Month: April 2018

It really feels as if spring is finally here, although the 21st was cold and grey. However, the last few days have been warmer, I've bought some compost (though not yet planted any seeds), probably found some weaners, am chatting bees with my bee keeping pal, the chickens are finally not sloshing in mud, and… Continue reading 27 March 2017

I generally enjoy opening the curtains in the mornings...as light floods into each room, I often pray that God's light will fill our home too. This morning as I drew them back, and looked out on a grey but peaceful day, I had a sense of the calm after the storm. It seems as if… Continue reading 17 March 2017

Some more signs of spring! We have had a few warmer days, and I've been glad to hang the laundry up outside. I think as a mum I now find real pleasure in little, everyday things (gone are the days of big adventures!), and one of these is the sound of bird song, together with… Continue reading 11 March 2017

  We have just had a week's holiday, staying in a friend's house, overlooking the sea. It's somewhere we are fortunate to come back to most years, so it's not only a much loved part of our family's growing up, but a place where I can put down "pointers", as to our journey over the… Continue reading 4 March 2017

Just a couple of photos from the week just gone. The boys and I planted out ten baby Christmas trees in our field. The idea is that we'll plant a few more each year, and then in about five years’ time we can cut these down and sell them....a mini business for the boys. We… Continue reading 26 February 2017

  Half term is nearly over. People often ask whether we keep to term times and holiday, and the answer is emphatically yes. Although I like the rhythm and routine of our normal weeks, I also very much appreciate the flexibility and spontaneity that holidays give us. I also love the occasional day when we've… Continue reading 18 February 2017

It’s been a particularly busy week, and in the midst of it, I had a brief chat with a friend about time off for mums. Being a mum is such hard work, whether we do it all the time, or juggle it with other, also demanding work. I've really fallen into the trap over the… Continue reading 8 February 2017

Well, in a week of yet more momentous political and world events, our lives plod on with small victories, minor battles and a thankfulness that we have the freedom to live this way. Lanky Dude sat second maths paper on Tuesday. Another early morning, with me more nervous than usual, as I knew he was… Continue reading 29 January 2017

Well, in a week of yet more momentous political and world events, our lives plod on with small victories, minor battles and a thankfulness that we have the freedom to live this way. Lanky Dude sat second maths paper on Tuesday. Another early morning, with me more nervous than usual, as I knew he was… Continue reading 21 January 2017