that Roger, the phantom yarn bomber

Whilst on my way through Didsbury the other day, I spotted these fetching lamppost decorations.  On further inspection, I discovered they were the unsuspecting victims of a Valentine's Day yarn bombing incident.  

 

As lovely as they were I didn't have the heart to remove them, but clearly That Roger is one busy yarn bomber.  I can see he also crochets a mean basket of veg too.  If you are That Roger or know him, please let him know they certainly cheered up my day.  

(Sorry the photos aren't of a great quality, but there's only so much a girl can do whilst juggling two barmcakes, and a couple of jars of greengage jam and hedgerow bramble jelly ...)

win tickets to a horribly special tea party

 

Francesca Simon (author of the Horrid Henry books and the opening lines for our consequences stories) is hosting a special Horrid Henry April Fool's tea party in London on Thursday 1st April to celebrate the launch of Henry's new joke book.

There will be cakes, face painting and free whoopee cushions aplenty not to mention the chance to meet Henry in person.

And Francesca has given us 10 sets of family tickets to give away*.

All you have to do to win yourself a set of tickets is answer this foolishly easy question:

What day is April Fool's Day?

a) 2nd April

b) 1st April

c) 26th May 

Post your answer below by 10th March and we'll choose the winners at random out of that big hat which only comes out the cupboard on random-competition-choosing occasions.

This competition has now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. The random hat has spoken and big well done to Kyle, Vicky, Jane Hobart, Jean Combs, Sharon Carter, Michele, Sindy, Kay, Jane and Kevan. Tickets winging their way to you now.

*Each Family ticket admits two children who must be accompanied by at least one adult and no more than 2 adults per ticket. In case you were thinking about bringing your extended family. Like your entire class and teacher.

paper plant pots

Want to recycle your smoothie bottle and your Sunday papers and grow some plants at the same time?

Well, look no further.

Just watch Ciaran's excellent demo on how to make your own paper plant pots using all the above and then get busy seeding.

friday I'm in eggs

Forget Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning - Friday morning in Fruit Towers is all about eggs.

So much so it has been unofficially rechristened Fregg Day.

 

Eggs at 9am.

Beer trolley at 5pm.

 
When your Friday starts and ends like this, everything inbetween somehow feels so much better.

Happy weekend.

thursday

Slightly bluer in hue than Tuesday

 

Less busy than Monday and nowhere near as eerie as Wednesday.

small size, big value

Keep an eye out for our new 500ml little packs in Sainsbury's at the minute. £1 each. Only around for a couple of weeks. Crazy value.

and the winners are...

So Lady Gaga might have cleaned up at the Brits last night with her wig hat and Prince Harry might have been left on screen longer than he was meant to be but if getting the scoop on the winners of the Best Bottle Bottom Awards is what you're after, then you've come to the right place.

You voted in your thousands to choose your favourite bottoms for our bottle bottom competition and in no particular order, the top five bottle bottoms were

 

Big well done to Fishbulb, Jonathan, Nadia, Collette, Claire's brother Robert and Steve for the prize winning posteriors. Smoothies on their way to you now and new bottoms to follow.

Massive thanks to everyone who entered and voted.

Keep your eyes peeled for these messages coming to a bottom near you very soon.

wednesday mornings in fruit towers are like...

...a busy day on the Marie Celeste.

Caroline and Radek are nowhere to be seen.

But the evidence in the kitchen suggests there are people in the building.

 

Somewhere.

ready flipped

The excellent Delia, Charlie and Rio spent all flippin' lunchtime making pancakes for an afternoon Shrove Tuesday snack.

A frenzy ensued as soon as the word went out

 

There were toppings a-plenty

Being allowed to eat butter, sugar, syrup and chocolate spread, all at the same time on one fried piece of batter (and whilst at work) made Ben very happy. 

 

Whilst Paula and Peter kept it traditional and indulged in some good old fashioned lemon love.

 
 
With their pancakes that is. Not each other.
 

Tuesday 9:42am

Quieter today than yesterday

 

But interesting to note that same people still milling around

 

Wonder if Caroline and Radek will be skiving on their way to important meetings same time tomorrow?