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I have neglected my little blog of late. June has speed by in a blur of exams, reports, meetings with parents, interviews with incoming pupils, rehearsing for our school production........ ...

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I had a jewellery session after school with Breda a couple of weeks ago, as she wanted some earrings to match a necklace and bracelet she bought at the British Museum shop. They are golden fresh ...

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A big "Hello my lovelies!" to the ladies who write such inspirational posts, share their lives, loves, skills and talents, and brighten my day with beautiful photos and words when I come home tir...

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A school day, so a usual day in my life 7am, apple puree, yoghurt (homemade) and granola. Fairly typical. 8am, on the Piccadilly line, just coming up to Hammersmith 9am, wor...

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Mrs Robin in her nest, in a hedge in our back garden in Wiltshire. She's guarding 5 tiny eggs! Our Home Sweet Home will be a while yet, but our onslaught on the garden continues. We are d...

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Easy! The 1920s. Sophistication, glamour, Lagonda sports cars, tea parties, cocktail parties, fancy-dress parties, shingled bobs, flapper dresses, cloche hats, Louise Brooks, Brideshead Revisited...

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Yesterday was National Museum Day My favourite museum? Too hard to choose just one! I love the Victoria and Albert here in London with its vast variety of beautiful archives, the National Gall...

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I set up my blog as a photo-journal, to document what have done, seen, made, found etc. Just to put things somewhere, really, rather than languishing on my camera card being forgotten. The sort o...

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I don't walk to work; it would take at least two and a half hours, but I walk to and from the tube both ends. So here's a little insight into my walks. I avoid the main road linking school and Wa...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/05/walk-to-work-week.html

I usually take a sandwich to school for my lunch, so here is today's; mature Cheddar cheese and baby plum tomato, on Polish rye bread.

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Buying Fair Trade is much easier these days after the major supermarkets are on board, so here is a little selection from last week's shopping. Yes, I really do like bananas like that! Yes,...

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So, what keeps me going? I work hard because I do a job I love. Teaching has many challenges, more and more red tape these days, but if you teach a subject you are passionate about, as I do, you...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/05/motivation.html

Hounslow is near to Heathrow, and although close, we are circled by planes rather than have them directly overhead. We have Hounslow Heath on our doorstep, once frequented by the dastardly Dick T...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/05/local-history-month-talk-about-you.html

I must confess to being a bit of a Luddite with regard to 'modern technology'! Having said that, I love my iPad, and wouldn't be without it, as I use it every day. Hello Kitty keeps it dust-free...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/05/gadgets-what-are-you-must-haves-dream.html

In a parallel universe where I have won the lottery or come into a large inheritance, I would have a little tea shop to serve tea and cake and preserves, and sell little sewn, beaded and knitted ...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/05/passion-projects.html

My weekend morning routine depends on where we are. If we're at home in London on a Saturday, it's the daily smoothie first thing, then a leisurely breakfast watching James Martin's Saturday Kitc...

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Apologies for the delay posting and glut of posts over the next couple of days. We were in Wiltshire for the long weekend without television, internet or technology, which was blissful, but put p...

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Feliz Cinco de Mayo to everyone in Mexico! My aunt found this pretty candlestick for my birthday a couple of years ago, Mexican in style, I think, with its hand-painted bright and cheerful colour...

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Science Fiction is really my husband's thing rather than mine, but I do like Dr Who and am glad the latest incarnations, the 10th and 11th Doctors are as compelling as my favourite Timelord, Jon ...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/05/star-wars-day-talk-about-sci-fi.html

Happy May Day! The new page of my Mollie Makes calendar captures lots of my favourite things - pink, birds, piano, books. Elizabeth over at www.rosalilium.com is hosting 'Blog every day in...

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I have been lucky with some pretty finds in charity shops recently. This stilton jar from my favourite, the Cancer Research in Hounslow, spotted during the holidays, can add to the ot...

http://sky-blu-pink.blogspot.com/2014/04/some-more-treasures.html

  The Hampshire countryside is really beautiful. Even on a dull day, the rapeseed is such a golden yellow.      Fields on Magdalen Hill.     And this amazing sand scul...

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A Happy and Blessed Easter to Everyone!

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I collected two of my students who had been on a residential Science course at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. They had a wonderful three days of study, and I had the chance to browse the fab ...

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I have had success finding some lovely things in charity shops. I have tried to stick to the blue and white theme of our new kitchen in the Warminster cottage, when we get the planning permission...

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