Loving: Cooler days – at last. We have the fire going day and night now, and although it produces a lot of dust, you cannot beat it for a beautiful warm house! Watching: The Crown, and all the David Attenborough documentaries we can. We finally have enough data to be able to use Netflix so I…
winter
Frosty Morning
My goodness, it’s been cold here lately. Tucked up nice and warm in our farmhouse we have managed to avoid most of the chill, but it is still there when we venture outside. On Sunday morning we woke (not very early – it was still school holidays) to find the ground and trees completely white….
Snippets
We are home. Just. After almost seven months living in holding pattern at a rental property while our farmhouse was renovated, we are back. And it feels good. There are boxes everywhere, and so much more to do, but it doesn’t matter. On Sunday morning, we got up and looked out the windows at the…
Around The Traps Lately…
My goodness it’s been a few weeks between blog posts. I’ve read in a few places about the concept of tilting. Leaning into those areas of life that are currently demanding more of your time and energy, while temporarily moving away from others. I love the idea as, lets face it, a balanced life is…
Snow
Like much of the east coast, we have been enduring particularly cold weather lately – even cold for our farm which is always cold in July anyway! On Friday when I got to work, many of my students told me that they had snow at home. It seems that we were one of the few villages…
Winters Afternoon
One of my favourite winter activities is to light a bonfire in the late afternoon. Toasting our fingers (and perhaps some marshmallows) in front of that radiant warmth. The kids usually go nuts throwing sticks into the fire, and after a while run away and invent their own little games. Country Boy and I enjoy…
