2010 Photo365

Into the Wild

Mar 27, 2010

On Friday I felt the need for forest. Brighton isn’t a large city, but it is bustling and dense, and since the sun was shining, it seemed like a good time to get out of the city and into some green, far from people. A look at the map revealed an enticingly titled “Moulsecoomb Wild Park” green blob, north of the city on …

26 March 2010 Moulsecoomb Moss

Mar 26, 2010

Mossy trees at Moulsecoomb (pronounced “muls-comb”) Wild Park, just northeast of Brighton.

25 March 2010 Bus Stop Beer Advert

Mar 25, 2010

Sam and I wait for the bus after an afternoon at the Hove Home Ed playgroup. She’s leaning against an ad for Bombadier beer–an English brew. These ads are everywhere and they feature a hodgepodge of English icons like Queen Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, and Winston Churchill, all mashed up with other symbols and in poses …

24 March 2010 Muffins

Mar 24, 2010

It is so hard not to refer to these as English muffins. They are delicious and quite unlike “English” muffins in the US. Nooks and crannies belong to crumpets (also delicious) and the (delete nationality) muffin is softer, even when toasted, a bit more like a biscuit. An American biscuit, that is, not an English one, …

23 March 2010 Butterflies

Mar 23, 2010

At Brighton & Hove Gymnastics Club the kids warm up as butterflies. Can you spot the Yank?

22 March 2010 Compost Pots

Mar 22, 2010

We’ve seen some flirtatious signs of spring: a daffodil here and there, a pokey crocus, the occasional not-chilly breeze. In honor of the vernal equinox last weekend we bought some seeds and pots and today put them together with some compost– the term the Brits seem to use when we would say “potting soil.” (Though it …

21 March 2010 Chocolate Festival

Mar 21, 2010

He shared. It was yummy. We procured it and other tasty chocolate at the Brighton Chocolate Festival today.

20 March 2010 Taj the Grocer

Mar 20, 2010

This might just be my new favorite shop. They sell 30 different kinds of curry paste AND pain au chocolat.

19 March 2010 God Save the Queen

Mar 19, 2010

18 March 2010 My Little Friend

Mar 18, 2010

Washer/Dryer all in one. It’s small, so I have to do laundry every day because two pairs of AC’s pants (err, I mean trousers*) will just about fill it up. It wrinkles cotton clothing horribly so I’ve also had to make friends with the iron and ironing board, but other than that it is pretty nifty. Pants is the term for …