Saturday 5 March 2016

Photo diary: week 9, 366

Last Sunday was my birthday, and to celebrate, we all went out for lunch at Huffkins. This cafe is best known for its tea, soups and sandwiches (don't order a coffee though). The boys were happy with their fish fingers, chips, French fries and carrot cake. I fancied an afternoon tea which includes quaint sadwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam and a lovely pot of tea. The tea is a proper brew from loose tea, not a teabag variety. My husband also ordered a small bottle of rose cava, which was just enough for two glasses.


Eddie and I enjoy watching the clouds and trying to guess what they look like. This one was definitely a dragon, don't you think?


For the last couple of Tuesdays Eddie has been working on an embroidery project. I have been reading with the other children at school, while Eddie was tutored by another volunteer lady. As he hasn't actually done any embroidery before, I was pretty impressed with his result. This is what he did as a Mother's day gift.


The weather this year has been complete bonkers. Now magnolia by the river has started to bloom, and yet yesterday and today we had wet snow. The magnolia tree is quite far from where I stood on the bridge, so that's the best close-up I can do with my camera.



Last year when Eddie and I went to the "Lego church", one of the matrons there asked him what his name was. On hearing that he was called Edgar, she seemed to be taken aback, saying something that it was an old-fashioned name. It might be an old-fashioned name, but it's a family name, and also a good old Anglo-Saxon name that people here can actually pronounce (unlike our older son's name Alessandro, for some reason the Brits seem to be unable to pronounce it). Anyway, while browsing in a charity shop on Thursday, I came across a book by John Buchan, and as you can see it once belonged to an Edgar. I didn't buy the book, but maybe I will next time I pop in there. Made me wonder who that Edgar used to be and where he lived.


Our school has chosen a Monsters theme for World Book Day (don't ask!). Eddie has refused to go as a Gruffalo, as apparently this is for young children (that would have been easy, as Sainsbury's had lots of the Gruffalo outfits). He didn't want to go as an alien with underpants, Frankenstein or Dracula, and I was running out of ideas, when one of the school Mums offered a black robe with a hood. As it happened, Eddie loved it and claimed to be a wicked wizard from Goosebumps.



Today while walking home after grocery shopping in town, we were lucky to see this pretty rainbow. I grabbed my mobile, clicked, then asked my husband if I can use his iphone as it has a better camera. By the time I took a few shots on his iphone, the rainbow was getting paler and paler and disappeared. It also started to rain. This spot looks so rural, yet it is very near the town centre, by the river. Thankfully, this is an area of flood fields, and blimming contractors don't get permission to build here. Yet they try and try. It's an amazing place, with a bird chorus and lots of berries in summer and autumn.


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16 comments:

  1. I love Eddie's cheeky face in his costume! He's done a great job with your Mother's Day gift there. That's a great photo of the magnolia. We have a magnolia tree in our garden that's gradually coming out.

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    1. Thank you! I think he tried to do an "evil" face but failed, as he's such a giggler. I wish I had a magnolia tree in our garden, they are so beautiful

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  2. I loved sewing with the binca (?!) when I was little and haven't seen it in years - what a lovely gift. The dragon clouds look beautiful as do you on your birthday - happy belated wishes x

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    1. Thank you! It is a binca cross stitch fabric indeed. I'm mighty proud of his work and will treasure it.

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  3. I love your rainbow picture, really beautiful. I remember doing that sewing when I was a little kid, he did really well.

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    1. Thank you Stephanie! It was literally gone in 60 seconds, blink and you miss it.

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  4. He looks very happy with his costume :) I can definitely see a dragon! I can't wait for our magnolia to bloom, so pretty. Great shot of the rainbow x

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    1. Thank you Sara! He loves dressing up, and often wears his costumes at home, mostly Superheroes

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  5. Happy belated birthday. Sounds like some nice food :) I think you caught a great close up on your phone, I love the colours the flower has. Both beautiful names.

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    1. Thank you Em! The food was lovely, and the company is even better. :)

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  6. Love the Mothers Day present, that is what it is about in my eyes, young children enjoying making things.
    LOcally they built the first £1million plus houses in this are about 8 years ago, on a flood plain, they did not sell!!It is nice to have these areas so close to town.
    Glad you got a costume sorted

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    1. Thank you Elaine! Totally agree with you, the homemade gifts are much better than anything they could buy with their Dad's help.

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  7. Happy BIrthday xx
    What a beautiful rainbow, great capture!

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  8. I think Edgar is a lovely name, it's full of character and stands him apart from the rest of the crowd as an individual! It looks like you're definitely enjoying that pink fizz, hope you enjoyed the rest of the meal as well?

    Thanks for linking up and apologies for the lack of comments recently, life has been a hard balancing act!

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    1. Thank you! No need to apologise, I know perfectly well how life takes over. I need to catch up on commenting myself

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