Since the cousins will not be around tomorrow, we postponed today's planned outing to Canterbury until tomorrow so that Boo and Skibo could play with them today. As LOML wanted to go off to look for Christmas presents, I stayed at the house with the four children: this gave me the fun of making bread with them (I am, after all, BreadBox, and am going through withdrawal symptoms).
After recent experiments with sourdough, and, of course, not having access to my tools or counterspace, I'm happy to say that the results were on the good side of dreadful. Quite good, quite edible, and nothing to be ashamed of:-)
In the afternoon we took a walk down through village streets, across fields, and into a country churchyard. Not sure that the children yet appreciate it, although I think that Boo realised that churches over here look rather different from their much more modern american counterparts. Hardly surprising: the one we visited today dates back seven or eight hundred years: about twenty or thirty times as old as some of the ones around our town!
So, tomorrow to Canterbury --- on the bus, yet, for the children's enjoyment --- and then the next day, to visit my parents. Too little, way too little time, but we will have fun with family.
Yours, enjoying being able to experience not-so-recent history again,
N.
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It is rather interesting for me to read this blog. Thanx for it. I like such themes and everything connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more soon.
Hi N,
Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Christmas with your family. I hope that you have a wonderful day in Canterbury - and I wonder if you will find some of the surrounding buildings surprisingly familiar!
Best wishes for 2010
Alice
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