This isn’t just any old sandwich….
This is a sandwich with all home grown salad. First collect the sandwich ingredients from the garden. It’s our first ever cucumber, I’m very proud even if it is an odd shape and [Continue]
Parkhurst Camp
Now I understand to readers not on The Island (and visiting friends were very taken by the fact that everyone here including us calls it “the island”) that Parkhurst means, if anything [Continue]
Dream Book and Tea Tasting
We have a book of dreams here. Everyone has a section in it and can write or draw what their dreams (hopes/ambitions type not over night type) are. Recently I read a dreadful chicklit book which [Continue]
Courgettes 2010
Well i guess it’s well beyond time I started posting about courgettes this year. We’ve had loads – not as many as we should have had given how many plants we have – lots [Continue]
Pond Dipping
A couple of weeks ago Ian Boyd, from the newly formed Natural Enterprise , did some pond dipping for a group from the Learning Zone. We started at Merstone Station and walked for about half an hour [Continue]
My Birthday
I had a great day yesterday. Got up and had a lovely breakfast, Danish pastries, Coffee and Apple juice. Opened presents and cards. Got lovely bright pink Sundia diabolo Ambrosia custard [Continue]
Messing about in Boats
It’s been a busy year thus far. Fortunately we booked ourselves a holiday in May. I had the bright idea of hiring a boat for the week. The family thought I was bonkers, as the last [Continue]
Search and rescue
It’s all go in the Medina estuary and Solent this evening. The coastguard helicopter has been flying low over the Medina, clearly searching. The County Press has just reported that someone [Continue]
Busyness Versus Idleness – Or How Our Laid Back Autonomous Life Got Hi-jacked!(part 2 the idleness)
…..continued So where does Idleness come in? Well during this busy busy year there have been a number of points when we have realised that change had to happen. that leading this busy life is [Continue]
Busyness Versus Idleness – Or How Our Laid Back Autonomous Life Got Hi-jacked!(part 1 the busyness)
This has been a ridiculously busy year even by our standards. We have gone from being the sort of automomous home educators who do pretty much what we want aside from on Saturdays (music centre and [Continue]