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Category Archives: Blog talk
Monday #685
We had a bank holiday today because Scotland were playing in the world cup. I did not get up at 2am to watch the match. I also barely watched it when we got together with family to watch it at 11am … Continue reading
Monday #684
I have checked and double-checked – last Monday was #683 and so this week is #684. I got a rather dubious ‘achievement’ as I was working on last Monday’s post. Congrats to me I guess? Letters to Enid part 85 … Continue reading
Monday #683
I realised a few days ago that I’d misnumbered the Monday posts because after #789 I’d done #780, #781 and so on. So I renumbered them. Then I happened to scroll back and realise I had made the same mistake … Continue reading
Monday #682
After me complaining endlessly about the cold miserable weather today was the hottest May day ever. I really should be more careful what I wish for! At least this far north it was only in the low twenties and was … Continue reading
Monday #681
To badly misquote June Bride from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – April showers will come so they say, and they did, and they haven’t stopped even though it’s May. I hope the next line – You’re about to forget … Continue reading
Monday #680
Despite it being May it is still pretty chilly. And rainy. It barely feels like May in fact. At least blogging is an indoor activity! Milton King x Enid Blyton and Five Go Off in a Caravan as watched by … Continue reading
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Tagged Fleur Hitchcock, Kidnap at Midnight, Malory Towers Mystery Club, May, Monday
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Monday #679
It’s a long weekend here as it’s the start of May. Tomorrow – may the fourth be with you! – is a bank holiday. We have a new member of the household – a plush snake who had no name … Continue reading
(Belated) Monday #678
Got distracted last night and completely forgot about writing this. The Grumbly Jumbly by Don Roth and Five Go to Smuggler’s Top as watched by Fiona & Stef We have just started reading The Borrowers at bedtime this week. I … Continue reading
Monday #677
Schools are back this week so it’s back to ordinary life. At least it was sunny today instead of rainy like the forecast promised! Letters to Enid part 82 and Five Go to Smuggler’s Top, 90s style Bizarely Stef never … Continue reading
Monday #676
It’s currently the school holidays and as I took last week off work I thought I’d take a week off blogging too. We were lucky to have some decent weather so we were out and about most days. The weekend … Continue reading
Monday #674
Last week got derailed as I came down with the cold. I can now breathe through my nose again (mostly). I haven’t gone to see the Magic Faraway Tree film yet, mostly because of my cold, but also because Brodie … Continue reading
Monday #672
We are mid-way through March and I don’t think it’s going to be the sort of March which resembles an early (and sometimes only) summer. I’m down to one pair of boots as two (!) pairs sprung a leak this … Continue reading
Monday #671
February is over and we are into March. We are wondering if we can cast aside the puffer jackets now and wear just raincoats. Best not to, though, it could start snowing next week after all. February round up and … Continue reading
Monday #670
I’ve had to take my sunglasses out with me for a few times recently. The crocuses and snowdrops are out. Spring may be just around the corner! (Or we may plunge back into deep winter. I’m not ruling anything out … Continue reading
Monday #669
We’ve had some actual sunshine in the past few days. I even had my sunglasses on today. It’s still cold but there’s actual daylight and I even hung my washing outside for a while at the weekend. It’s the little … Continue reading
Monday #668
A couple of weeks ago I was silently congratulating myself for not catching Brodie’s cough. He had been coughing for a week or more and I was certain we were past the danger phase. I was wrong. I caught the … Continue reading
2025 Birthday and Christmas Present round up
Every year without fail I am the lucky recipient of some Blyton-themed stuff when it comes to my birthday and Christmas. Here’s what it looked like this year. Famous Five Jigsaw This is a 1975 Whitman 224 piece puzzle of … Continue reading
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Monday #665
It’s January, it’s still cold, I’ve probably moaned far too much about the weather for a lifetime already, so on to something more cheerful perhaps? Brodie has been persuaded to return to Circus Days Again so we have been reading … Continue reading
Reading The Secret of Spiggy Holes to Brodie
I’m way behind on these, and this is the best I could manage based on a handful of notes and memories. We actually read this in November 2024. Questions and answers It’s not a reading session with Brodie without at … Continue reading
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