When the weather is freezing cold, then you celebrate by making things that are frozen! Ice lanterns are both novel and beautiful, and take so little to make. You can get the gist from the drawing below… Or read thorough instruction at the bottom of the photos. Materials Yogurt containers, or another medium recycled container. […]
Maya took great interest in Hurricane Irene, or the “Hurricator” as she called it – with many questions and much excitement over the goings on of it all. With the buzz of activity, she too had her own hurricane preparations, which involved writing warning notes to our neighbours and sticking them on their doors. Both […]
I wanted to share this photo of a black bear that my Father in law John took while we were upstate apple picking. We were heading out of the town of Warrick back to NYC when Cam, who was driving, said “Look, there’s a bear in a tree”. Sure enough, there, by the side of […]
Yesterday we visited the lovely corner of Prospect Park that we used to live on. We are so very fond of this part of Prospect Park and miss living across the road from it. However it is only a short drive away and so on a gorgeous Autumn day like yesterday, we made a point […]
On Wednesdays I like to walk with Elle through the park to collect Maya from playgroup, and then walk home with both the Girls. It takes an hours each way, without stops, and if we do stop to investigate things then it can take much longer. I love these slow Wednesdays when we meander for […]
GOLD is a colour of protection and primarily strengthens the heart and self-confidence. It symbolises universal love. Gold represents the good and noble and symbolises silence, for silence is golden. He who can keep silent at the right time is a true master. In fairy tales all great treasures are always made of gold.
We have been looking forward to apple picking for a long time, and since buying a car, this is the first Autumn that we have been able to drive out of the city to the orchards. I asked our friend Kristin where we should go and she suggested Masker Orchard in Warick, NY. It is […]
We are enchanted by our garden. A few steps out side our door, it is our very special, magical play space. A thing we cherished after years of not having a yard. Since moving to Ditmas, this little back yard has been a source of joy. Summer days were easily filled with gardening, pools and […]
With the first week of school over I have had time to reflect on all the positive things about going to the Waldorf Playgroup. Although Maya only goes to school three half days, the days that she does go become a full day devoted to the Group. After pick-up many of the parents go to […]
Everyone knows how mischievous Squirrel Nutkin is, and so we can only guess that it was he who ate our sun flowers heads. Would you believe it? I woke to a scuffling noise the other night and when I looked out the window I did not see anything, but then in the morning when I […]