Poorly.....

Middle T and i are ill. Not sure why but whenever I'm ill one or more of the children is ill with me. Is this a blessing or a curse, well it's a blessing because i don't have time to mope when I've got a sick child, their comfort takes precedence over mine, so I just get over it. On the other hand he may be well in the next couple of days but it takes me longer to get well as i can't get the rest i need.

We haven't been for our walk for nearly a week now, hoping that everyone is well for Sunday, and the weather holds as we're heading to Hanchurch woods.

Yet again i'm going insane............

It's that special time of week again, Sunday evening and I've just about reached my tolerance level with my kids. I'm not at all sure how i got through the 6 weeks holiday, i feel that it was very much ''needs must''. However today i don't have to as they're all at school tomorrow tee hee...small things and all that. So I'll hopefully do a better job with the blog tomorrow, when I've got a little head space.

Rain, Rain And Rain again....

We have a pond in our back yard that is absolutely unintended, it is neither wanted nor required, although i suspect the birds that are currently bathing in it are thoroughly enjoying themselves, But me? I'm tired of the rain i really am i can't remember the last day we didn't actually get any. My Tomatoes will soon be rotting on the vine they are big and green and show no signs of ripening. I suppose that is because to do so they require sun.

We went down to Trentham awakes to walk, the first walk we attempted we didn't even get half way in (about 1/8 of a mile) when we turned around and came back. It was a pathed walk; ideal if you are elderly or taking a pushchair with you, but not my cup of tea. We rerouted and went across the other side of the lake and went the rough and tumble way, the kids adored the trees, the mud and the puddles and we all got soaked and dirty it was fabulous.

The picture is a view from possibly one of the nicest view points in Trentham woods.

It's the weekend again....

.......And if i can get at least a little dry weather i have loads i need to do in the garden to winterize it. I was hoping to do a little today but there are 2 inches of water on the ground and more falling. I think perhaps that my tomatoes this year may be a write off, there are plenty of tomatoes on the vine but they're all green.

We're going walking down at Trentham gardens tomorrow i haven't been there since i was a child when we used to go every Sunday with my Dad, Granddad, my cousin Amy, my brother and an assortment of dogs.

Husband filled all of the bird feeders up yesterday and we got our pidgeon back, he's one of a mated pair that live over in the tree line about 50 meters away from our house. Spring time we got their babies here too.

woooo hooooo!!!!!

The kids are back at school, just done all the lunch boxes, going to start getting them up soon. Middle T doesn't start properly until tomorrow but we have to go to an initiation meeting this afternoon. So this time tomorrow all three bigger children will be at school and it'll be just me and smallest at home. We went to Hem heath woods yesterday herb gathering, i found several pieces of wood to make wands, a piece of hazel, a piece of oak and a piece of rowan, now i just have to decide which to use for construction. I got myself some rowan berries around 10 of them, i didn't want to take to many as the birds rely heavily on them at this time of year for their diet. Hoping to germinate a couple of them and plant them. One of the oak trees we found, this ones 'just a baby', it was around 30 feet tall and i could hold my husbands hands around the trunk. It's 'adult' counterpart was around the same height but oh my it would have taken almost 4 arm spans to circle it. The children had great fun we saw big dragonflies around 7 centimeter in length in an electric blue and yellow with geometric patterns on the tail, they were beautiful, i tried really hard to get a photo but couldn't as the kids wouldn't stay still long enough for them to set down and let me get a photo.

AARRGH!

It's currently 4:54 am youngest got me up about 10 mins ago. I suppose i should have expected this as he fell asleep at about 6 tea time yesterday and would not wake up for me. I feel a vicious circle coming on. I've just gone to make myself a cup of tea and the milk has gone off. NOW i feel like crying. We have plans to go down to the woods today to find a branch for my wand for my spell work. The woods we are visiting are prevalent with ash, oak, birch, hazel and rowan trees. I'm hoping to find a rowan and bring some berries home as well to see if i can get some of the seeds to germinate and plant one in our garden. They're a good protection tree and a big draw to birds as well. Hopefully I'll get some nice photo's while I'm out to post here.