Half Term

 This means I actually have access to the computer!  It's been a crazy six weeks but worth it and Pip has really enjoyed her lessons, as well the online interactions with her teachers and peers.  She has had homework assignments to complete this half term but with prudent planning she is making good progress.

Soda Bread for St Brigid Day.

Pip's protest art concerning the exploitation of children in the cocoa industry.  She had originally wanted to use this piece, but her challenge is to make at least a two layer stencil and we realised this would be too difficult to achieve.  It was back to the drawing board and so she came up with this revised plan:

Thanks to a You tube video she was able to learn about lettering and with the help of squared paper planned her design.  Pip has had a go at cutting out some of the letters but her finger joints pop out of place due to the pressure exerted and therefore Dave or I have been helping.  I think I've seen finger splints online and will be giving them a go to see if they will help.

Since we are in lockdown 3.0 and Ben is currently not in college, we have had to find various household projects to keep Ben busy.  He has installed an outside light, re-pointed the paving slabs on the patio, replaced electrical sockets in several rooms and has painted the new bike/tool shed before he pieces it together.

A little purple bike and tool shed, who knows there might even be room for a fold up chair for me (I do miss my 50th Birthday Shed which was left behind in the move two years ago) Either way, I'm sure it'll be decked with some crochet bunting cheer :-)

Dave and I are enjoying the break and aside from having a well earned rest we are managing to catch up on various admin and cleaning jobs in the home.  It's also the start of Lent and whilst I was enjoying a read of Eva's Lent posts, she reminded me of the Lent Calendar.  It has been years since we did one of these and I had great fun putting ours together for this year.  We are using The Church of England, #LiveLent resources this year as we always do well when we have a focus to work towards.  In addition St Nicolas Church are doing daily prompts and today's was calculating your carbon footprint and ours is 31st May ... insert horrified facial expression!  We do recycle, compost and our energy is 100% renewables but alas a car is a necessity.  However we can make changes with regards to meat consumption and excess packaging.

A Valentine treat for Ben and Pip

Shrove Tuesday pancakes, savoury and sweet.

Live Lent thankful feet.

Our carbon footprint result and our pledge as a result.

Thanks Eva for the timely Lent reminder and a chance to journey with you and Jesus this year x