it’s been a long six days so far. i picked rooster up from school on tuesday to find him slumped over a desk, looking very sorry for himself. he had a temperature and just wanted a cuddle. oh and pizza. apparently pizza would make it all better mummy. i scooped him up and off we went. school was a no go the following day with his temperature hitting 40.4. but he was eating well and as long as the cuddles were coming a good rate he was happy. a trip to doc’s and suggested perhaps a chest infection, prescribed antibiotics, but to keep an eye on him and if no improvement by saturday then to give them to him. well by thursday i had started to feel a little rough around the edges, by thursday night it was more than the edges that felt rough. and by friday morning we had a full house. all of us were down. casa HPMcQ had the full on lurgy. this picture perfectly visualizes exactly how i feel.

rough around the edges

there are dinosaurs roaming the park of crystal palace, ronnie could barely believe his eyes. giants surrounding the lake, frozen in time. these wonderful beasts were unveiled in the park in 1854, and had been commissioned in 1852 following the crystal palace of the great exhibition of 1851 being moved to sydenham hill. they were the very first dinosaur sculptures in the world, pre-dating the publication of charles darwins on the origin of species by six years. they have grade 1 listing, and were designed and sculpted by benjamin waterhouse hawkins in his near by studio in sydenham hill with help from richard owen.

and here they are, aren’t they marvellous

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