Phew it's been a long while! This is going to be a very self indulgent snapshoty post, so bare with me. I have way too many photos to whittle them down to one post's worth, so here we are in week one: the week where nothing much happened. Lisi went to school, the brave girl. It went so much better than last year, instead of being the youngest in the class this time she was one of the oldest. She seemed happier and so much more confident making a gaggle of girl friends almost straight away.
We were extremely lucky to be able to stay in my parent's neighbour's beautiful cottage, one straight out of the pages of a glossy magazine. No matter how long I've been away, and no matter that my parents no longer live where I grew up, visiting still feels like going home. I guess it always will.
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| lovely Cotswolds |
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| our "holiday cottage" - it was tough, but we managed. |
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| the allotment, still one of my children's favourite places |
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| future horticulturist at work |
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| not just a field full of worthy vegetables (and Sally's 3/4 dead basil) |
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| L and (on her left) her instant new best friend on a trip to a butterfly farm |
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| sports day - unfortunately rained off. Ho hum. |
see, I warned you I was being self indulgent. In the next episode we meet up with the younger Simpsons after at least 20 years and Devon.
