Year 2014 in Photos - Week 33It's been quiet, oh so quiet, this week. The girls you see have been at the in-laws for the week, in the name of childcare (for us) and quality time (for them). This has become an annual thing in the summer holidays but despite them driving me mad when they're here I hate them being away for a whole week. However they are now back and life is back to it's noisy normality. In the meantime I barely took any photos - missing rainbows, kingfishers, grebes, views and all sorts of delights but here is what I did manage to capture:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was of course the 'super' moon which I did manage to capture, even if not the meteor shower! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random picture of the red Pelargonium flowers outside the back door on a sunny morning before work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did manage to capture the second double rainbow of the week - you can just about see it's a double one! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My bargain of the week - sod schoolshoes - new wellies squeeee! The girls both had holes in theirs after our camping trips and these were no more than a pair of supermarket ones - yay!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can tell the girls are back - the teddies are back on the sofa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the best photo as taken on my dodgy camera 'phone but I was so pleased to see Bigger Miss's sunflower had flowered at the allotment that I had to take a pic of it to send her.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-50854628868673955602014-08-12T17:56:00.003+01:002014-08-12T17:56:33.759+01:00World Elephant Day Apparently it is World Elephant Day today and whilst I am not entirely sure what is behind the campaign I applaud any organisation that is against the appalling ivory trade and in favour of helping elephants.<br />
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We are rather fond of elephants in the Rollercoaster household - partly because Mr Rollercoaster and I ended up with an elephant at our wedding in Sri Lanka many years ago. We took the girls back there in 2011 and visited the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, a highlight of our trip. So in honour of these magnificent and amazing creatures I thought I would share a couple of photos with you from a couple of years ago.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bigger Miss was very happy to see the elephants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The elephants love their daily bathe in the river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two very hot little girls entranced by some of the most amazing creatures on the planet.</td></tr>
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So please remember that no one in the world needs an elephant tusk but an elephant and it is not just the ivory trade that is affecting them but the loss of their habitat in many areas of the world.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-45498095119742455052014-08-12T01:40:00.000+01:002014-08-12T01:40:01.089+01:00The Alphabet Photography Project - M is for ...Finding the right #alphabetphoto for M was tricky - I thought of Moon and Music Festival and finally I settled on M for...<br />
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These guys did some incredible tricks on their mountain bikes and as it all took place at a Music Festival you could almost say it was a double M!<br />
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And then there was all the talk of the 'Super Moon' this week and I just had to include a sneaky super <b>Moon</b>!<br />
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To see what other people came up with for M head on over to the <a href="http://www.podcastdove.com/alphabetproject/" target="_blank">Alphabet Photography Project</a> organised by the lovely Charly Dove from PODcast. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-31231260797741896832014-08-11T23:56:00.001+01:002014-08-11T23:56:03.771+01:00The Year 2014 in Photos - Weeks 31 and 32Hello Blog - you still here? Sorry I've been neglecting you a bit but we've been too busy living real life and however much I love you when the sun is shining and the holidays are here the family comes first. Anyhoo this is a bit of what we've been up to..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first weekend of the holidays we set off for some camping on the Isle of Wight - we played, relaxed and witnessed some awesome sunsets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was the compulsory visit to the seaside and the making of sandcastles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After one brief night at home we headed off for more camping, visiting relatives on their farm where the girls enjoyed running free.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">We then packed up the tent again and headed off to the nearby Leopallooza music festival with a whole gang of people - thoroughly enjoying ourselves despite the rain for the first day and night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the first time we had taken the girls to a festival and camped and even though there was no special kids entertainment they had a great time and did not want to leave - my two festival chicks! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">We finally returned home and this week I have done LOTS of washing and generally catching up at work and home and we have even made a little bit of progress on the allotment - we have actually planted something but a lot more planning and digging is needed yet!<br /></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-20522076708132190302014-07-29T06:30:00.000+01:002014-07-29T06:30:01.142+01:00The Alphabet Photography Project - L is for...I haven't had a great deal of time at the moment so for this week's #alphabetphoto I am going for the easy option - L is for...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-11332982922117051382014-07-26T00:05:00.000+01:002014-07-26T00:05:00.471+01:00The Year 2014 in Photos - Week 30Yay - I made it this week! I think my posts may be a bit sporadic over the summer holidays so you'll have to bear with me. (Making up for it with this one being a bit photo heavy I'm afraid!) Last weekend Rollercoaster Dad and I headed off to the Larmer Tree Festival for a day and had the most fabulous time. We couldn't take the girls as they were still at school (didn't break up 'til Wednesday - sob!) They stayed at Grandma's and had fun making a festival wagon, whilst we joined them later in the weekend and all visited a kids fun day on the local park there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The awesome Beans on Toast on the fabulous Garden Stage at a sunny, sunny Larmer Tree Festival</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way home from Larmer Tree we stopped for a coffee in a lovely little town with a chalk stream running through it and we couldn't believe the size of the trout just hanging in the water - there were loads of them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the Misses were making their own festival wagon - they called her Rosie. She was very well used too! