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“I’ve got a baby giraffe!” “My snow leopards are in danger!” “The elephants are bored with their paddling pool!” These are all phrases which have rung around our kitchen table over the last month. Don’t worry, I have not changed our strict pet policy (“one cat is enough, we will consider a guinea pig...
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I've been thinking about Nigel Colborn's shoes for nearly six months. In case you're worried, no, I have not developed some weird footwear fetish nor have I started stalking the horticultural aristocracy, it was just that on his ever-entertaining silvertreedaze blog , Mr Colborn had fashioned...
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I'm a bit flustered this week. It's all down to bulb planting combined with the scariest five letters in education. Oh, hang on, no, I mean six letters. See - that's what I mean by being flustered. Yes, this week there are rumours abounding that Ofsted are on their way to our beloved pre...
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The rainfall here has reached Biblical levels recently. There are only so many times you can say 'well, it's good for the garden' before you run the risk of death by cliche. However, after getting myself ready to send out a white dove in search of dry ground, the rain ceased yesterday and...
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