Sungei buloh and bollywood veggies

A lovely family trip on Saturday took us to the north of this little island to visit the mangrove swamps at sungei buloh.

This time we saw a crocodile in the water, some mudskippers at low tides, several large monitor lizards, cranes, herons, mud crab hills, wasps nests and more blood - starved aedes mosquitoes than I'd ever like to encounter again.

Apart from being eaten alive, it was lovely to be in the peaceful surroundings of the mangrove swamp. I love it up there.

Lunch at the quirky bollywood veggies was great, with the kids happily using the tree trunk mounted can crusher to flatten an entire crate of cans.

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Early morning toy soldiers

Pippa has gone off for cross country, so Tasha is using the glorious early morning play time to play toy soldiers.

Home made Harry Potter broomsticks

Super heroes party at church tomorrow night, Pippa is going as Harry Potter. Much excitement in our house today.

Barra brith and being blessed

Barra Brith They say you start 'nesting' when you are pregnant, well, it's true - I've been into baking these last couple of weeks. Today I decided to make Barra Brith (Welsh tea loaf) for my colleagues, since it is my birthday. What a disaster! First it overflowed, surgically welding itself to the intereior of our oven, then it burnt on top whilst remaining raw on the inside, then it rufused to be extracted from the loaf tin. I wouldn't be surprised about any of this with my track-record in baking, but I made exactly the same thing using exactly the same recipe last week and it was 100% successful. It still tasted great though - once I managed to extract it from its tin. I'm not, however, looking forward to dealing with the oven! That can wait until the weekend. Hard times I've had a number of emails from friends recently telling me of the death of close friends and accidents that people have had; it has made me realise just how fortunate and blessed we are...

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