End of Summer + New School Year

So, we left Cornwall a week ago, and already it seems like ages ago now.  Despite the lousy weather, family rows (needless to say) and having spent a lot more time indoors than we would have liked, it was still lovely to be there. Polperro as ever, retains it’s rustic charm. We didn’t do all the trips that we had planned, though we did manage a trip to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, which was every bit as gorgeous and interesting as I had hoped. Sadly, due to back issues, I was not able to walk around all of the gardens, but Luke and Orla did.  I think she loved the jungle and Mud Maid best. What shots I managed to take will be uploaded at some future point.

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Pirate Day

Orla’s school topic for this term was ‘Pirates‘, and a lot of work has been put into homework etc, learning all about Pirates (by her and us). She has thoroughly enjoyed it, for lets be honest, what child doesn’t loves Pirates. However, this week extra effort has been made as the homework was a ‘two week’ project, which saw us making a Pirate Chest, creating our own pirate character called  ‘Pirate Captain Jesse Black‘, writing up a fact sheet all about our pirate, and most important of all, creating her costume for Pirate Day at school. To be honest, she isn’t that well, and could really have done with a day at home. But, the first words from her lips upon waking this morning were ‘PIRATE DAAAAAY‘, so that was not to be thought of at all!!!

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Creative + Passionate + Inspired

Lorrie Whittington is an illustrator, designer-maker, free spirit, chocolate eating geek, living in the heart of the Sussex countryside on the south coast of Britain. She draws, paints, reads a lot, makes things with clay, likes scf-fi and hangs out with her daughter.