A bit late for Halloween perhaps, but yesterday, with the pocket money he has saved since first receiving any in September, Barnaby bought a pumpkin cake tin. Bless. So this afternoon we baked a toothy pumpkin face.

With 3 young boys, the fireworks were not the main attraction this year. The sparklers, however, were a HUGE hit. Much love… Rock band plays primary school benefit – article from Henley Standard 5th November 2011. A photo I took a few months ago, so it doesn’t strictly qualify for my 365, but the article was […]

  Another red robin, but this time with the beautiful young red leaves of the  x fraseri shrub, or Christmas Berry. Perhaps I am a bit early with this one then, but lovely Autumnal colours I thought.

The last of my tomatoes – still yummy!

  The few remaining sweeties leftover from Halloween – good for bribing the little boys!

  Inspired by Halloween pumpkins, a picture of other members of the Cucurbitaceae family!  (Yes, I did look that bit up.)

  Our last day in Devon and, as promised to the boys, a spot of crazy golf. With the kids it certainly was crazy!

A little robin sitting on a no parking sign in Mortehoe! Naughty boy. How cute though?

  Another day of walking and jumping and climbing. As Alexei featured in all of my final shortlist, I let him decide which picture to post; he chose a posed photo!