We were very lucky to be given a few Tesco vouchers that needed to be used up and as there are not many places to go to with them on the Island we opted for Amazon World with a friend. Jonathan really loved looking at the birds and even sketched a few.  We liked the wintery tree [Continue]

Martin had been saying for a couple of weeks that he needed a holiday so at the end of November I decided that even though we didn’t have time to have an actual holiday we could manage a night away.  We could do the Saturday night, we have no duties at church the next morning, there were no kids [Continue]

We had a grotto last year at Fort Victoria and it was such good fun we did it again. The woodland skills people helped with the grotto and cosy fire area, as did a few other volunteers.    There were decorations to make and lanterns to hang – once I’d set fire to my hair lighting some [Continue]

We have been rather lazy on Sundays recently.  Just coming home from church having a leisurely lunch/dinner and watching TV or playing games.  But I have really been fancying getting out on a Sunday afternoon particularly as the weather is bright and shiny just now.  So we headed out to Fishbourne with a plan to [Continue]

We made a spore print from the fungi we picked at Parkhurst forest .   You put the fungi on some paper, cover it and leave it over night. In the morning there is a spore print. [Continue]

Up early for a Saturday as Rebekah, Thorne and Caleb are off practising for the Tour De Trigs and Martin is giving them a lift to the South Downs so they can walk for 20 miles in unknown territory.   He is also popping in to see parents and deliver some vinegar and a crochet book [Continue]

FUNGI – yes I am shouting it’s what you do on one of Sue Bailey’s fungi walks. You look around find some fungi Yell “fungi” at the top of your voice and a crowd comes running and Sue tells us what it is we’ve found. We didn’t find an awful lot at Parkhurst. Then as [Continue]

We visited a space event at the Needles Battery yesterday – celebrating the 40th anniversary of a rocket launch from the IoW.  Now this ticked two vital boxes for home educators 1. it was free 2. it was educational Unsurprisingly then we bumped into a number of our HEing friends at this event.   One did [Continue]

The huts at Thorness Bay are something of a recurring theme on our blog, but on this occasion it is Martin posting about them, not Susan.  We’re just back from a great evening at Heron Hut, with extremely grateful thanks to the Bailey-Oliver’s for the ongoing generous sharing of their wonderful space. I spent most of the evening [Continue]

I have a playlist entitled Bath Tub Songs.  This is because they are songs that I listen to and immediately give the same sense of well-being and relaxation that sinking into a hot bath tub does.   Some of the songs included are Drive by The Cars,  Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton and I’ll Stand By You by The Pretenders. There [Continue]