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A pensive Anya started and finishes the 52 project.

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Soon.

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Anya.

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Joseph: watching Christmas films on the telly.

Only three more weeks until the end of the project. I more or less decided soon into it that I would only do one year. It was almost a test that I set myself and I'm proud to have persisted every week. I desperately wanted to get out of the instagram-style way of picture taking ("just smell that flower there Anya"), to take photos of the kids spontaneously without them noticing as well as only using my camera on manual mode. But a year is enough and I'd prefer picture-taking to be totally spontaneous without the weekly pressure. Yet...I can't wait to go back over the 52 photos I've taken and give myself a pat on the back :)

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Anya: getting in the gifting mood; she has spent the last 2 days making bracelets for her friends.

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Joseph: a little bowl licker - the best part of making chocolate cake.

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Joseph: clean clothes don't last long in our family

Anya: Mademoiselle Bake Off

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Raphaël: screen time.

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Anya: all dressed up, perfume, her jewels, the whole show.

Joseph: "take a photo of me Mummy" 

L'automne

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Joseph: with the present he chose for his 5th birthday.

Q & A

A year ago I answered some questions for the blog momfilter about our life here in France.  The article was recently published and can be read here .

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Joseph: hunting for mushrooms and chestnuts.

Attic conversion

The first finished room in our attic conversion - a bedroom for us.  So much space to fill.  I was promised I'd see the stars from the velux window, this morning I actually did.

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Anya: our newly renovated bedroom is at the top of the house where it's very peaceful; she spent ages alone up there this morning undisturbed.

Raphaël: the fact he has a new library to discover is one of his favourite things about starting secondary school. One day this week I had to remove 2.5kgs of library books from his schoolbag. 
Joseph: 5 m&m's, a bottle of water and his sword; the leader of the forest.

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Joseph: sweatpants, Lego and a bedhead.

 "Skills make people more human, and also more happy. Knowing how to do things for yourself is vitally empowering, especially at this point in history, when we have lost so much of what we used to know. A community full of folks who know how to grow food, make bread, keep bees, mend things, build things, a community that understands the importance of mutual support, of helping each other, of pooling resources, of sharing harvests…. who doesn’t want to live in a community like that? I sure do. And that’s permaculture for you. Thinking of the whole, and acting in a way that makes things better."
a holistic perspective

Smart versus dumb

Another article which hit the button.

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Joseph: it was a tough week for this little one; gastroenteritis then he trapped all his fingers in a folding deck chair. Thankfully he's feeling better although still tired. Here's to Sunday..the day of rest.

Dahlias from our garden.

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Joseph: hidden behind the sofa, head on a balloon, dirty hands and nails; 110cm of pure mischief.

Inspiration

From other places, the The Myth of Quality Time and this interview.

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Joseph: bunny on the brain

Anya: Sunday morning Maths

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Anya: always busy with her much requested birthday present.

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Raphaël: home from a week away with Mamie and Papy, he has two days of R&R before his first term at secondary school begins.

le jeudi 13 août 2015

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Anya: singing along...loudly...

Le Petit Prince

We waited weeks to see this film and it didn't disappoint.  Can't wait to see it again.

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Raphaël: picking apples from Grandad's tree.

Foxgloves & Honeysuckle

1. and 2. Moel Famau forest trail
3. 4. and 5. Ruthin, Grandad's house (North Wales)