Hello, and welcome to my monthly newsletter! Gosh, what a difference a month makes! I'm sure that I speak for you all when I say that the arrival of spring has been very welcome here. It has shifted the energy in our home from one of endurance to one of unadulterated joy! It has also made me think about planning a trip to the Southern Hemisphere for next February, Covid dependent of course. All of the bulbs that we planted last autumn are flowering. The magnolia trees on our

Hello, and welcome to my monthly newsletter! I hope you are all safe and well. February has been a really difficult month for us, for various reasons. We have well and truly hit the proverbial lockdown wall. Despite being the shortest month of the year, it has felt so loooong. In fact, we're not even through with it yet, are we?! We started off the new year feeling positive and productive, despite our lockdown news. But then the Beast from the East arrived, rendering us quite

Hello, and welcome to my monthly newsletter! I hope you are all safe and well. This photograph pretty accurately sums up our month... dark, but with rays of light. Here in the UK we find ourselves yet again in a national lockdown *sigh*. This time around feels harder, with it being winter and having decided not to see our support bubble as the risk feels too great. Our days have been merging into one another, but with a certain shape to them. I feel forever grateful that we h

For those of you who follow my social media accounts, you will know that we are working on a Science Project this term. Bean loves science and I'm keen to nurture her interest, which is why we will not be focusing too much of our time and energy on recording findings at this stage. My objective is for her to explore, investigate, play and have fun, through lots of hands on experiments, reading books and watching educational videos on YouTube. I've gathered all our books and r

Hello, and welcome to my monthly newsletter! I hope you are all well, and that you have had a peaceful Christmas, however it might have looked for you this year. December has been, on reflection, quite a busy month for us, despite feeling rather quiet. It's been calm and peaceful, with most of our days spent at home alone, but also full of excitement and anticipation. It's been a bit dull at times, yes (three cooked meals are required EVERY day?!) but also really rather magic