We’re now three-quarters of the way through this year’s #30DaysWild and have been enjoying getting outdoors and learning more about wildlife and nature. We tend to come up with our own activities for each day during #30DaysWild rather than following the activity suggested in the daily email. This week we have been joining in with… Read More
We’re now more than halfway through this year’s #30DaysWild, a challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts encouraging people to do one ‘random act of wildness’ each day in June. This week we’ve been slowing down a little and enjoying moments of just sitting in the garden, looking around at the natural world on our doorstep.… Read More
My favourite thing about June is taking part in #30DaysWild, a challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts encouraging people to do one ‘random act of wildness’ each day in June. This year is our fifth year taking part. It’s a brilliant way of helping encourage us outdoors a little more and getting us to take… Read More
It was so good over the Easter weekend to be able to meet up with family living locally thanks to the relaxing of restrictions allowing groups of six, or two households to meet outside. We had a lovely Easter Sunday afternoon, enjoying a picnic in the sunshine in Grandma and Grandad’s garden. Auntie… Read More
A mud kitchen has been on my mental wish list for the garden for a little while now, particularly after watching Sophie have so much fun with the mud kitchens during our last stay at Coombe Mill. With our outdoor time being more restricted to the garden due to lockdown, we finally decided to buy… Read More
We’ve been lucky to have snow a couple of times so far this winter. We always have to make the most of it when we do get it though as it doesn’t happen very often and it tends to only last a day or so. One of her Sophie’s Christmas presents was her ‘Special time… Read More
On the few occasions we get snow in the winter, it tends to be the wet kind of snow that is just right for snowball fights and making snowmen. This week’s snowfall has been dry powdery snow. It might not be good for making snowmen, but it was perfect for being able to take a… Read More