Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Sweet peas

Many many sweet peas.  Of all shapes and sizes!  Thanks for being a such a splendid friend Lizzy, look forward to seeing you again after sixteen more sleeps!

Caterpillars

 We have new pets.  The nasturtiums are dripping with cabbage white caterpillars, so we have collected a few in a jam jar in the hope that we can witness their magical transformation into butterflies.  Watch this space!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Naked trampolining

They have been out here since 9am.  Where are their clothes?  Where else but in the paddling pool.  All we need now is Daniel and Boo to join them. 

Saturday, August 18, 2012

The 'stension

Here's an update on our extension - the tiling is nearly there and it's starting to look like a proper Kentish cottage.  A long way to go yet, but it's good to see progress.
And bedtime stories in the hammock tonight on this gloriously warm summer evening.

Tiddlers

Today must have been the hottest day of the year so far, and although that's not saying much for the summer we have had, today was a bit of a sticky one.  So we headed to Lullingstone country park for some shade and a paddle in the deliciously cool water of the Darent. 
We bought fishing nets and joined some boys fishing for tiddlers.  Next time we'll bring a jam jar to collect them in.  A glorious day.

Friday, August 17, 2012

The Beach

It was lovely to see Lizzy last weekend.  We had fun chilling out in the garden, drinking tea and picking sweet peas.  We even found time for a trip to the beach for a quick paddle, a play in the sand and a fish and chip dinner.  Thanks Lizzy, come again soon.

Thursday, August 09, 2012

The 'Lympics

Having failed to get tickets to the games, we took the train to London yesterday to soak up some of the Olympic atmosphere in Hyde Park.  Despite it being the only day so far for team GB not to bag a medal, we had great fun having faces painted, making flags and watching the show jumping on the big screens.  
What a shame for Nick Skelton - so near and yet so far.  But we had a great day and were full of praise for the Olympic organisers and the volunteers who made the day very easy for visitors.  The pink 2012 signage was superb, meaning that even country bumpkins like us managed to make our way to Buckingham Palace
and Big Ben without getting lost.  James and Jennifer walked for miles today without too much whining, so we treated ourselves to pizza and pasta before heading for home.  But not before paying hommage to the Great Lightning Bolt.

Sunday, August 05, 2012

The River Bank

Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.  And that is exactly what we did this afternoon with Grandpops, followed by ice cream eaten on the castle lawn listening to a brass band. 

Roof!

On returning from holiday we discovered that the roof had gone up, and half of the tiles are on.