The Magic Fig Tree

Forgot to add in my last posts, our wonderful local magic fig tree. It lives in the parklands near us, and we often walk past it and look to see what's happening in its world. Today we decided to stop under it for a short rest on the way home, and we were fortunate enough to see a tiny possum curled up asleep in its roots! We were very lucky indeed! We were all quite surprised, had a quiet peep, and then left it to continue its sleep.

Spring and Frogs

Well Spring is definately here, and the weather is warmer, and since we had a real winter this year (cold and rainy) there are allsorts of beautiful flowers around that I haven't seen for the last two Springs.

These beautiful Snowdrops have been a lovely surprise, adjacent to the creek in the Parklands.I didn't know Snowdrops til we lived in Scotland, so it was a lovely surprise to see them. So now we've been singing the Snowdrop song for Springtime....it didn't seem at all appropriate to do it the last two Springs, as there were no Snowdrops near us, they were only in the hills where it's colder.

Also a couple of weekends ago we headed to the hills and visited our nearest Steiner children's shop- Head, Heart and Hands for the kids to have a craft session there with the lovely Luci. The workshop was for The Frog Prince, which we read first, so Willow and Gabriel would be familiar with it. I must admit I liked the ending when the Prince's assistant's bonds around his heart are free. It very much resonated with me, and a feeling of opening the heart! And how so many people need to do that after grieving, but unlike his assistant they keep their bonds. It's quite an inspiring story.

The kids made lovely puppets, and really enjoyed the session.