Jake's big brothers (Fuld Effekt) have a new video to promote their upcoming EP

It's in Danish but not too many swear words (as far as I can hear).

And yes that's my car being borrowed again :o).

(Left to right: Claus  - can't take the credit for him or Speakr,
who does a lot of the driving - but Zac and Alex are great big brothers for Jake) 

Click below for the fun to start! 

Fuld Effekt in my car :o)

Make your own non-slip socks

You'll need:

Some socks

A paintbrush

Some rubbery glue or left-over latex (like we used)

Rolled up newspaper to stuff inside the socks to stop the glue from gluing both sides together

Make dots for your toes

But don't do what we did next..

Because if you cover large parts of the socks with glue...like this

And do several layers, it looks cool...

Really cool and when it dries it's very good for stopping kids from slipping over
BUT
The bits covered in the glue DON'T stretch.

So you end up with the heel halfway under your foot.
WHICH IS WHY

You should
MAKE LOTS OF DOTS INSTEAD
which is probably more fun for kids anyway.

Bonfire night. BE A HERO! And GREAT NEWS for hedgehog lovers

Tomorrow afternoon, spread a tarpaulin/sheet by the bonfire, move the wood and stuff onto the tarp, checking for sleepy hedgehogs. All done? Take the chance to put nice DRY newspaper in the base of the fire as you pile the wood back up. Have a GREAT NIGHT and a clear conscience that there won't be a family of hoglets in there somewhere smile emoticon.

GREAT NEWS

Our 'luxury' hog house under our kitchen window
(complete with pretty blue paddly/drinking pool)
now has a hoggy resident!
We are THRILLED to bits.

He/she is still coming out at nights and we could hear him
gnashing away on catfood behind the litter bin
while we handed out sweets and hot chocolate from my
witch's couldron to hordes of Viking Halloween guests.

I've spread out a punctured airbed on top to keep out the weather.
I intended to nail it down but hoggy is asleep during the daytime
and I'd hit my thumbs in the dark. 

This is the inhabited side, with little footprints.

This is the other side. We are not sure if anyone is in there,
because Jakob was so surprised to see the first hoggy under the hay,
that we put the lid down quickly.
We didn't want to disturb the dear little thing.

Tonight Dr Watson plans to put a piece of paper down to
see if anyone leaves any footprints.

Six hoggies (Mummy + three babies, and two middle-sized)
have been coming for food since about the end of August,
so there are plenty of potential tenants.

Watch this space tomorrow for news.

No footprints outside the right-hand side yet...