my poor dad was in another car accident and yet again it wasn't his fault and it has shook him up and caused him lots of negative emotions and physical discomfort and utter inconvenience

when you are a child you think your parents are invincible

but i'll let you in on a secret....

they're not

but he's still superman to me

(even though his cape has to be mended)

sunny seaford

two yachts gliding along

lottie can't get enough of the zipwire

a welcome shady rest for my feet and coffee

honeycomb ice cream for a hot honeybunny

all the pillar bases at seaford station are 'haggerstone iron foundry' yet i cannot find any info on this company...

what a sassy chick

guess who got taken to the hairdressers and ended up looking like a laydeeee?

yep, that's my baby, nearly 10 and growing up fast (she wants it dyed like jessie j's)

a door plaque

lottie was in a therapeutic mood so a new sign for her door was the task in hand

lots of glue, jewels, foam and bows

and this is it

makes her bedroom door look gorgeous dahling

wildlife walk to work

walking to work at 5.30am means you get to see a side to newhaven that you would never usually

two weeks ago i came across a robin on the pavement who didn't fly off when i came nearer, didn't fly off when i bent down to talk to it, didn't fly off when i stroked it...i thought it was stuck in some gum or had a poorly wing but no...it just was feeling friendly because it flew off after i walked away

(robins are said to be father christmas' watchers so good job i was being nice)

and today i had a fox trotting along beside me

(just under the lamp-post at the top of the slope...can you see?)

magical

hurricane katia

as the northern half of the uk is being battered by the tailend of katia, seemed like a good unit study to cover today

lottie stuck strips of carrier bags out from the eye in an anticlockwise direction to represent the spiral rainbands

we threw a few facts 'out' from the hurricane

we also learnt the grading of hurricanes with their typical windspeeds and subsequent damage

we stayed in and baked brownies rather than go out and get blown about

far better option

ten years on...

saw a few minutes of the memorial service today

the memorial fountain is beautiful and brilliant

water is always a calming sound

 when the water first flows from the top it looks like the windows of the towers

every single name is etched into bronze around the edge which is back-lit at night

finally a peaceful place for reflection, contemplation and recognition

when they read out the names of every single person who died that day, it still makes me sob

like everyone else, i watched the events unfold live on tv with a baby in my belly and wondering what world was she about to enter

for my generation, we will always remember where we were when the planes hit

and that was lottie's history lesson today