Ellenarnison

LATEST ARTICLES ( 927 )

• 160/365 If Little Boys Must Play with Guns, Then Make Them out of Icing

  

  Boy Three contemplates his icing soldier His defenses appear to have been buttercreamed For Boy Three's birthday my friend Fionaoutdoors offered to make him a... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 159/365 Boy Three's Birthday Gala

  

  Once again I'm faced with the annual mystery: Why does silly string only ever appear on gala day? But it wasn't any old gala, it was Boy Three's birthday gala.... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 158/365 On Your Marks... It's Sports Day Again

  

  Sports day again. And the sun shone. I'm an old hand at sports day - this is the ninth summer as a parent at this school and I've only got eight more ahead as... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kate Winslet's Husband and I

  

  Once upon a time I spent the goodly lump of a winter on a yacht with Ned Rocknroll - current Mr Winslet and dad-to-be. Only then he didn't have such a... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 157/365 What a Lovely Day

  

  When the sun shines and stuff grows lush everywhere, all the wet and cold seems a small price to pay... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 156/365 Blogging - You Know It Makes Sense (even When It Doesn't)

  

  The image of the day is the Panther of News' blog. He's dusted off the Rantparrot and put up another post. I'm featuring him here because, aside from him being... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 155/365 The Lolly

  

  Well there you go, just when you had resigned yourself to not turning the heating off or painting the toenails, along comes summer. What? You paint your toenail... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 154/365 Laundry... Awash with Inspiration

  

  A move towards order, folded things anyway... see my nice PJ bottoms on the pile there... Yuk, it smells as bad as you'd expect. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scottish Roundup: Temporary Accommodation

  

  Life on A Small Island's sunset From time to time I get to edit the Scottish Roundup of blog posts, rounding up the best recent posts and dishing them up. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 153/365 Culzean Castle - Or We Got NTS Family Membership So We're Going to Use...

  

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  Posted on 02 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vertbaudet: Clothes Fit for a King

  

  Boy Three has decided that he is royal - the king, no less. And therefore won't do anything unless there is appropriate kowtowing. Or at least the buying of... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 152: Pedalling to Paisley - What I Learned

  

  Blimey, the lack of rain must have upset the balance of my mind or something, but today nothing else would do but to go for a bike ride... with Boy Two. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Painting: It Asda Be Done…

  

  Oddly it did what it said on the tin. Panther in action We are not a makeover kind of family. In fact, make under would be nearer the mark. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 151/365 This Morning Was a Mighty Long Time Ago...

  

  Thanks to a three-year-old boy who is already beside himself about his fourth birthday next week, I had a bit of a broken night. Then I was off into town early. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 150/365 Why Does My Desk Collect Weird Things?

  

  Like I really need specs to make my eyes look bloodshot! My desk seems to be the end point for a form of domestic long-shore drift whereby miscellaneous bits... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 148/365 Feeding Picky Kids is Mince

  

  Another month, another campaign to get the boys to eat properly. This time I mean business. Boy One has some sensory issues associated with his Aspergers and... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 147/365 Jupiter Artland

  

  Boy Three tried to cheer up one of Laura Ford's Weeping Girls Hanging around on Sam Durant's Scaffold Is it a hedgehog or a sea anemone? It's a gate by Ben... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 146/365 Fastest Cake in the World, No Longer a Scone...

  

  It's a lemon drizzle cake. We were off to see Fionaoutdoors and her daughter this afternoon and - having had the cheek to invite myself - I offered to bring... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is Rip-off Britain Killing Our Faith in Human Nature?

  

  Like lambs to slaughter... I'm a trusting sort. I believe deep down that most people are good and kind, or at the very least no worse than mildly opportunistic. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 144/365 Book Group and the Classics We Hated...

  

  (AKA The post in which I reveal myself to be an utter lightweight with no respect for proper Literature.) It was book group last night. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION