My fingers are raw and bleeding, and my shoulders and arms are aching.

I guarantee you won't be able to guess how I spent yesterday evening.


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I spent two hours putting pieces of plastic fruit onto wire hooks.

This was surprisingly difficult. The bananas and pears were were not too bad, but the oranges and plums! Ouch. I am an expert in plastic fruit piercing now. Want any plastic fruit pierced? I'm your woman.

We were at Robyn's school making props for the Faraway Tree concert. The tree is looking amazing. It's a huge construction of chicken wire covered with hessian and leaves and ... fruit of course.

At least a third of my readers have asked about the doll and watering can.

No idea really. I received this piece of crucial information via text message from another ballet mom as I was starting the car.

It's the combination of doll and watering can that makes one wonder.

Perhaps it's a rendition of the mandrakes scene in Harry Potter.