Do you love pigs? Of course you do, who doesn’t? I’ve loved them from afar for many years but now I have to the good luck of getting up close and personal with them on a daily basis. There is little in the world more engaging to watch than happy pigs. They run, they frolick, they root and scratch and eat with their elbows on the table. Yes they do remind me of my children but with slightly higher personal…
We love us some history around these here homeschooling parts and right now we’ve hit paydirt, Ancient Greece and Rome baby! After many, many, many months on Ancient Egypt (which was great but went of forever) we’ve finally come to the bit I was super excited about. Luckily Huwyl loves history too so I have someone to share my obsession enjoyment with. Last week we began reading about gladiators and who doesn’t love that? What 6 year old boy…
It can be easy to forget, in the midst of exhaustion and struggling with health and work and…well, you know how that tune goes; but this week seems to have been about reminding me how many good things I’m surrounded by, Simple, quiet moments with the boys enjoying a gentle game; nourishing food that is easy to prepare and eat; new additions to our farm (floofy pics coming soon!); beautiful spring flowers delivered by our neighbour. And on top of…
It’s been a crazy busy month. Spring hit early and after a rather feeble attempt to finish the painting in February which, to be honest, I enjoyed about as much as being made to watch back to back episodes of Inside The Actors Studio (sycophantic nauseating drivel) while having my toenails filed with an angle grinder, March and April have been all about the farm. I feel justified in calling it a farm now since we have done some irrefutably farmy…
Saturday was the big day, the day we’d been waiting for, preparing for. Our desire to keep pigs goes back many years and on Saturday we were picking up four long blacks, a heritage breed that is currently endangered. We chose this breed for lots of reasons; hardiness, tastiness, heritage…iness. Stephen spent many hours building a beautiful home (also referred to as ‘the cottage’ and more spacious than many places I have lived, it certainly has a better view), rigging…
Easter morning dawned bright and beautiful but the main attraction for the boys wasn’t the weather… A cadbury’s cream egg for breakfast is tough to beat and highly traditional in our British household! The boys enjoyed a good dollop of choccy in the morning and then we spent the majority of the day outside. And what a beautiful day it was. We couldn’t have ordered nicer weather, it was fresh and spring like, perfect for our snow exhausted souls. The…
If you took a walk through our fields you would see any number of signs of spring. Nettles sprouting, leaves budding, geese flying overhead. There’s no getting away from it, spring has sprung! As well as the glories of spring unfurling herself, you might also run into some seriously suspicious characters up to what appears to be no good at all. What are they doing, you might wonder. Ritual magic? Lord of the Rings recreations? Ninja Camp? All I know…
Apparently April has something of a sense of humour, so after an equinox at 29C we are starting the month of showers with…snow. Yep. Rain, wind and snow, oh and it’s cold. Not a day to be outside in. See, no one wants to go out. So today is about warmth and comfort; a favourite dinner, a warm fire. All the comforts of home.