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The Gallery: Week 14 – still life

Posted on June 11, 2010May 22, 2025 by jenny

I’m having difficulty keeping up with the prompts for The Gallery but I’m really enjoying the opportunity to look at all my photos so I will persevere. Crossbones graveyard, Southwark Some months ago we headed to Borough Market for the morning. Down a side street we came across the memorial gates to the Crossbones graveyard,…

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Holidays and sunburnt hands!

Posted on June 4, 2010February 22, 2020 by jenny

We’re coming to the end of a week spent in Devon and Cornwall. It has been quite an experiencing holidaying with an 11 week old! However, we managed to have a great time and visited Lanhydrock, a monkey sanctuary and the Eden Project, not to mention the picturesque seaside villages of Looe and Polperro. Here…

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The Gallery: Week 11

Posted on May 12, 2010 by jenny

The theme for The Gallery this week is: Men. Pictures of the men in your life. There are two men in my life, my lovely husband and brand new baby boy. In the short time since he was born (7 weeks!) I have managed to take more photographs of the baby than my husband during…

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The Gallery: Week 10

Posted on May 10, 2010February 23, 2013 by jenny

It’s taken me a while to come up with a picture for this weeks’ The Gallery. I have spent ages looking through my albums. The theme was to paint a picture of the world we live in: The hidden bits, the bits you feel are special and people should know about. The bits people wouldn’t…

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Make Do and Mend

Posted on June 24, 2009May 17, 2015 by jenny

There’s a wonderful exhibition at the Museum of Childhood at the moment. It’s called Make Do and Mend and according to their website: “How can a broken shopping trolley be transformed into a stylish piece of furniture? Anti-waste wartime tips on cutting excessive consumption have an obvious resonance in today’s economic climate and the campaign…

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Spring

Posted on April 8, 2009April 16, 2025 by jenny

Beautiful bluebells, seen at Waddesdon Manor last week.

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Epping Forest

Posted on February 15, 2009June 13, 2021 by jenny

Today we went for a muddy walk in Epping Forest. It’s not far from where we live and it was lovely to get out and about. We also visited Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, a lovely, quirky, Tudor building.  It’s been  such a busy weekend. We went and saw Keane at the O2 on Friday and…

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Welcome to the gingerbread house blog. I’m Jenny, London mum of two teens. Craft and family lifestyle blogger, occasional baker of gingerbread. Find out more about us, our latest crafts, and be inspired by our days out. Contact me jenny@the-gingerbread-house.co.uk

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