The Gorse Fox

Out of habit, I was up soon after 06:30 and was enjoying my first coffee of the day when Ellie came down. She had slept well, but awoke at 0...

Zoe had a day off, so there was no need to get up early. I wandered around to join the walk to school at the usual time. Then, leaving Ellie...

Ellie didn't wake up until 7:15, having had a really good night's sleep. She was her chirpy, bubbly self as we went through the morn...

After a gentle start to the day, we headed out to the wilds of Surrey, where we would meet up with the Saganauts for lunch. For any readers ...

We had a quiet day. After a lazy breakfast, I went across to Chris & Maureen's house to boost the heating so that the house would be...

  I had to be up early to greet Ellie. She was back to normal and very cheerful when she arrived. I, however, seemed to have developed sea l...

 There was no need for an early start today. Zoe had a day off, so Ellie was leaving from home. I grabbed my usual coffee and, as the the cl...

  I was up early for Ellie's drop-off. She was not happy about the early start and charged straight upstairs and got into her bed. She d...

  It was a funny old day. I was up early to greet Ellie, and once she had seen today's Elf on the Shelf tableau, she rushed upstairs to ...

The North Americans have a name for the people who visit the autumnal displays of colour created by the changing of the seasons in their dec...

We had a quiet Sunday. I thought I had got up at the usual time, but realised that I was an hour later than expected. That was an unexpected...

It was a relaxed start to the day. The overnight rain had ceased, and it was brightening up. We would be going out later, but to start the d...

  There's not much to report. I was up before 7:00 and once caffeinated, wandered around to Zoe's for the school run. It was chaos t...

   It was a very wet start to the day. I had to wear my waterproofs when I walked around to Zoe's to collect them for the walk to school...