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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 15th, 2015  Posted in: Everything Tags for this post: Maths | Random Musings.  Comments are closedI like dates that make nice patterns, so I was quite pleased to notice that yesterday’s date made an addition statement. I wrote 14/1/15 on the whiteboard in my classroom, spotted the pattern and then changed what I had written to say 14+1=15 Happy Addition Day! Quite a few students remarked on this and started […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 8th, 2015 Posted in: Everything Tags for this post: Maths | The Job. 2 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)How would you write three pounds and fifty pence in figures? When walking through central London at the weekend, I noticed something slightly unusual about the menu pinned up outside the Golden Fleece pub: I thought it was odd, but assumed it was a one-off. Then I spotted the same thing on the […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 7th, 2015 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: Food | Mr TLC | My Life. Comments are closedThere is something quite magical about being the person who brings the birthday cake. Mr TLC’s younger GrandKitten’s midweek birthday did mean that baking time was a little constrained, so I decided that a midweek special was required: a Victoria sponge cake, topped with butter icing, in the shape of an animal. Since the effect […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 6th, 2015 Posted in: Life | The Universe Tags for this post: More Cats | My Life. Comments are closedBeing King of the Castle We have booked a holiday cottage at a rather famous castle. I am far more excited about this than can be rationally explained. Did I tell you that we were staying in a castle? An actual castle? Woohoo!
A Spot of Star Gazing Last year we visited the Galloway […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 5th, 2015 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: My Life | The Job. Comments are closed1. Converted a muddy mess into a garden that I love Once upon a time we had an overgrown quagmire at the back of our house. Then some mild weather back in February allowed me to get started on some pruning and one thing led to another. We cut back, pruned, dug out and cleared […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 6th, 2014 Posted in: The Universe Tags for this post: A Good Sign | Galloway Forest Park | Glen Trool | Photoblogging | Scotland. Comments are closedIt’s probably not pronounced Straight On, but it still made me smile. Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 5th, 2014 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: My Life | Spurious lists. One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)Watched a bike race. Learned to make croissants and Danish pastries. Listened to the blues whilst drinking beer at Tramlines. Went to the seaside. Got up early and made the most of the day. Had a lazy lie in bed with coffee and the newspaper. Rode a carousel. Shared fish and chips with Jonathan Livingstone […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 23rd, 2014 Posted in: Life Tags for this post: Mr TLC | My Life. 7 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)1. M1ldred Mr TLC is a bit of a classic car fan. Our car does not resemble a classic, but we like spotting more venerable vehicles as we trundle around. We used to mark sightings with a shout of “Classic car!” but at some point that changed to a hearty cry of “M1ldred!”. All old […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 22nd, 2014 Posted in: The Universe Tags for this post: Derbyshire | Photoblogging. Comments are closedWe took advantage of a fine day on Tuesday to enjoy a walk with some colleagues. We set off from Youlgreave and headed to Lathkill Dale. There was a diversion to Over Haddon for some lunch. It’s a picture-book village, with a nice pub and some excellent views over the local area. […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 21st, 2014 Posted in: Everything Tags for this post: Mr TLC | puzzle. Comments are closedWe sometimes struggle to finish the jumbo crossword in our Saturday newspaper, but that challenge seems small compared with this week’s Radio Times crossword. Mr TLC is currently looking at the clue for 3456 down. This may take some time… […] |
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