Pool and prizes - Days 35 & 36

As we are going to be stuck at home for the foreseeable future I bought us a replacement pool which arrived in the morning. I set it up in the garden and my neighbour let me fill it up with her hose. Whilst the water was warming in the sun we walked up the Helm:

This time we went all the way along the ridge and met friends on the way. When we got back I was so hot I tested out the still freezing cold pool:

I had to let the water out whilst in it as the pool was on too much of a slope! My son brought me tea whilst I was there:

Memories and Painting - Day 34

I started off my day with a quick game of frisbee with Jason:

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♬ Let's Do It Again - J Boog

Then I had a couple of hours of maths tutoring which was very rewarding. My Asda grocery delivery also arrived early (thanks to the driver living in my street!) so I could take pet food up to my parents'

I was reminded once again about the amazing race I filmed on Cat Bells 2 years ago:

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A taste of my fell running videos https://www.youtube.com/user/bw1310 ##fellrunning ##fellrace ##keswickac ##mumsoftiktok##fyp ##cumbria

♬ Run Run Run - Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

This then inspired me to try and recreate a photo I took that day to update my lounge window:

Running in circles and painting the loo blue - Day 30

This morning was parkrun today so I tried out an improved gardenrun with less corners and using indoor tracking. It gave me a much more realistic 35 minute time:

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♬ Benny Hill Theme - TV Themes

I did the best I could to replicate a National Trust coffee and scones:

Then I had to go and get the shelves back up where I painted yesterday:

Toy Review: Ravensburger Aquarelle watercolour

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We were sent an Aquarelle painting set for my daughter to review as it is aimed at children 8-12 and she is 9. As Sunday was a lazy PJ day at home she decided to give it a go:

The set contains 5 inks, a mixing palette, a brush, a testing card and a colour chart as well as 3 canvases to paint. You simply drop the required amount of each colour into the mixing tray and add water if required:

Then you paint onto the canvas. As you can see my daughter managed to get plenty of variations of brown:

The outlines are slightly raised which means keeping you colours in the required area is a lot easier. Plenty of newspaper and paper towels are needed to protect surfaces as its no less messy than normal painting but the range of colours you can make is much greater.

I think these are a great next step for budding artists as they are given much more flexibility than more traditional painting sets but with guidelines to help them. The sets are just under £10 which seems like a reasonable price for the amount of fun they provide. Of course the final masterpieces are priceless (though for the moment my daughter has hidden hers!).