Category: Day by Day

  Well, we’ve had holidays this week hence the extra time I've had to write. Also, I'm still excited about the fact that I can now put photos on here! We've generally and a quiet time, which I've obviously needed, as I'm only just now losing that permanent-state-of -exhaustion feeling. We visited Hard Working Husband's… Continue reading 22 April 2017

Easter is now passed, but I've been reflecting on our faith based traditions of the season. What Jesus did on the cross, followed by his resurrection, is the most pivotal point of the Christian faith, so for us it's a real celebration. We have a Passover meal each year, remembering that same meal which Jesus… Continue reading 21 April 2017

One of my cleverer-than-me-at-tech friends has shown me how to put a gallery of photos onto this page! Hooray! Makes me want to go and take some more, just so I can try again! So, the bottom one is our little Easter Tree. The boys used to decorate it, but now it's Dancing Toes' job, and… Continue reading 19 April 2017

A week of dry weather! It's such a pleasure kicking through dry dirt, rather than sploshing through puddles in the back garden on my way to the chickens and having dry grass for the children to play on. The daffodils which have been out since January are all but over, and in their place, bluebells… Continue reading 12 April 2017

This is one of Rhythm Dude's experiments. It's blue, hydrated copper ll sulphate, which if heated, turns into white anhydrous copper ll sulphate. If you add water, it turns blue again. Fun and easy to do...though Lanky Dude managed to burn it when he did the experiment; so, we found out burnt copper ll sulphate… Continue reading 7 April 2017

Its only two weeks until Easter. While I love Christmas...all the fun and glitter...I think Easter is my favourite festival. As a Christian it's the most foundational to my faith; remembering that Jesus died on the cross and rose again, to pay the price for all the wrong stuff I do and enable me to… Continue reading 3 April 2017

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