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Mar

Easter Monday - Foto Friday and General Ramble!

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Late again! Here are some photos taken on Easter Sunday. The snow didnt last, and was only 1cm, which isnt much on Canadian scales, but was enough to delight Emma! I hadnt realised how tired Sophie looked til I uploaded this pic. She's got that "uhoh, mummy with a camera" look!

We are still battling the squirrels - just off the third picture is a sonic pest scarer. Squirrels are still visiting us!  Dont know if they're staying so long or just eating between beeps.... Also on the wildlife front, I have ordered a wormery to eat my kids leftovers. I already have a cone bin and that's too full, so I thought I could put the easier stuff in a wormery which Em would enjoy looking at more! I want my wheelie bin to starve LOL! Saturday I counted 11 magnificent magpies in one tree behind my garden. Better watch out in case it takes my sparkly stuff! And today a sparrowhawk was watching my bird table. Fortunately it didnt eat any of my garden birds. But it is beautiful!

We have just started sponsoring a 5 year old in Tanzania to go to school. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while, and having Emma start school has been the ideal time. So we asked for a girl of a similar age to Emma, and as our church is involved in supporting churches in Tanzania it seemed sensible to build on this link. I dont want Emma to take her advantages in England for granted, and certainly not her free education. So now we are paying for Elizabeth to go to school. We received our first letter from her last week. She wrote that she had porridge and sardines for Christmas dinner and then went to play with her friends! There are several reputable charities that organise sponsorships, but we are with Compassion, which a number of our family and friends have been with for years.

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cathbusymum
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | cathbusymum
Re: Easter Monday - Foto Friday and General Ramble!

Fantastic of you to sponsor a child! Good on you!!

Love the photos, never been to the snow- looks fabulous!



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      KathrynR1402
March 2008 | KathrynR1402
Re: Easter Monday - Foto Friday and General Ramble!

glad you liked the photos! We have so little photos (sure there was more when I was a kid) that we have to make the most of every flake!

We just got a letter from Elizabeth with a drawing around her hand & coloured in - so exciting!



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alishas-mummy
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | alishas-mummy
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hahaha the first picture is so so cute !!!!!!!!!

xox



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      KathrynR1402
March 2008 | KathrynR1402
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thanks - Sophie does cute all too well, very hard to tell her off already LOL!



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           alishas-mummy
March 2008 | alishas-mummy
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hahahahaha



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Marglr
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Marglr
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Sparrow hawks are amazing aren't they??? We have a resident red tailed hawk in the ravine here,he regularly takes a mouse,bird and I did see him take a snake. Is Sophie headed for a fireperson's job! She does look a little tired but so cute all the same!!! Were's a picture of my Emma??? I miss her,she was last the cool fairy,what is it now???LOL! What's the update on the green house? Is your summer house part green house??? It won't replace the greenhouse will it?



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      KathrynR1402
March 2008 | KathrynR1402
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Fear not, the greenhouse has it's windows back in, and it is not being replaced! The summerhouse is in addition (and Im sure I'll be banned from plants in there - already been told "no ride-on toys")! I will try to take a few photos of Em when we go to grandparents this and next weekend - fear not! Sophie adores hats, especially helmets!



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           Marglr
March 2008 | Marglr
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Hey!!! Summer House...what goes better than plants with summer!! Hubby loves summer here..then my "trees" can go back out and allow some room in the living room. Hope we don't kill ourselves getting them out!  We have the promise of warmer weather but I don't know,we do have the robins back!! But the snow banks around our place are still a couple of feet high! Crazy and here it is almost April. DD brought me a bunch of daffodils so they look so spring like!! I suppose you know but Sophie is a total charmer!



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Kellzacar
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Kellzacar
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Hi Kathryn,

Thanks for sharing your GREAT pics, I particulary love the one of the yard  with ALL the snow. I used to live where it snow and I miss it although I do not miss the isolation and the cold. . . . Good on you too for sponsoring a liitle one from Tanzania.

Cheers Kellz



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      KathrynR1402
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | KathrynR1402
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glad you liked the pics! Shame the snow didnt stay like that for long, but we're so unused to it here, if there had been any more it would'v been chaos!



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pavementcracks70
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | pavementcracks70
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great idea to sponsor kid same age as your own!

great pics thanks for sharing rue



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      KathrynR1402
March 2008 | KathrynR1402
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Glad you enjoyed them Rue!



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nell18-3
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | nell18-3
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Our snow was falling as heavy as that, it just melted as soon as it hit the floor !!!

Sponsoring a child is great, we used to do that to a child in Africa, its lovely getting post from them isn't it

Must admit Magpies always scare me, as I once heard a tale about how a Mappie took a bite out of someones ear trying to get the shining earing !!!!!!

xxx



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      KathrynR1402
March 2008 | KathrynR1402
Re: Easter Monday - Foto Friday and General Ramble!

our electronic thermometer said it was -0.5C during the snow, so it only just managed to settle. 

that was one brave magpie (or an urban myth?)! I saw them raiding a pigeon nest a few years ago, which was rather sad (though we have more than enough pigeons) so they're rather a mixed blessing if you like bird watching, rather like the sparrowhawk!



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