Last Thursday, the twins turned nine. As usual, they had a huge shared party with all their friends, more of hers than his, because Frances is a social butterfly. I told them that when we made the list and Frances said, "What is Patrick?" Before I could answer, he said, "I'm an antisocial wasp."
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Winds wreaked havoc on one of the paddocks yesterday, taking down a fence post. Kerey and Len and I got it fixed, then fled to the Groom's Cottage to escape the cold. I made bacon rolls and Kerey made us a mug of tea each while Len lit a very good fire ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Bryony invited a friend to spend the evening working on a history project. They both belong to the Young Archaeologists' Club at Foxton Museum and it is something to do with that. Jenny came to help too. It was a weird feeling, watching Jenny, Robin and Bryony so intent on something that seemed incredibly academic to me. I never ( Read more... )

Church was interesting today. Everyone was hanging around chatting when Rhiannon went up to the priest and said, "Father, do you go to Hell if you laugh when someone farts ( Read more... )

Yesterday, when Emma was working in the study, I knocked on the door and said, "Happy anniversary ( Read more... )

When Tony and I decided what we wanted to do, persuaded Sean to help us and then presented our intentions to the ladies, they were surprisingly compliant ( Read more... )

Benedict has settled well into school life. He loves his peg in the cloakroom which has his name on it in large, red letters. His teacher, Mrs Henderson, called him clever on his first day and won his undying devotion.
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This afternoon, I was trying to remove most of a small shrubbery from my youngest daughter's hair and render her presentable when she suddenly said, "Ben has a pet and Bunny has pets and I want a pet ( Read more... )

Emma and I nearly didn't get to go out last night. Richard called at six asking her to go over to discuss some issue with the business. I heard her telling him she couldn't really cancel our evening, then she looked at me and I knew she was about to ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I acquired more courage than usual from somewhere and I went to the study, where Emma was going over some business documents from Sheridan Walker, with a proposition in mind ( Read more... )