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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

Raphaël: he has always loved to draw. I often find him hunched over a sheet of paper, pencil in hand.

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

Anya: "Look Mummy! Ice in the shape of France!" 
Rosy-cheeked in the forest, she loves a good ramble. The muddier the better.

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

Raphaël: we practically had to drag him out to walk in the forest today (he wanted a bike ride); yet as soon as we arrived he was in his element, climbing rocks and identifying secret hiding places.  We still know him more than he knows himself.

February

Ways to survive grey and rainy days: plants, plants and more plants; new Summer dresses; warm beds; toasty toes; fire wood; the anticipation of Spring.

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

Joseph: looking like a little old Yorkshire man.  He was waiting to help Daddy shift the fire wood outside. Sticks and logs, wonderful.