Waterlogged runs.

Some of my runs have been very interesting with all of the rain we have been having. I quite enjoy running around our local Nature Reserve as it gives me the opportunity to look at what our local river is doing. Last week on one of my runs I was confronted with this:

 

 The path was underwater, I didn't run through it. I'm not sure my shoes would have coped with it and running with soaking wet feet in the cold isn't something I would have found enjoyable.

Down there is normally a path, our dog used to love running up these steps. At the minute it is back to being a path, not a path I'd use at the minute due to being waterlogged but not under a foot of water either.

Silent Sunday 1/12/13

BritMums Xmas

A picture post, there were so many lovely things and people, so I thought I'd leave the pictures to do all the talking.

A tip for those who are dairy free, put lard instead of butter under the skin of the turkey or a little olive oil (be careful with olive oil don't go mad) 

Silent Sunday

Garden finds

We are having the decking in our back garden removed and we found a little friend.

It's a frog! Lucky had always been a bit wary of going outside when it had rained and we thought we'd heard a croak once or twice but never did we think there was a frog living under our decking. He's found a home up at Nate's nursery for a few days before they find him a new home. 

Cool souvenirs

We wanted to get Nate a souvenir that was relevant to where we had been and in our search we found this a Canimal.

Its a stuffed toy in a tin can. On one side of the can you have a picture of the stuffed toy and a warning about how adorable they are.

On the other side of the can is information about the animal we got the canimal turtle so there is lots of information about their nesting habits. The other canimals I have seen are monkeys and black belly sheep but we didn't see any of the others this time.

The only issue with this is you have to use a can opener with it, it would have been nice to be able to keep the can with a resealable lid .

What's hiding in the can?

There it is, the canimal turtle is born. The turtle isn't the best quality stuffed toy we've had but Nate loved the novelty of having to open the can (mummy had to do that) and finding out what was in it. 

Holiday in pictures

Here are a few pictures from our holidays:

This was taken in Speightstown, to the North West of Barbados. Nate loved looking out at the sea and was pointing to another beach.

All cuddled up to daddy. 

Happy to be in his big boy pants

At North Point in Barbados there are lovely picture opportunities. Here you can see an anchor in the distance. 

Enjoying the view from North Point

At The Crane, the lovely hotel in St Phillip Nate enjoyed looking at the fish, there were two ponds for the Koi, one outside one of the hotel blocks 

The other with lovely large Koi outside the Zen restaurant

For daddies birthday we went on a picnic in Barclays Park along the East Coast Road

Nate's favourite thing was airplane spotting so here we are at my favourite beach for the same reason. When I was younger I always thought the planes flew close enough to touch so would jump when the big jets flew over.