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found this gorgeous beetle in Grandma's hydrangeas, I think he is a Rose Chafer Beetle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the giant bubbles they were creating at the kids fun day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At last we have our allotments - this has been a loooooong time coming. We have campaigned for nearly 4 years and this week we had our first night 'up the lottie''. There is a LOT of work to do before we get to grow anything but it still called for a celebratory beer! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile our little garden is producing a few crops - we have signs of the first tomatoes, some sweetcorn and plums that are nearly ripe and I harvested redcurrants, blackcurrants and blueberries this week.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This week has mainly been about being scorching hot - proper summer weather so the water slide has been well used in the garden.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-35010998836023553122014-07-23T01:31:00.002+01:002014-07-23T01:31:11.842+01:00The Alphabet Photography Project - K is for ....I was pretty sure what I wanted to use as an #alphabetphoto for K, I just had to dig out a good photo - so apologies if you have seen this one before but K is definitely for.....<br />
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Bigger Miss got a kite from Santa a couple of years ago and we have had great fun flying it. Such a simple toy really but one which is so much fun and gives such a sense of achievement and satisfaction. I got Little Miss a kite recently too but we haven't had a chance to try it out yet, so here are some pictures of Bigger Miss from last year.<br />
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With end of school year approaching it has been busier than ever and what with all the luvverly sunshine I have been a bit slack on the old blog front so it's two weeks in one again I'm afraid. Currently trying to finish this whilst thunder roars, lightning flashes and rain hammers on the roof - lets hope the sun shines again in the morning.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing some craft - decoupaging the teacher's presents</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bigger Miss was a last minute entry into a local school's tournament of Mini Olympics - she even came second ina a race and she absolutely loved the whole thing - it really put her on top of the world. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hydrangeas really are rather lovely.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK so this is heavily pimped but it's still a cool view to pass on the school run! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Miss looking all growed up! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My beautiful Bigger Miss at her clarinet concert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the last Art Club at school Bigger Miss did icing as art! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And lastly this one - it was such a gorgeous afternoon that as soon as I had collected then from school we changed, grabbed a picnic and headed off to this beautiful spot for a picnic, a paddle and a stroll.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-34701407542707903062014-07-18T01:02:00.004+01:002014-07-18T01:02:26.812+01:00Teachers Presents - Decoupage Magazine Files and Notebooks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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OK so I realise that this is a little late but if you don't break up 'til next week (like us) and you are fresh out of ideas this is still possible! If you are anything like me I feel there is a certain obligation in Primary School to do some sort of teacher's present, especially at the end of the year, not so much from the teachers but from the kids. They don't want to be the only ones not giving anything. The problem is how to give something they might actually want or use without spending a fortune or going down the predictable wine or choccies route. And of course something which doesn't take forever to do.<br />
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Last year we did <a href="http://rollercoaster-mum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/inexpensive-teachers-gifts-my-first.html" target="_blank">yarn wrapped pen pots</a> and I was wondering how I might top that when I saw a post on Red Ted Art about decoupage notebooks. The ideas flowed - what could we decoupage? Inspiration came from a trip to Ikea where they had decorated plain wooden magazine files which I thought would be perfect. I wasn't entirely sure how to decoupage or whether we needed fancy glue but after a bit of googling I reckoned we didn't and it looked easy enough for the kids to do to. </div>
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Big pot of PVA glue (we used Wilko's - £1.50 for 500mls)<br />
Squares of decoupage or origami paper (or just cut up old magazines) - we used a pack of <a href="http://www.tigerstores.co.uk/tiger_office/paper_products/origami_paper_1450053.html" target="_blank">Tiger stores Origami paper (£1.00)</a><br />
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Clear, quick drying varnish<br />
Washi tape (we used some from Wilko's which was £2 for a couple of rolls)<br />
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It really is very easy. Make sure that you have covered the work surface with some sort of cloth (not paper as it might stick!) as it does get very sticky!<br />
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Prepare the paper squares or shapes that you want to use. We practised first with pictures and patterns cut from magazines but for the teacher's ones we used squares of origami paper.<br />
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Take your magazine file (or whatever it is you are decorating) and paint some glue on it, choose a piece of paper, stick it on and cover with glue. Keep doing this, making sure to overlap the paper as you go and try not to wrinkle the paper, putting it on as smoothly as possible. Keep going until you have covered the whole file. You may need to fold it slightly around corners or cut it a little to go over the curves. Once it is all covered you need to leave it to dry - we left ours overnight (balanced on a jam jar!)<br />
