Being: Warmth
My last guest post for Rhythm of the Home can be found over at their blog today, a rather timely post given the overcast skies and snow flurries! I hope you are cosy where ever you are.
Walking the Woods
It is the littlest of things that give the most pleasure I think, small moments that live long in the memory. On Thursday (after Stephen had been away with work for a couple of days and flew home overnight) we had the rare pleasure of a weekday walk together. Our friend has cut a hunting trail through our woods, which can also be used for a delightful amble in the late afternoon light. For me this was the first time…
A Single Moment
We were walking in our woods through the bare trees and leaves that crunched underfoot. Then we turned a corner, the world was alight with the lowering sun. This week has been extremely full, both good moments and ones I’m happy to leave behind. But this is the single moment I choose to remember, a walk in the woods with my family. Have a lovely weekend.
Catching Up
Well it’s been a crazy busy week here, it feels like all we’ve done is dash from one appointment to another. Dentist, science club, naturopath, and of course the children’s hospital. A 3 1/2 hour session at the children’s hospital was needed to sort out Neirin’s cast (it might not be a fracture, yay!), which can come off for baths to let him move it and get some mobility back. I arrived at Wednesday night feeling pretty exhausted and very…
5 Essential Oils for the Family
Good morning all, I’m over at Mariah’s blog Playful Learning this morning with a post about using essential oils in your family. If you get a chance pop over, I’ll see you there!
Wandering
We wandered in the crisp sunshine, a few chores to do but mostly just because we wanted to be outside. Happy Friday.
Perspective
I can be found over at the Rhythm of the Home blog today, talking about one of the ‘special’ moments in our week! I’ll be back in this space tomorrow.
Pause
I’ll be taking a break from this space for a couple of days to look after a certain poorly 3 year old. He fell off a hay bale and has fractured his elbow so needs some extra tlc while he settles into the new restrictions this is placing on him. After 8 hours spent at hospital waiting rooms we’re all feeling pretty wiped so we’ll be laying low for a little bit. Any good, healing wishes you can send our…
Wet Felting Soap
As sun poured in through the windows, I decided now was the time to get out our wet felting kits and get soapy! I know there are lots of tutorials on the internet about how to wet felt (there’s a lovely one here) but I decided to take the easy option and buy some kits at the same place I buy my wood roving. We’re really lucky here in Ottawa to have a diverse range of businesses and Wabi Sabi…
The homeschool breath out
This week I decided to call a bit of a halt to our more formal activities and ‘just’ live for a week. Back in the UK we have a week’s holiday in the middle of each term, it always helped to stop everyone tipping too far into exhaustion, so I thought I’d implement it chez us. Though we’ve not been ‘studying’ as such that doesn’t mean we haven’t soaked up some good old life skills. It’s been cold but sunny…