I have just started writing for pakmag, a Parents & Kids magazine for residents of and visitors to Cairns & surrounding areas.
My bushfoods article is on page 38. Check it out (you can read the mag online too)!
To celebrate our beautiful Autumn days, I’ve put together a prize pack! To enter, you need to order from Spiral Garden. The order must be over $40.00, not including postage, and received before Friday 1st May, 2009.
The prize pack includes: Autumn cotton playcloth, beeswax candle, nut baby, Farm Yard Friends Snap Cards, Sarah Laidlaw Autumn card, red medium main lesson book, Spiral Garden magnet, The Nature Corner by M v Leeuwen & J Moeskops and Lono & Coco Boato by Susan Whitehead, posted to winner’s Australian address. Prize drawn and posted Friday 1st May, 2009.
Total value approximately $100.00.
Terms and Conditions can be found here
Good Luck and happy Autumn Equinox to you and yours!
It seems to be time to start shopping and creating for Christmas. The wish lists have been compiled here and so the research and bargain-hunting begins. Some gifts I hope to delegate to the grandparents, so that they can purchase wished-for items rather than the latest plastic fad item from a department store. Other items we’ll buy for the children, and some wishes won’t be fulfilled or might be pushed forward to 2009’s birthday wish list…
I just wrote an update post on my garden blog, for those interested.
Autumn is harvest time. Embrace nature’s abundance.
Immersing children in the rhythm of the seasons assists their unfolding as spiritual beings in a physical world. Recognising rhythms – night and day, the seasons, lunar cycles, festivals and traditions – have become less important to us as humans. For our ancestors, these were the essence of life.
Most people would presume that there’s nothing simple about a family of eight. We are two adults in our 30s with six children aged 3 to 13 years. (more…)
Acknowledging seasonal changes is one way for humans to experience the rhythm of life. As our children witness the unfolding of each season, they grow a little and appreciate the wonders of nature. To know each season through walks, observation, activities, and games helps our children to develop a more intense relationship with planet earth. In most of Australia, the seasons are not as marked as in other climes… There may not be snow-capped rooftops or dazzling autumn leaves, but there are many less obvious signs that we are a part of the cycle of nature known as the seasons. (more…)
I asked a couple of friends to share what they were displaying this winter… Here are some photos I received:
From Melissa in Cairns -
… and Melissa in Sydney -
Winter is a beautiful season for connecting with our loved ones and taking time to acknowledge the wonder of Earth’s cycles. While there may not be blooms of colour, scuttling wildlife or lazy afternoon picnics to enjoy, there are many meaningful activities to acknowledge the turning of the wheel with your little ones. (more…)
Spring is time to sow the seeds of new beginnings. Begin any family traditions you have had in mind. (more…)
Come in, come in!
It’s cold out there…
In Winter nature rests,
Warm clothes and food are best.
