L has been cooking up a treat!

Amazing homemade tortilla chips and salsa both made by L. Yummy!! And spicy! *phew*

Another of the joys of home education is that children can learn so many different life skills that they would never pick up at school.  Oh they do 'food technology' (what?) at school but they could never just choose something they wanted to learn to make and then make it.

Rainy day walk

L and I had a lovely soggy, rainy day walk out on the hills today.

This is one of the joys of home education.  Freedom to enjoy the wonders around us!

Froggy was not impressed that we nearly stood on her frogspawn!  This was in a big puddle in one of the fields we crossed.

Almost to the top of our wellies!

You're never too old to splash in puddles!

Beauty all around

Beautiful beach sunset

We decided last minute to visit a local(ish) beach to watch the sun set.

It was certainly worth it.

The beauty of creation.

Snow!

Oh my goodness, I just love snow.

L calls the snow drifts - 'snow dunes', hahaha.

We had to pop out to the shop as there was a dire emergency!  We'd run out of coffee!!  The horror!

The Herb of Grace - Elizabeth Goudge - Book Review

5 stars

One of my most favourite books. When Elizabeth Goudge writes characters she reveals their soul and their roots. The animating principle, throughout her books, is the mystery, the beauty, the strength, the warmth, and the light of God.

I won't say much more, except that I think my favourite character in this my second reading is Hilary:
"Increasingly, as he got older he enjoyed things. As his personal humility deepened, so did his awareness of the amazing bounty of God... So many things... The mellow warmth of the port, the pleasure of the game, the sign of Lucilla's lovely old face in the firelight, and David's fine hands holding the cards, his awareness of Margaret's endearing simplicity, and the contentment of the two old dogs dozing on the hearth... One by one the small joys fell; Only, to Hilary no joy was small - each had its own mystery, aflame with the glory of God"

Beautiful kitty

Watching the birds

Happy kitty

A while ago Boots was diagnosed with a thyroid problem and prescribed very high dose tablets. Recently, she started moving weirdly, like she was in pain, with sad staring eyes and would sleep hunched up. The vets could find nothing wrong.

Then I suddenly wondered if it was side effects from the tablets. So 4 days ago I stopped giving her the tablets. Within 2 days she was TONS better. Yesterday, I took her to the vets and he agreed she was so much better. And look at her now, 4 days after stopping the tablets! She hasn't relaxed like this in months.