Years ago, I read in a local magazine about how hens will lay chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday if you feed them chocolate the night before. Well, it had to be tried. So that year, we dutifully slipped a bit of chocolate in their feed. The next morning we let […]
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Crafting presents and cards
I know, it is yet another pencil roll, in fact two more, but I think this fabric just makes them so cute. I was concerned that the pattern was too big, but I think it works. I tried to line up the heads of the cats carefully for the pockets, […]
Read moreSeed mats with the children
We decided to make seed mats two weeks ago. I like this activity as it works for a group of children of different ages. Like the seed necklaces, we usually do it at our mid-summer parties. To start with we mixed a batch of flour and water to make a […]
Read moreBack to winter
I tried to make ice cream today. It was my second batch of the year and it completely failed to freeze. This has only happened once before, when the frozen part of my ice cream maker wasn’t frozen. Ironic as we had hail and snow most of the afternoon. I […]
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