All Entries Tagged With: "Living in England"
A few recipes
Two great things. Florence, Italy. The Florence post will go up tomorrow. Meanwhile, here are some recipes for you to try. It just so happens that I am serving this for dinner tonight: Pulled Pork Barbecue (cooking it in a crock pot) Spicy Slaw No Egg Tirimasu Edited to add: Aledys tells me that she [...]
What happens when we run out of Stroopwafels
(my least favourite) I won’t tell you how many boxes of Daelman‘s double packs we brought over with us, but now they’re GONE. So as of yesterday, we’re going cold turkey and switching over to 100% British biscuits. A real hardship, you know ;-) Interestingly, we can buy Daelman’s stroopwafels at our local post office [...]
Ask an Expat: Our version of the first day of school
School books and supplies for five classes. In recent weeks, I’ve had a number of people ask me about Roxi school, so I thought that was probably a sign that I should do an update… Roxi’s books arrived on Friday. The larger packet on the right contained her science kit–we haven’t had a minute to [...]
They’ll be ready in October
I can’t believe how fast these pears are growing! About a month ago, they were about half this size. Apparently they will be ready to pick in October. What in the world am I going to do with all of these things? Maybe I’ll give a bunch of them to the neighbours who gave us some [...]
Brolly at the ready
We were in town on Saturday to see one of Roxi’s friends visiting from the Netherlands. It’s been soppy here lately and Saturday was no different. While the kids were hanging out, Mr. DJ and I went for coffee at the National Theatre Terrace Cafe. Have you ever been there? It’s one of my favourite [...]
Keeping London Clean
I think I need one of these for our house! Related posts Wordless Wednesday ~ 52: Well, are you? (London) (8) Wordless Wednesday ~ 51: Train Station Vending Machine (England) (12) Wordless Wednesday ~ 50: At low tide, Thames River (London) (22) Wishing you a weekend full of (4) What’s making me giddy (15)
About those birds…
Apparently there are peregrine falcons who like to perch on the chimney at the Tate Modern during the summer months. Through 12 September, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB on the sign from yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday post) have telescopes set up near the the Millennium Bridge if you want to have a look at [...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ 52: Well, are you? (London)
Click here for more Wordless Wednesday. Related posts Wordless Wednesday ~ 51: Train Station Vending Machine (England) (12) Wordless Wednesday ~ 50: At low tide, Thames River (London) (22) Wordless Wednesday~7: You’re leaving me again? (12) Wordless Wednesday ~37: From where I stand, above and below (11) Wordless Wednesday ~23: Today’s lunchtime view (9)
We were in London
Under the Millennium Bridge. Roxi and I were in town yesterday to meet up with a friend of mine here on a mother daughter trip. They were running a bit late, so Roxi and I settled on the steps under the Millennium Bridge to people watch. Sitting there, I thought of this video by the Pet Shop [...]
Another break…
Beloved Nespresso and a stroopwafel :-) We finally received via email Roxi’s academic plan for the rest of (Texas) high school. I’m going to write about it in detail another day, but we’re pretty happy with how her classes transferred over. We are hoping that the hard copies arrive soon so Roxi can sign up [...]
