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Miss Chief’s 5th Birthday

23 November 2009
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I adore birthdays. I mean, I really adore birthdays! Miss Chief’s birthday was another opportunity for me to work on my cake decorating skills. She has been sucked into the Disney Princess black hole, so I felt that a castle was appropriate.

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Halloween 2009

26 October 2009
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This year, Miss Chief wanted to be Ariel (ar-ee-elle, not air-ee-elle). I sketched up a few ideas for her and we decided to go with this one: The mermaid tail instructions came from Burnouthappy on YouTube. Mr. B wanted to be a Water Dragon. I sketched this up for him: And here’s a collage that [...]

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Watering the Children

27 July 2009
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Today is a rather hot one in the sunshine. I’ve been working in the shaded garage on our chicken tractor complement to the new raised beds. The children have been the ones in the sun. And they’re hot. My solution? If Mr. B and Miss Chief are hot, then our plants might be thirsty as [...]

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