Category Archives: Outdoor play

We are still here!

Posted by Ailsa on 23 March, 2014 2 comments
View from Werneath Low

We are still here, I promise! I know we have been (very) quiet, but I have a good excuse. I have been feeling awful recently – constant nausea, sickness, exhaustion – but as the dark clouds are beginning to lift …

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Art in the park – Whitworth Weekending Festival

Posted by Ailsa on 10 January, 2014 2 comments

We are very lucky up here in the Greater Manchester area – we are treated to a huge variety of free events and family activities hosted by various museums, galleries and organisations. In the last few months we have been …

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Threaded Cereal Bird Feeders

Posted by Ailsa on 8 December, 2013 2 comments

After the slight disaster of the squirrel stealing our loo-roll bird feeders, I saw this idea at a local country park and had high hopes that they might stay put a little longer! The bird feeders are simply made from …

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Gnome Garden

Posted by Ailsa on 9 July, 2013 2 comments
Gnome Garden

We have a new friend outside – our ‘Garden Guardian’! This little fella arrived in a ‘paint your own gnome’ pack from Morrisons. Annabelle enjoyed choosing what colour hat and coat to give him, and making sure he would look …

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Keeping Safe, Keeping Warm and Keeping Busy!

Posted by Ailsa on 19 March, 2013 1 comments

Here are a few little moments of play from the last few weeks! Keeping safe Annabelle’s pride and joy is her new high-visibility jacket. She loves to talk about why the ‘Bin Men’ wear their hi-vis clothes, and sometimes we see …

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