The day started early. The girls had decided that they really, really wanted to camp in the garden, last night. So they did and inevitably woke early. We saw the bees arrive for breakfast. I suspect that this bee had not encountered water irises before, because it took a wrong […]
Read moreMonth: June 2010
Nature Count
When we went to the nature reserve on Monday, we picked up a leaflet for each of the children, about the upcoming garden nature count, from the RSPB. The children are captivated by the identifying pictures supplied and the tick boxes. For the last few days, they have been eagerly […]
Read moreLong slug and a beautiful walk
It was a lovely day today, so we reclaimed the garden. The children seemed to spend most of the time turning stones over and generally looking for mini beasts. They found this one in their playhouse. It really was very long. The children were fascinated by it, but I did […]
Read moreCrocheting and counting to eight
It pretty much rained all day. The children wanted to spend their first proper day off school playing at home. They spent timeĀ playing together with the marble run, the farm set and the train set. They dressed up and, on the whole, played nicely together. They even put them […]
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