Carved Wooden Attendance Awards

 My wife told me that the award they use for the best attendance had fallen apart. 

Now in all honesty I'm not a massive fan of attendance awards, I feel that a lot of luck is needed to be well all the time, and I doubly think this when we have a a child with a disability. But the schools have targets to hit and I don't think it would be unfair of me to say that some parents let their child have a day off for anything. Growing up it felt like we would have to loose a foot to get a day off school! 

But I said I'd make her a new one, and then once I made one she said that the other half of the school would be sad theirs didn't look so nice - I should have known to make 2 from the start.

But I think as a pair they look really nice, they're both made from 50mm sycamore (so they can't be used as throwing stars) and I hand carved the wording and the design around the outside. Then treated with Briwax to help pick out the detail on the small letters. 

What do you think?

April Homestead Tour

A quick walk around the homestead while everything is bathed in the spring sunshine! 

 It's just glorious at the moment outside. 

How is your plot looking? Did you miss as many winter jobs as I did?

A Nice Day With My Son

Last week my girls and my wife had to go back to school on the Monday, but the youngest got an extra day off. 

I had planned to get some jobs done, as I had only realised he'd be with me the day before! But the jobs would work well together. 

Long May It Last

Just two girls sat sewing their ballet pointe shoes in our messy living room. 

 And long may it last! 

Compost From the Compost Bins

I'm fairly lazy when it comes to compost. I'd rather leave it an extra year than turn it over! But the one bay of my big compost bin was ready to harvest. Some round the edges needs to go on another run, but the middle was absolutely beautiful! 

I had my young garden apprentice helping me. We dug out all we could and put it in the greenhouses. Hopefully this will give us some good crops in each of those this year.  

It's bene lovely having my eldest in the garden with me. It feels very natural to have her just doing stuff. On Saturday she spent time in the garden, then picked dandelions to make a preserve, and then went and picked wild garlic and made pesto! I joke I don't know where she gets it from, but I think I have a fair idea...