Yesterday we went to the Library ...

and you can go too if you like ...



An Artwey community project for 2012 is getting a bit of a preview, with workshops and inspiration ... So here is a portrait by Matty to inspire others!



The giant wall will be made up of textile pictures of inspiring people such as these, Daisy made this image, of her inspiring Home-Educated friend!



And even Mary too tried her hand at free-machining and hand stitching, along with the fabric pastels we used too.



You can see our work on the washing line, and find out more about The Giant Wall ...



And we also contributed to the visitors book, and chatted with clare, stewarding!

Down on the farm ...

with farm-hand Jack and the mystery hand ...



counting the 17 sheep ... not finding the hidden wallabies!



meeting some handsome horses ...



driving the tractors round and running over Uncle Ed ...




All the girls (and Mummy) having a ride on Mandy the pony ...



Who is not a riding school pony ...



Having a rest at the end of a busy day ... Lilly and Uncle Casper ...

Visit to Kingston Maurward with Weymouth HE ....

yet again the greedy goats of Kingston Maurward snatch a whole feed bag, leaving matty with one piece of food!



Daisy feeds the alpaca, but very carefully ...



it is nice to share the experience ...



and then go off and have some fun, running about ...



or slide down with a friend ...



as fast as you can,even if you want to keep your back pack on for comfort!



and Mary does go off to play, too ...



sometimes a long way off !

family ...

my Mam came down to weymouth to visit us ... of course, Eric came too. Here he is, as Grandad with my girls...



Matty and Daisy enjoy the rickety bridge! These are the play things over at Kingston Maurward...



Mary crawls into this bright yellow tunnel!



Matty will drive the combine harvester ...



This is the way the Ladies ride!



On Weymouth beach, Grandad wants all the stones...



I know here eyes aren't very good, but is my Mam using binoculars to find things on the beach? She doesn't know I got this photo. I am for it, now!



All looking for pretty shells...



Mary likes to hand over stones ...



Tired now, time for a drink in 'The Oasis'!

Monkey Business on the Beach ....

Peanut the monkey on Preston beach, with Weymouth over his shoulder ...



Peanut, Portland, and Matty's hat!



I'll just have a sit here while the children play ...



Ohhh, thank you children, a lovely stone CAKE to eat!



Peanut also gets a good view from this boat, on the shore ...


Peanut the Money has been created for us by the lovely Karla, aka the Itsy Bitsy Spider ...

any day now, hamster car will arrive in the usa ...

cant wait to see what he gets up to with the chickenpants ...

wild visitor ....

usually when we have a visitor to our dorset garden i dont get to take pics, but this little guest was ver obliging as i crept closer, and even mary got quite close, saying hello! then, he was off ...

visiting, and meeting up ....

on thursday we met lots of animals and birds, and also chris http://mygrandfathersgooseberry.wordpress.com/

arriving at jax's house with the help of my trusty sat nav ! chris helped me park and too pics of our first meeting. why do i always look half asleep?




daisy and matty stare at chris camera - they didn't cry tho !



i cuddled a baby african grey, who was quietly waiting to be fed (every two hours, how does jax do it!) the girls were very taken with the baby bird and want to see it again...



time to feed mary too, and laught at daisy's jokes!



thanks for a lovely morning jax, the very fresh eggs, and for the great photos chris
next time i'll bring my BIG camera along with everything else !

cat xxx