A Sunny Sunday

Picnic at Men-An-Tol

The wishing tree near Madron wishing well (The well was said to have healing powers, but unfortunatly someone has diverted the river and the well is dry, the lane covered with dog poo and the chapel was filled with a family sitting around smoking - how healing?!)  However the tree was magical

'Stirring up the soup'

New home ed group

We used to meet at a early years home ed group on a Friday, but since the beginning of this year that has sort of fallen apart, but people are still wanting to do something.  So some of us have got together and have started to build a group up at one of the families farm.  Last Friday was our first session.  It consisted of a bit of cleaning and moving furniture.  A bit of hay bail throwing and rolling (mostly Reuben!), some board games, some playground type games and generally a lot of running around and fun.  Thought I would share some photos.

The front of the barn with the giants bench

Hay bail, dressing up fun!

Running and leaping

Board games and resources cupboard. 

Time for a game!

It feels really positive.  The space is great, loads of room for running and letting off steam and a nice room at the back of the barn for indoorsy stuff.  Just need a few more poeple and a few bits here and there and it could be really good.  The kids loved it!

Some more of the ordinary

Our first blueberry blossom

The weather has been glorious recently, so we have been out enjoying the garden.  We have sown some seeds but so far haven't really got that much done.  But it has just been lovely to spend the days outside.

Playing a game of superheros with dandelions and grass as the superheros!

Tristan has built me a raised bed this year, so far I have sown carrots, radishes, onions and garlic.  The blackcurrants and rhubarb behind are doing really well 

We are loving having the chooks.  Unfortunatly Gammy had to go, it wouldn't be long until the neighbours complained.  However the girls seem much happier without him as he was quite a bully to them.  Anyway, this is Eggbert (Rowans chicken) who is apparently a boy that will lay an egg as Rowan doesn't want a girl chicken!  I love the way her black feathers shine kind of greeny iridescence.

In this photo is R2D2 (Reuebens bird), Fluff (Daddys bird) and Big Mama (no surprises that she is my one!).  Fluff and Big Mama are laying us an egg most days now and they are yum yum!  We did have a bit of an issue with their poo though and even though it is lovely to have them roaming around our garden, we have fenced them off now as their poos are huge and very frequent!  Will try to get a decent photo of their area and put it up.

We have a lot of helicopters flying over us as there is a navy base about 10 miles away, but this one was quite unusual and caused a lot of excitement.

Easter crafts

Our first half dozen!

The first crop of rhubarb, in my new basket (it is quite sad how excited i got over using it, but I did and I loved it!)

Lovely Mothers Day

Morning cuddles and tea in bed

A lovely selection of cards, a beautiful plant, a hanging basket liner and (my favourite) a little basket for collecting eggs and veg from the garden

The inside of Rowans card.  He wrote this all by himself, Tristan just told him how to spell it. 

Fancy dress

It was Tristans cousins 40th birthday the other weekend and his wife had organised a surprise fancy dress party for him.  It was an 80's theme!  So instantly thinking leg warmers, shell suits etc, but that seemed very boring to us.  So after a lot of thought I went as a goth and Tris went as Vyvian from the Young Ones!

Tris looked great, he put a lot of effort into his costume, unfortunatly we used hair wax on his mohican and it took over a week to get it out!

Everyone else did go in a shell suit with a mullet wig or in leggings and leg warmers.  It was hideous really!!

Double yoker!

Well after only a week of having our lovely chooks, Big Mama laid an egg that we thought looked like a potato!  Rowan was shocked when he collected it, weighing twice as much as her normal ones we were all hoping it was double yoker and upon cracking it, it was!  You have never known so much excitment over an egg, but it was like party time here.  Rowan even phoned Nanny to tell her!

Morocco Day 7 - Essaouira - Marrakesh - Bristol

Home time.  We got a reasonable time bus back to Marrakesh (10am), found a fantastic tagine stall near the bus station, then made our way to the airport to head back to Bristol.  We didn't land until 9pm, then we had to drive back to Cornwall.  A very long day.

From the bus window

Passing market day

waiting for the airport bus

"MOROCCO!"

Comfy free sofas in the airport.  We half expected someone to come and ask us for some dirham!

Rowans airport photo. I love the reflection

Marrakesh from the air

Rowan loved the fact that he was level with the moon!

Nervous flyers beware - Rowan likes to read the saftey information very loudly over and over again!  He was very interested in what false teeth were and why you had to take them out if the plane crashed!

Seatbelts on!