Pizza and Karate
Wednesday night is karate night. Not for me, but all three of the boys spend an hour improving their martial arts. It’s an interesting sport and one from which (I hope) all three are benefiting. This...
View ArticleA winter wonderland
It’s been a cold weekend, but the sun was out and the ground was dry so, on Sunday, we went out for a walk in the woods. It turned out to have been a bit colder than I realised. So cold, in fact, that...
View ArticleWilliam’s cardboard candy dispenser
During the summer, William showed me a video on YouTube and said: “I want to make one of these. Will you help me?” And with that, Project Candy was launched. It has taken a while as we had to acquire...
View ArticleIn which a cat makes his opinion known
So I powered on the PC last night intending to finish off a few bits and pieces that I really should have done over the weekend. Chili, however, had other ideas.
View ArticleThat’s enough working for one day
I am supposed to be working from home today. Pepper does not approve of this plan.
View ArticleAvicii: The Nights
Wednesday was a fun day. I turned up at the station at the usual time, only discover that all trains were cancelled due to a defective train further up the line. Since I can work from home, and the...
View ArticleChickens
Way back in 2014, we acquired a trio of chickens. Chickens don’t live that long and when the first one died, Eve decided to go out and buy three more, and so we had five. Of those five, three grew old...
View ArticleClass of 2019
Congratulations are in order to Macsen for having graduated from primary school. The ceremony was yesterday and, although he still has two more days of school, none of the planned activities can be...
View ArticleThat was the summer that was
Bloggage has been a bit light recently because this is August and I’ve been on holiday. Two weeks involving a few days away with the extended outlaws (like in-laws, but without a marriage contract) and...
View ArticleChili
We lost a cat at the weekend. On Saturday morning Eve let both cats out, as usual. We were out for most of the day and when we returned on Saturday evening, only Pepper came back. A neighbour found...
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Of beer and beavers
Sunday saw Macsen competing in the Flemish karate championship, which left me at home with William and Alexandre. After a morning playing board games, we decided to take advantage of the bright, dry...
View ArticleDouble Bronze
I mentioned, briefly, that Macsen had another karate tournament yesterday. He did well, coming third in both the kata (knowing the moves) and the kumite (the actual fighting) sections. He even managed...
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Celebrating curiosity
Today is International Darwin Day, which aims to inspire people to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied...
View ArticleWe have a teenager in the house
Macsen turned 13 today. Obviously, with the current situation his planned celebration has been postponed but we did manage a rather nice breakfast brunch at home. Outside, even, as the weather was nice...
View ArticleThat was the long weekend that was
Garden furniture is weird. At least, the way it’s priced is weird. We have a table and set of chairs for eating outside and, while the table is still perfectly good, the chairs are starting to show...
View ArticleTen plus Ten
Alexandre and William both hit ten years old today and, since they are at school, we have the best part of the day to make sure everything is ready for this evening. There’s no party this year because...
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Chillies
When Chili, (the cat) died last year, the boys wanted to bury the cat and to plant a chili plant to mark the spot. With the Covid-19 lockdown in full swing this spring, getting to a garden centre...
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Hello Monday
After a wet and windy weekend, it’s Monday. To tell the truth, Sunday wasn’t too bad but we stayed in anyway. I think it was justified, though, given how much of a rush Saturday was. Macsen had another...
View ArticleScratch
A few weeks ago, William told me he wanted to make his own computer game. So I installed Scratch on his laptop and told him to see what he could do. It turns out he can do quite a lot. Scratch is a...
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The Dead Pigeon Mystery
Yesterday evening, Eve informed me that there was a dead pigeon in the chicken run. I had no intention of trying to deal with a bird corpse while it was both dark and raining, but I did promise to get...
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