The Brighton Linden Lab office is scheduled to close its doors for good on 30 September. This week, the staff are dividing up whatever office materials are not being sold. Today we inherited a white board. AC and two of his colleagues carried the whole thing from their office to our flat. The message on the board …

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Sam is working her way through the Kindergarten level of an American math curriculum called Right Start Math. Today’s lesson involved money. “You’ll need 5 pennies and 2 nickels.” Hmm. I apparently don’t have two American coins to rub together here in the UK, so we did the lesson with pence, which is much more …

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There are days (like yesterday) when I barely remember to take a photo. Then there are days like today when I take a ton of photos and then hesitate over which one to post as the photo of the day. I chose this one because it was one of my favorite moments: after a steep climb up a footpath in the Surrey Hills outside …

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but not an unpleasant Saturday. This is the bottom of Queensbury Mews, the street that leads to the back entrance of our building.

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After French Club, Seth and Sam try on dresses from her wardrobe. Yes, I’m teaching them about la mode.

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We’ve lived in the UK six months today. It feels like it’s been both longer and shorter than that. How I wish I knew where we’ll be six months from now.

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On our way through Churchill Square this afternoon we stopped to watch the Live Food show, part of the Brighton Food & Drink Festival on this month. Moments before I took this picture, the chef accidentally dumped all the food he’d cooked onto the table next to the cooktop. “Not ready for telly this one,” quipped …

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Sam loves the Lillefee temporary tattoos that a friend of mine brought her from Germany (thanks, Robin!) She’s named this squirrel Pattertwig, after the squirrel in (what else) Prince Caspian.

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I really could do without these. Welcome to Monday morning.

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