the tales of beedle the bard

you only need to read this post if you enjoy harry potter.



amazon uk has just purchased (for nearly 2 million pounds) one of the seven, un-published, hand written, hand illustrated copies of 'the tales of beedle the bard' - translated from the original runes - by j.k. rowling. this is the book dumbledore bequeathed to hermione; it contains 'the tale of the three brothers' which is the only beedle bard tale retold in the deathly hallows. there are 4 other tales and now amazon is trying to figure out how to let the world at large hear them. they've given a review of 'the wizard and the hopping pot' on their website.

i enjoy the photography of the book on display.

chirstmas is all about the kids

this is the first year i've had my own class for the christmas period (as i floated around the other classes for the first term in past years). so this is the first year where i've been able to decorate my own classroom. my mission: to make it look like santa has thrown up over everything.

this was the first task...paint the windows!

a pot of chicken soup was simmering on the stove

i was sad to hear that the urban peasant had died but i was shocked to hear he was 84. i really liked his cooking show and i used one of his cookbooks quite often. when i started getting interested in cooking, he inspired me by the way he cooked nice food from fresh ingredients easily.