Just Humans Being...

Yesterday, we spent more time on our beach...  We collected driftwood & picked up a bin liner's worth of rubbish. The activity was to think about our dream house & where it would be...  Well, we've thought lots about this over the years & Sime wrote a post about it back in 2010:  Losing Our Way, Finding Our Way. Living off grid, generating our own power & having our own water supply is very important to us. We know we'll get there, when the time is right...  Taken from here Meadowcroft has been a great house for our family, we've been here for nearly 9 years... We've enjoyed having various lodgers & relatives moving in with us, but now Hugo has practically moved out & we're not sure how long Bebe will be with us, so we are seriously thinking about our future & believe we'll be on the move fairly soon. Kay & Sime xx

We've had thick fog for the last 2 days... Today's challenge was to look for wildlife... We actually saw several rabbits feasting & lots of pheasants near Caerhays Castle... The castle is in there somewhere... How it looks on a brighter day. Picture taken from here Back at home on the patio... Remus Lupin (AKA Lupuschki The Jazz Cat) - our eldest kitty is sheltering from the rain under the table. He just likes to be with us outside... Not nice...  Thank goodness for the woodburner! Kay & Sime xx

Today our challenge was to dip our feet into a naturally occurring body of water... As we live on the coast, we chose a beach... Little did we know yesterday - that we'd be doing this again today! Unfortunately, the weather is a lot murkier...  It has remained foggy throughout the day - such a contrast from our time on Hemmick Beach! Bebe was with us today - she now does 5 days (Mon - Fri) at daycare & is with us at weekends. We do try our best to get her interested in being out in the fresh air, but she just detests it most of the time... We told her that we wanted to walk along Carne Beach & gave her the choice to either come with us or stay in the car (where she could watch us), but amazingly, she chose the beach! Bebe was already regretting joining us... Carne beach opens out at low tide, when it is then possible to walk along the shoreline to Pendower beach. The sea is absolutely freezing! Only Sime managed to stay still! O

Today's challenge was about grounding & we were asked to go barefoot... We had an hour to spare & the sun was shining, so we decided to go down to our beach - Hemmick... We dipped our feet in the freezing sea & dried them off in the warm sun... A lovely hour spent together on our favourite beach! Kay & Sime xx We Are Wildness

We returned home too late last night to write about our day, but here we are... Day 3's activity was to sit under/by a tree for 30 minutes, so as we were heading to Hugo's college - we decided to have a little detour to Idless Woods. Just before the woods we passed a wonderful sight. An old phone box turned into a book exchange... Such a great idea! In the woods...  It was a mild, calm day. We saw this cottage through the trees - it was lovely watching the smoke. We had the whole place to ourselves. The branches always seem to make shelters when they fall.  Though this one was man-made! We sat quietly for 30 minutes just listening to the birds. We don't have many trees around our home, we live high above the sea & it's very exposed.  Before we moved here, we lived in a woodland... So being amongst trees feels like home! Kay & Sime xx We Are Wildness

Bebe seems to complain all the time about everything at the moment, but this morning she was in a silly mood & decided that her moaning should stop. Will it last? We shall see... Kay & Sime xx

We've been working in Portmellon today, which is about 2 miles along the coast from us. A lot of the folks we work for now really depend on us, it's much more than just cleaning these days & we are really happy to help out whenever we can.  Today, we just felt it would be nice to offer to take our furry friend out after we cleaned her house. Today's activity is to be up somewhere high. There are no mountains in Cornwall, though there are a couple of stunning hills - but they are quite a drive away from here. We had to work all day, so only had an hour spare before picking up Bebe from daycare. Heading on the coast path from Portmellon to Chapel Point... And looking down towards Chapel Point. Lovely Tara. Us in the pouring rain with Chapel Point behind us... Here's what it's like in the summer. Kay & Sime xx We Are Wildness

We have started our 30 day challenge to spend at least 30 minutes in nature each day. We managed to get ourselves organised & finish work on time for a change! We were down in Gorran Haven, so decided to pop up to the coastal path above Vault Beach.  It was such a wonderful way to rejuvenate ourselves after work & the sea breeze certainly blew the cobwebs away... Kay & Sime xx We Are Wildness

We have decided to take part in a 30 day challenge to rewild our lives. It starts tomorrow & it simply means we have to mindfully be outside in nature for 30 minutes a day. It's not always going to be easy, but now the nights are lighter - we want to make the most of it... Whether Bebe will join in, we don't know... Maybe it would be more enjoyable to do it without her. We shall see! We Are Wildness Kay & Sime xx