Sunday 29 October 2017

Autumn Days and Diwali

We've had some damp cold days here and some glorious sunny days, so have been making the most of them and enjoying walks in various woods. On Monday we went to visit friends and took her dogs out for a walk, the girls loved this especially as they were allowed to hold the leads themselves, an adult had hold of L's leads as well but she is so happy she actually got to walk a dog, bless her. Tuesday home ed meet up at a local park, loving the autumn colours and at one point the wind blowing the leaves across the grass made them look like they are all dancing.






The girls choose to do some colouring while I read and talked about Diwali, they love these mindfulness colouring pages on Twinkl



 Wednesday we spent with more friends exploring the local stream, followed by a walk in the woods and a play in the park, home to some Halloween colouring.


A rather shaky photo of a robin, he kept popping down near us, like he wanted to see what the children were up to but not long enough to get that perfect photo, I do love robins.


I have watched Chris Packham - Aspergers and Me, very interesting, at times sad and others amazing, for those that can access it on bbc iplayer it is well worth a watch, he wrote this as a follow up to the program. Having worked with and having my own child on the autistic spectrum, a program like this is a really good thing in raising awareness.

On a crafting front have finished another Christmas present and started on 2 more both self patterning wool, one a very simple dress and the other a nice easy repeat pattern. Needing something simple at the moment as the cold I have been fighting of seems to be winning, might be more due now sorted out where M is going to sit her exams and so relaxed, not always a good thing. We had been looking at access arrangements as if she had been in school this would of been sorted out for her, trying to do it as a private candidate isn't so easy, we found two centres that will accept a private candidate with access arrangements but look at least a 90 minute drive. We had planned to go and look at one centre but the closer we got to the date the more stressed M got about it, she is real worrier when it comes to  leaving times and getting to places, we have it every week for drama etc even though she knows we are never late, she always wants to leave even earlier just in case. Anyway we spent a lot of time talking and have decided that it might be more beneficial for her to use a centre on our doorstep even if she doesn't have concessions of extra time etc as any concessions would of been wiped out with the stress of a long journey. actually the final choice was Ms and the the look on her face when she said local, was one of relief,  so fingers are crossed, it goes ago! The exams officer at the local centre so far has been very helpful and in theory we will register with them in December ready for June exams, oh my that seems so soon! M has recovered from her bad cold which is good news.


Loving these yarns, they are so soft to work with and rather pretty too.


Hedgehog and pumpkin completed, did try to add some shaping to the pumpkin but ended up looking rather bizarre, as in that odd the children found it rather amusing to say the least, so we went back to perfect round shaped one and they are happy with it.







10 comments:

  1. Leaves are so beautiful at the moment. Lovely to get out there. I've got one doing exams this June too. She's in school so I have none of this to organise, but already we are getting all the do's and don'ts. Looks like I'll be driving her in and picking her up, which will be tricky with two other children to organize too. I'm sure it wil work out. All your knitting. You are busy. The hedgehog is cute and I'm now wondering what was so funny about the pumpkin.....

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    1. Good luck with exams, my oldest did went to school to do them, I can remember him having what seemed like endless assemblies and tutor times being lectured on how important these exams were, which juts added to the stress! Hope the exam timings mean you can pick your other children up ok, it will be a while before either of us have dates or times though isn't it?
      The pumpkin pattern had shaping by wrapping wool around it my attempt made it look more like the pumpkin that escapes the veg patch and grows over the brick edging,not pumpkin shaped at all!

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  2. gosh you are getting lots of knitting done! I wish I was - but November is here and I'm feeling much better in my back so there is no where to go but up! (fingers crossed). lovely fall images :)

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    1. Fingers are crossed for you and hoping your recovery keeps going well. Do seem to be doing loads of knitting at the moment but not much sewing.

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  3. Fantastic photos of fall and all that knitting plus the homeschooling with the girls certainly keeps you busy. I admire your organization and photography.
    Cheers~

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    1. Thank you, very busy and try to be organised!

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  4. Ah lovely to hear from you again Helen. The autumn colour is lasting well this year. It's just so lovely to be out in nature with all the crunch and colour 🍁 Lovely colouring in for Diwali. Glad you found an exam centre where your daughter feels comfortable. Exams can be stressful enough without adding worry about timing to get there! Lots of knitting you are doing. Well done for getting a head start! Love your nature table. I haven't done anything this year really to add to mine. Hope you feel better soon and keep enjoying your walks 🙂

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    1. Autumn is really beautiful this year, we are finding lots of stunning leaves. I didn't do much last year and have been really trying to make the effort to add some more bits to our nature table, helped by a couple of lovely patterns in a knitting mag.

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  5. Cool! I didn't even know European robins and American robins differed!

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    1. I didn't either till a couple of years ago we were given an American nature book, its great learning new things

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