Just Humans Being...

Kidlets came to visit yesterday... It's so difficult to schedule time for us all to meet up with our various work commitments, so it has been pure fluke that we've managed to see the girls twice this month already! The first thing they always do when they get here - is dig out a board game... Cluedo was yesterday's choice... Rozzy bags a seat by the fire... Salla with her mountainous collection of books she's borrowing from Hugo. Mainly Game Of Thrones... (The bags are courtesy of Sime & the stash he collects from the holiday lets - none of us would set foot in such an awful shop, I'm even horrified that we're advertising them)! Ryan has been with Sal for 6 years now & as you can see - he adores his outlaws! Hugo's hair is growing like crazy again. He had wanted the girls to cut or shave it this weekend, but changed his mind - which we're glad about! Daddy & the girlies... Daft pair... Our family feast - vegetable & red lentil cu

More to be grateful for... Yesterday, in the health shop we were given a free loaf of organic rye bread - just because we're good customers! And one of our favourite property cleans is a second home, which in April is changing to a holiday let... Unfortunately, the agency it is being let through has cocked up the bookings & got the changeover day wrong, which has meant that all of a sudden we have realised that we won't be able to carry out the work. The owners are just as gutted as we are about it, but we are already committed to other properties. We thought up until yesterday that the agency would just use their housekeeping staff & after 4 very happy years we would be finishing... But no, the owners have been in touch & don't want to lose us, so they've told the agency to honour the bookings & at the end of the Summer the changeovers will revert to the previous day we all agreed on. In the meantime, they want to continue to pay us for any wor

It is vital that when we educate our children’s brains we do not neglect to educate their hearts by nurturing their compassionate nature. ~ Dalai Lama~ Since we started home educating the kidlets in 2000, we took a journey into a world where learning never stops.  We realised very quickly, that none of us really wanted to continue with the national curriculum, but instead we let the kids lead the way.  It w as amazing that when given the space, they became more creative, naturally wanted to learn and so did we. Once we'd all decided that home education was for us, we chose the end of school term at Easter as the perfect time for the girls to finish school.  Several months before, we had booked flights to New York for the 5 of us to mark the millennium and were due to fly out on the following Sunday.  What a fantastic start to life without school. We visited New York City, Long Island, Up-state NY, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania  and dipped into Canada - it was a wond

Rose & Sal both live in Falmouth with their boyfriends. They also work together at the same store... Read more here We dropped Hugo off at the home ed group in Truro, where it was wet & windy... And arrived in Falmouth in time for some lovely sunshine... This is our favourite town centre street... The Natural Store is one of our favourite shops - well, it's actually 2 shops now. The first one sells groceries & the second sells supplements & has a deli... There are lots of independent shops here... And they are all pretty funky... Something for everyone too... Jam is our favourite music shop. We haven't actually bought anything from them since purchasing our first Ani Difranco CD in 2004!  But we do like going in to browse... Vintage clothing...  Antiques... Stones make delicious organic bread... A rather posh charity shop... This is the window of an old hardware store. We always wonder if anyone actually goes in to buy braces... Steep climb up

We've had a hectic few days, but were thrilled to be sharing some nice times...   We were invited to Rose's graduation at Truro Cathedral...  The ceremony wasn't kicking in until 11am.  But it was suggested we got there early to ensure a seat... (This was taken at 9.30am)! It was certainly a grand setting & each graduate got a chance to be in the limelight, as they were called up one by one... And handed their scroll... Our lovely proud & happy girl... With her Foundation Degree in Graphic Design & Communication. The same girl who just a few years ago was painfully shy & would wear her hair over her face to hide... Finding the confidence to go to college was not easy for Rose, but she did it & wanted to do it.  Fortunately, she had a great tutor & lecturers who encouraged her to use her wild & wonderful ideas for projects...  Since then - she has blossomed! The only girl there wearing baseball shoes... Afraid she takes after her scruffy pa