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Sebastian, one of the assistant teachers from school, is coming to babysit this afternoon so that Dan & I can have some time to celebrate our anniversary. I was just in the bathroom, and in walks Quinton the crayon artist. “Mommy, is Sebastian a boy?” “What do you think, Quinton?” [...]

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The Red Crayon “Q”
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
I do wish this were the figurative version of “the writing on the wall.” If you look closely in the picture, you can see it there. A very well-formed red crayon “Q.” I don’t think I need to mention the artist’s name.
This happened two minutes before [...]

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The BBC weather forecast today is for “sunny intervals.” I love this, such a glass half-full way of putting it. No “partly cloudy” here. I guess you need some optimism when so many of your days are filled with clouds and/or rain! I think I will adopt this expression, and perhaps [...]

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Dan attended an all day conference today (something with the word Geek in it . . . I’m not joking . . . and this was not for work . . . I do love my nerd) so it was me and the boys. This fell after an evening out with my husband on [...]

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Whitsun Festival, North London Rudolf Steiner School
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
Another day of festivities at school today for Elliot and Quinton. Whitsun Festival has it’s roots in Pentecost, which technically takes place the fiftieth day after Passover. What this meant for my children was they wore as much white as possible to school (gasp!), [...]

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The Rhododendron Show
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
Quinton & I walked through Priory Park this morning, and my jaw dropped when I saw this rhododendron. The clusters of flowers are the size of my face. I headed out for a walk tonight and brought my camera to capture it and some other early summer blooms. [...]

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The Mini-Claw
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
We had a lovely, lovely weekend . . . balanced perfectly between relaxing and some fantastic sight seeing. Our master guide, Elliot Steeves, always has us on to the next adventure selected carefully from his various guide books. We checked off the Tate Britain, and then Elliot & [...]

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May Festival at the Queen’s Wood
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

Well, happy May Day a day late! This morning there was no school, but rather a festival at the Queen’s Wood for all of us. The children all had special flower crowns to wear, and some children arrived with their own made out of real [...]

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Greek Sculpture: Venus is discovered bathing
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
A good, interesting and very British day today. After I dropped the boys to school I went via bus and tube to the British Museum, a major sight in London to where I have not yet been. My men all went one day to [...]

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