The Week That Was – 5.26

A New Year and a New weather tree… and we had unseasonably rainy days…

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Christmas has past…
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And summer is here in full force… which means pink evening skies…

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And bedtimes stories under the stars…

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And walks on the mountain…

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And breakfast on the beach before school…

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Summer berries…

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And apple cobblers…

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Plenty of games…

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And marble running…

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Preparing of feasts…

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And little worlds…

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And one of us is going places…

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We have a house guest…

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We have an impending house guest…

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And would you look… A letter from Shirley Hughes!!!

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Our Artwork of the Week:

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And tons of library books have been read…

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And we have moved onto book two in the series, Prince Caspian:

And this is what the Hoods got up to: Heaps of projects… everyone seems to be in the thick of busy-ness!!!

Hood #1: Inherited my camera and has shot about fifty million photographs since then…

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Hood #2: Has a project requiring wood and tools and a I am sure that everything will eventually be revealed, but right now it is on the “hush-hush”!!!

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Hood #3: Spent the last week immersed with Harry… book after book after book!!!

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Hood #4: The feather collector…

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Built himself a lego laptop, complete with portable flash drive!!!

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Hood #5: Discovered that if you can follow a recipe then really you can work your way through any “How to instructions…” It was a bit of a relevation!!!

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Hood #6: Made our first attempt at chocolate bark…

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In a word or two: Grand success!!!

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Hood #7: Was just her gorgeous self!!!

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Hood #8: Has become my kitchen counter ally at all hours of the day or night…

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And I am working like crazy on this year’s Sketchbook Project and it’s due on Tuesday… working… working… working…

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8 Replies to “The Week That Was – 5.26”

  1. Love, love, love the marble run photo! The close-up of the dragonfly is awesome. I can’t wait to see your finished sketchbook. 🙂

  2. Hay Carolyn, Thanks for the love, love, love… we are kind of loving our marble run!!! Working full tilt on the Sketchbook!!!

  3. I like your idea for the book shelf and my two Jelly’s enjoyed watching Prince Caspian on DvD – from the BBC.

    Enjoy the week ahead.

  4. Hay Zoe…Well spotted!!! We just about died of excitement!!! Seriously the coolest thing on this earth!!! Hope you have a great week!!!

  5. Hay Anton, Pleased to see you on our blog… Our book shelf serves so many purposes… but right now it is library books… Hope you and your kiddo’s have a great week too!!!

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