Monday, December 22, 2008

Basket weaving





























Inspired by a weaving wonder at our homeschool group we have been weaving baskets together this week. Such a beautiful earthy thing to do using materials all from our garden.... sitting on the grass and chatting enjoying these gorgeous summer days.






There is lots of chopping to do which JJ loves and Bug and I have been creating wreaths and baskets to celebrate summer solstice and Christmas. I am looking forward to seeing the changes in colour of this basket as the green dries out.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Candle Making











We had such a lovely time making candles yesterday at our homeschool group!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Mother Magazine Book Review


The Mother Magazine http://www.themothermagazine.co.uk/magazine.html is a great UK based magazine and they have included this book review in the latest issue...

The Wonderful Place
By Chrissy Butler
ISBN 978 - 0 - 646 - 49515 - 6
Fabulous children's author/illustrator Chrissy Butler returns with The Wonderful Place - a vibrant and magical picture book about full term breastfeeding. Her art is a book on it's own - quirky, refreshing and fun. Children and adults alike will love this book. Finally full-term brestfeeding is starting to make into literature. For now though, people like Chrissy Butler remain pioneers in bringing this ancient art into modern conciousness.

yay!