The birthday present

Marbles

The latest craze at school. I love the way that one moment my kids are playing a state-of-the-art video game and the next they're playing a really ancient game that's still going strong.

Nice weather for ducks

Virginia Creeper

Glorifying our garden wall at the moment.

Conkers

Collected by the children from the village green.

Onions

Red onions from the garden, drying by the back door.

Leaf

Looking up

Snoozing ducks

Autumn leaves

Deadhead

Fairy cakes

Decorated by DD and her friend. You can probably tell...

Old Man Willow

Monkey!

DS came home from his friend's party today with this cute little fellow in place of a party bag.

Crina Bottoms Farm, Ingleborough

Crina Bottoms Farm, on the path up Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales.

Kingsdale, North Yorkshire

Motorway

On our way to the Yorkshire Dales.

Autumn leaves

Hawthorn berries

Cosmos

Umbellifer

Cosmos

An unexpected visitor

Look what landed in the Junior School field this morning!

Cosmos

Japanese Anemone

Better late than never

Nearly forgot to take my photo for today...

The child wants a dog

DD wants a dog. I don't want a dog. Toy ones will have to suffice.

Brancaster beach

The last day of the summer holidays, spent on the beach as it ought to be.

When lunch turns nasty...

Burghley Horse Trials

A day at the cross-country phase of Burghley Horse Trials with my daughter - an annual treat for us both.