Recent Work

After experimenting with hexaflexagons, Willow moved on to cut out puzzles of Pythagoras' theorem.  Took a little bit of moving around, but eventually a solution was found!

Arden took his lego man out adventuring in the Cultural Centre.

Willow spent some time making rose windows this week, as part of her ancient history block.  She's studying the Catholic churches and the changes that came to it during the Renaissance via the Lutherans, Church of England and Calvinists.

And I finally finished knitting Arden's penguin socks.  He's very happy with them.

Happy Winter Solstice!

We have had a lovely Winter Solstice day here. Busy with friends, and violin lessons, and celebrating and craft.

Last week for our form drawing, we made up star lanterns. A little complex to make, but simple once you get the folding. These were done in preparation for using tonight.

Then over the course of the day, we had one of Arden's little friends around, with her mum. A lot of lego building- the kids have seen a competition for lego. A violin lesson for Willow.
And finally our solstice dinner.

We put out our candles, with our yule log- which we haven't burnt as yet, but placed as a focal point in the table symbolically. We had a pleasant meal by candlelight. And we took some beeswax candles and decorated them with pressed flowers, from last spring.


Folded Candle Holders


And with light!


Before the Yule Log


With the Log

It was a very simple and pleasant evening.

Happy solstice where ever you are!

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2025

We still celebrate Winter Solstice every year.  Usually with an early morning fire and some damper- it's not far away this year, and I've been looking forward to it again.

We haven't made these lanterns for a few years- I've been thinking of doing them with Irving some time soon, and back when we made them here I only had written instructions and it was a bit tricky to get a hang of some of the transformations.  Anyhow I found a link, if anyone happens to want to try them.
https://www.bellalunatoys.com/blogs/moon-child-blog-sarah-baldwin/origami-candle-holder

More Star Candles.
https://unicorn-pegasus.blogspot.com/2016/04/titanic-stars-rocks-and-craft.html

More Winter Solstice celebrations.
https://unicorn-pegasus.blogspot.com/2019/09/term-2-part-2.html

https://unicorn-pegasus.blogspot.com/2020/09/term-2-lockdown-and-winter-solstice.html

https://unicorn-pegasus.blogspot.com/2023/07/2022-part-two.html