Reading

Full Moon Feast
I loved this book! So interesting, and beautifully combined fact with story. Absolutely essentially for any WAP eaters out there.

We've also just started Willow's language block reading Beowulf and The Story of King Arthur- we'll be looking at doing some poetry writing and creative writing with this block too.

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2025

Oh this is about where I'm at with Irving at the moment,  we finished reading "Robin Hood" by Roger Llancellyn Green not long ago, and ATM we're taking a winter break, and he's been doing some knitting, and we've also been reading "Pinochio".  The Story of King Arthur is on our list for this year, and Beowulf, is on the plan for the end of the year I think.

Latest activities

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2011

We've welcomed in the New Year, and had a fairly quiet start all round, visiting family and going shopping seems to be the order of the day so far. Adelaide has been very quiet with all the public holidays, and I rather like it. The media here, likes to make a fuss about Adelaide being in the dark ages- but after travelling it seems to me that the media is very good at illustrating their own ignorance. Paris was dead all weekend almost everywhere come Saturday afternoon, as was all of Germany that we visited. Why shops need to be available 24/7 is beyond me.

Activity wise Gabriel and I did some work on make a gourd bowl each- his for a friend, and mine for fun, and our own lacquer to go with it. Not sure on the success of the lacquer yet, but the bowls look quite nice.


Gabriel's bowl


Christmas time involved us making a Christmas log, which we were quite happy with. The recipe was varied to accommodate Gabriel- no flour- but instead chestnut and coconut flour, and our WAP principles- coconut sugar and rapunzel chocolate. It was a great success.



Under construction


Christmas log recipe from Poh's kitchen can be found here!


For this same lunch Willow made roast chicken, and a lovely table setting to decorate the table with. All in all it was a lovely meal.

We have a few projects around here still waiting to be finished. I've started knitting a jumper for Arden, but have been a bit sidetracked by a major clear out, some reading, and christmas time. Willow has not finished her second sock yet- but is getting closer, and we only just made a start at our woodwork project- largely due to lack of tools. Our collection of wood is sitting very neatly at the back door waiting for some love! On a more positive note Gabriel did manage to finish crocheting his hat!

September Holidays and Events

Well Spring is truly here, and this time the rain seems to be staying for a bit- which is nice. We've put our strawberries in our front yard this year, and they are much happier. Our back area seems to do ok during winter, but doesn't get enough sunlight during the summer. Plus with the strawberries out the front, our bulbs all up, and some extra herbs in the garden, it's starting to feel much cosier. And just for Arden, we put in a little path that loops around the bench!

Over the last month, many things have happened- the most uninteresting bit, was that I was sick last week. And one of the best bits, was that I now have a solution to giving Arden cod liver oil. I bought some of the gummy fish, which he likes, and also the butter oil with CLO, which he also likes- but loves with a bit of honey. So it's nice to have that sorted out.

We also went away-down south east. We visited friends in Kalangadoo, family near Mt Gambier, and friend and family in Melbourne. Along the way we drove along the Great Ocean Rd, which was stunning! and visited the National Gallery of Victoria to see the European Masters Exhibition. Sadly it all ended a bit too soon, we were hoping to see some of Ballarat, but Willow got a part in the state opera's Hansel and Gretel, so we had to leave Ballarat very early for her to get to her rehearsal.

Soaked Chocolate Pudding

75g butter
75g rapadura sugar
75g rapadura dark chocolate
100g spelt flour
25g cocoa
2 eggs
2 tablespoons liquid whey
teaspoon bicarb soda

sauce
50g rapadura sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
35g cocoa nibs
300g dandelion coffee drink


Cream the butter and sugar, until light and fluffy.
Melt the chocolate, and stir in with the flour, cocoa, eggs and whey.
Cover the mixture, and leave to sit overnight.

Heat over at 170celsius.

Remove the cover, and add the carb soda, mix well. Place in baking dish.

Blend the sugar, cocoa and cocoa nibs and sprinkle over the top of the pudding.
Make the dandelion drink, and pour over the top.

Place in oven and bake for 30mins.