I’ve often wondered why a dandelion is called a dandelion. Without much thought, I’ve assumed it the yellow shaggy mane. After a bit of research it seems that it probably originated from the french for lions tooth (dent de lion) because of the ragged tooth shape petals. The list of […]
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Ending off the day in the garden
During the week, our time together as a family is limited. During the day there is school and work. The time between the end of school and bedtime becomes more precious. For a while today, the children and I were in the same part of the garden Each of us […]
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Making an ancient Egyptian pot and snail racing
This was the other part of AJ’s ancient egyptian project. Every museum, seems to have reconstructed pots, so we decided to have a go. Fortunately, I already had a broken flower pot, which I had let outside over the winter. Bedding plants had grown around it. AJ dug through the […]
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Making clay beads
I said the rain would be with us soon and it was. We had long sunny spells, interrupted by deluges of rain. Didn’t stop the children going out. Especially when we needed something to help us craft. We went out looking for leaves that were heavily veined to make an […]
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