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Rusticus Surprise Encounters!

Rusticus Surprise Encounters!

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Imagine a starry night sky, as you and your family walk through tunnels of light, pass by lawns lit up with fire, and travel under illuminated sculptures in the trees. As you round the corner you see a white picket fence, a shed, and a charming rustic garden. Moving...
A Skelvish Summer!

A Skelvish Summer!

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Necessity is the mother of invention It’s been a spring and summer of invention here at Rusticus. The need for us, this year, was to navigate our way through the exceptional circumstances which the Covid pandemic threw us into. Rusticus activities centre around...
Spring is in the Air!

Spring is in the Air!

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And we’re torn between excitement and concern. A Nature Calendar report just published by our friends at The Woodland Trust, which analysed signs of Spring in 2019, has warned of ‘lost winters’. Some creatures are tempted out of hibernation too soon,...
A Christmas Masquerade

A Christmas Masquerade

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A Venetian Ball – with be-decked revelers, intrigue and romance, and with entertainment by masked performers who play jolly music and show off their acrobatics and clowning.. I was in Venice towards the end of August when I had a call from Charlotte...
Halloween or not….?

Halloween or not….?

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I have a child who dislikes Halloween. It makes him nervous. He finds the grotesque decorations in windows and venues unsettling. He is now older, and very well aware that he is supposed to like Halloween. And, as always, it is our experience of him that has...