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Category Archives: Blog talk
Monday #555
I see the Monday number creep up every week (or occasionally every other week when I miss one) but I don’t really pay attention other than making sure the last digit is one higher. Somehow I noticed it this week … Continue reading
Monday #554
After last week’s little step into Christmas I’ve decided to just make the leap right into Christmas. The Christmas playlist has been downloaded from Spotify – and played, a Christmas movie has been watched on Netflix… but I really need … Continue reading
Monday #553
I’ve decided just to give in and embrace Christmas, not that I took much persuading. Obviously I’ve started my posts about Christmas Stories, but on Sunday we also visited a Christmas shop (and Brodie persuaded us we needed a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton - Noddy Big Ears and Lashings of Controversy, Monday, November
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Monday #552
My big Christmas blogging project gets underway this week. It’s a little early (though perfectly allowable seeing as it’s November), but I anticipate it will take at least the 7 weeks (!!) we have left until Christmas. My similar series … Continue reading
Monday #551
We are enjoying a break in the rain today, though it is really rather cold, and also dark as the clocks went back at the weekend. Wednesday is the start of November, and the return of the rain. October round … Continue reading
The Secret Island part 6: Hiding from visitors
So far I have written about the ways in which the children have arranged accommodation, food supplies and other essentials for living on the island. The intended permanence of their stay on the island has made their efforts different to … Continue reading
Monday #550
We had a few days away last week – returning just before the weather turned truly nasty – which is why there were no posts. But it’s back to the regularly scheduled content this week. I’m starting to think about … Continue reading
The Secret Island part 5: Collecting, buying and selling
The children really have been industrious up until now; turning various parts of the island into comfortable accommodation and tending to their livestock and crops. Yet the island can’t provide everything they need and so it’s time to start looking … Continue reading
Monday #548
It has been a very soggy weekend for most of us in Scotland. Lots of disruption due to flooded roads and railway lines. Luckily I was able to stay home mostly, and read while listening to the rain battering off … Continue reading
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Tagged Monday, October, Rain in Toytown, The Enid Blyton Holiday Book
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Monday #547
We are on the first post of October now. September’s mini heat-wave is a thing of the past, and the heating is on now! Brodie and I are on to Five Go to Smuggler’s Top now, my favourite book ever, … Continue reading
The Secret Island part 4: Feeding the runaways
Until now I have only briefly mentioned one of the most important elements of the book (and indeed most of Blyton’s books) – the food! It is first on an characters’ mind when planning a day away from home, let … Continue reading
Monday #546
Monday posts feel a bit repetitive at the moment. I did think about taking a break from the Secret Island and doing something else, but I think I should try and keep up the momentum and get on with it. … Continue reading
The Secret Island part 3: Making homes
I have managed two write two full posts about this book, without having read past the first two chapters. In an attempt to not make it a post per chapter and be here for 21 posts, this time I’m going … Continue reading
Monday #545
Despite sometimes struggling with the concept of time passing I do know that it is Tuesday, not Monday. I caught another nasty viral thing last week (hence the missing post) and I’m just getting back on track now. I have … Continue reading
Monday #544
Our Indian Summer has come, with a mini September heatwave which is honestly hotter than most of July or August was. I’m not ready for autumn or winter yet, so I’m not wishing away this bit of sunshine even it … Continue reading
Monday #542
Welcome to your weekly dose of me being shocked at the passage of time, and complaining about the weather. It is the end of August already. How? The weather has not improved and now I think we can safely say … Continue reading
Monday #541
Guilty admission of the week – I wrote part one of my Secret Island review having only read about three pages, plus flicking through to check a few details. I will have to get reading this week as I don’t … Continue reading
Monday #540
School goes back tomorrow! The past six weeks have just flown by. Letters to Enid part 34 and The Secret Island It must be fun to live in a house That runs on wheels all the day; And when you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged August, Ethel Everett, Monday, My Caravan, Silver and Gold
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Monday #539
Brodie turned six at the weekend (where does the time go??) and we have been reading Five on a Treasure Island for the past few bedtimes. He is currently convinced that the Five will find the gold on the wreck … Continue reading
Monday #538
July is almost over already, and unfortunately it has been a bit of a wash-out weather-wise. Good for the river levels, not so good for getting out and doing things. We did some sheltering from rain in libraries this week … Continue reading
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