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If you want to add any finishing touches then you can washi tape the edges to make them smoother and paint with clear varnish to make them a bit more durable (and cover up a few imperfections!) You could even paint the inside of the files (we didn't bother with this - just too messy and fiddly).<br />
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We also decorated a couple of Wilko craft notebooks (£1.75 each) for the teaching assistants. Then the girls wrote a the teacher's names along with a little note for each teacher and I tied them on with some pretty ribbon.<br />
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That's it - teacher's present's done - pretty and useful whilst also being quick, easy and cheap (about £4 for the files and £2.50 for the notebooks.) Bigger Miss really enjoyed doing it as well, although Little Miss did get a little bored and I had to help her finish hers.<br />
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Jam is second only to honey as the food of choice for Little Miss and if she approves of this particular batch of Mummy's homemade jam then it probably tops it. She is partial to Strawberry but has recently discovered a love for Gooseberry Jam made with our crop of gooseberries from the garden. I don't profess to be a master jam-maker but it generally turns out OK and I it certainly gives you a certain sense of satisfaction to produce jars of sticky, delicious goodness from a pile of fruit, especially if it was home-grown too.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-54393601506775579712014-07-09T00:05:00.000+01:002014-07-09T00:05:00.024+01:00The Alphabet Photography Project - I is for ..I have had an idea what to do for the #alphabetphoto for I for a while so I shall just get on with it this week. I is for...<br />
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I took a picture of this gorgeous Iris in Grandma's garden back when we stayed with her at half term and it hasn't made it on to the blog yet so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to show it off!<br />
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Linking up with the lovely PODcast who takes amazing flower pictures and is lovely enough to host the <a href="http://www.podcastdove.com/alphabetproject/" target="_blank">Alphabet Photography Project</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213993125973550274noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992471927052772413.post-3750154013729881722014-07-07T01:35:00.001+01:002014-07-07T01:35:41.590+01:00The Year 2014 in Photos - Week 27 What did we do last week? I don't think I can actually remember except that it was sunny and, as always, busy and I have ended up with a lot of photos - sorry!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last weekend Rollercoaster Dad and I were busy trying to get stuff done on the scaffolding (so we can get it down and watch normal telly again) so the girls were pretty much left to their own devices. We did task them to prepare a picnic on the garden for lunch though and we even got paper bunting! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure what this flower is but it's very colourful and I love that it furls up for the night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We picked all the gooseberries off the two bushes now - we almost have enough to make jam! </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_E1qB2j9GiVTvyntztSwVoMrxJT-aTSGXksjyQh-zmimj4pfOwtTUMSsi_Jr-MmJNzQDudBpfsblunvDgdSGJxPvt_58QdIriEcCgk9gijAB4f7jrGK4KWMhOA-m1kHg2el12Kp24Bm70/s1600/IMG_3336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Verbena Buenos Aires" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_E1qB2j9GiVTvyntztSwVoMrxJT-aTSGXksjyQh-zmimj4pfOwtTUMSsi_Jr-MmJNzQDudBpfsblunvDgdSGJxPvt_58QdIriEcCgk9gijAB4f7jrGK4KWMhOA-m1kHg2el12Kp24Bm70/s1600/IMG_3336.jpg" height="640" title="Verbena Buenos Aires" width="470" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Verbena Buenos Aires is sooo tall. This one is taller than me! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Miss has apparently started massage every day in class so she was showing Bigger Miss what it was all about - not sure this was the most relaxing spot though! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being that it was sunny there were more garden picnics after school.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0kh5nsUGIIbEbsk3TBznTrMZOMrTQ9Mco4LuzJ1fiI1v1imaKyBeqJ2eXhOlN9wgCWBH_81QmdoWxN5q9fZU7ZNcEK9MYhspfZ7zbsPbs6YJTAEUXSgdiRA2UICHX7-SkQpnQ0474IEx/s1600/IMG_3362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Scoliopteryx libatrix, Herald Moth" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0kh5nsUGIIbEbsk3TBznTrMZOMrTQ9Mco4LuzJ1fiI1v1imaKyBeqJ2eXhOlN9wgCWBH_81QmdoWxN5q9fZU7ZNcEK9MYhspfZ7zbsPbs6YJTAEUXSgdiRA2UICHX7-SkQpnQ0474IEx/s1600/IMG_3362.jpg" height="488" title="Herald Moth" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption">I disturbed this little chap when I was picking the raspberries - he is a Herald Moth - rather beautiful I thought.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjpOmBVJpiYmdoeawcM2efG5pj_-8ZvEIWdSSiJPbXi5gxVf7PDG0MOF32w2SvPEYvOyBnclQrrb5hoIIO-6REXTt461BdMF99QlmS1iSopUivFYUH7QZW7GThpTNT2WQ3YJje3afOyNG/s1600/IMG_3365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="thoughtful by the hammock" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjpOmBVJpiYmdoeawcM2efG5pj_-8ZvEIWdSSiJPbXi5gxVf7PDG0MOF32w2SvPEYvOyBnclQrrb5hoIIO-6REXTt461BdMF99QlmS1iSopUivFYUH7QZW7GThpTNT2WQ3YJje3afOyNG/s1600/IMG_3365.jpg" height="640" title="standing by the hammock" width="492" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And on a hot day this is my favourite place to be - swinging in the hammock with a book. Little Miss came to see me and looked very thoughtful! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Miss has been doing riddles at school and on the 'meet the teacher' day I spotted this on the wall and took a picture of it. Can you guess who she is talking about? ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are not huge fans of cats here at the moment as they keep pooping in our veg bed (yuk!) but I saw this rather handsome cat on the way home from the school run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another capture from the school run - would have been better with blue skies but I am waiting for the corn to ripen and the sky to be blue to get that perfect shot.</td></tr>
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